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Part owner Luke Shaheen showing off the high performance trampoline zone.
Photo by Chung Chow
Adventure park Apex in fun
To set foot in Apex Adventure Plex is to enter a whole new world. Richmond’s newest all-in-one recreation centre is a cornucopia of imagination, each “zone” encouraging visitors to set forth on their own personal exercise adventure.
To set foot in Apex Adventure Plex is to
enter a whole new world.
Richmond’s newest all-in-one recreation
centre is a cornucopia of imagination, each “zone” encouraging visitors to set
forth on their own personal exercise adventure.
A trampoline park features a jump zone where
kids of all ages—including the inner-child in everyone—can bounce to their
heart’s content.
Slam ball, dodgeball and bubble soccer—played
on a state of the art air-cushioned floor—are other activities currently being
offered, with a myriad more—including the highly-anticipated ninja obstacle
course (think TV’s “American Ninja Warrior”)—set to debut in the near future.
The 4,459-square-metre (48,000 square feet)
venue, one of the largest of its kind in North America, located at 3810 Jacombs
Rd. (beside IKEA) has only been open for just over a month and already business
has been brisk.
“Everyone is loving it,” said Luke Shaheen,
who along with Armand Konecsni-Luzny is a managing partner in the fledgling
business. “People have already been back several times over and they’re always
saying they’re having a great time.”
But Shaheen believes it takes several visits
to even begin to truly experience all that The Plex has to offer.
“We want to build an epic facility, and so we
want to make sure we take the extra time needed to ensure we meet that goal,”
he said, likening the vision to an art project. “It will be interesting to see
how it unfolds.”
The active West Coast lifestyle helped to
inspire Shaheen and Konecsni-Luzny, a pair of adventure-loving 26-year-old
Saskatchewan entrepreneurs, to open the Richmond facility.
It is just the second in what is hoped will
be a string of cross-Canada locations. While the Richmond complex is largely
similar to the inaugural complex in Saskatoon (which was featured in an episode
of “Amazing Race Canada”), each has its own characteristics.
Shaheen said they’ve also tried to keep the
increasingly pressed-for-time, on-the-go consumer in mind.
“We’ve tried to set up a place where people
can stop by on their way home and get in a quick workout in a fun environment,”
said Shaheen. “And many people who regularly exercise on trampolines find it a
great workout, most finding they use muscles they didn’t realize they have. It’s
a really good cardio workout.”
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