This is a controversial swing to start with because strictly speaking it isn't even a swing, but what the hey!
So, apparently there's a brand of playground equipment that caters specifically for teenagers called Teenrager and their answer to the swing is the "Sky Surfer". I haven't been a teenager for about ten years, so maybe I'm not qualified to judge the Surfer, but for my swinging money they've missed out on the fundamental fun element - the ability to go really high, by making it able to go around 360˚. Just when you're getting up to a good height there's a change in wind direction or something and you spin around (and not even in a fun satisfying way) and you have to start again with your mad ascent. Bah.
Points for the wide seat (often a problem for us adult swingers), and being far enough off the ground. On the down side, it also makes that unsettling sweeky 'ger-dunk' sound with every swing. I dread that sound because it reminds me that I'm not a little kid anymore and then it makes me hate the world (especially playground equipment designers), and then I'm not having fun in the swinging moment. Swinging shouldn't be about hate, so I'm giving this one 4 out of 10.
Address: Underwood Reserve, Summer Hill, Sydney, Australia
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