Product Research !

by | Jan 26, 2019 | Blog

ASI new product research criteria:  innovative, exciting, unique, fun, safe 

Many of you have discovered some of the innovative products that ASI has researched and brought to Chattanooga for our customers to enjoy.

We’re ready to select a few new products to add to our lineup for 2019 spring/summer season.

Below are three items from our new product research that we’re working to make available for you soon.  Let us know what you think!

1. Are you ready to test and try these innovative products?

2. New Ideas?  Send us a link to a video or website for cool new gear that you think we should add to our new product research!

Mail to [email protected]

Don’t get confused with all the on-line shopping options for gear and accessories.  ASI has researched and sorted through the multiple manufacturers, models and options, and we’ll help you to make the best buying choices for your adventures.

Jet Powered Hydrofoil Surfboard

Ride an an electrically powered foil lifter surfboard – no boat or waves required to surf or to fly over the water!  Fly over water, carving turns like a snowboard in fresh powder, with the feeling of riding an endless wave even when there is no wind or waves. It’s smooth, fast, and will make your hair stand up on the back of your neck with excitement.
ASI is working to make an alliance with the right partner to get hydrofoil e-boards delivered for summer season, and our Adventure Guides will teach you to get up and riding!

Remoteless E-Skateboard breakthrough technology

ASI is working to become the first retailer in our region for this next evolution in skateboard technology.  It’s a skateboard that comes with intelligent weight and motion sensors, propelling it forward with just a slight tilt of your body. No remote needed, you are the controller. Once you accelerate, the speed control monitoring system tracks all your body movements and continuously assists while riding.

Swincar Tandem model

Share the adventure of electric off-road driving!  Swincar introduces the two-seater tandem model (see image below), and ASI plans to be the first in the USA to import this vehicle.   With 6,000 watt hours of power driving four wheel based motors, this vehicle has the power and torque to get you and your passenger moving and climbing most anywhere, while respecting the environment and not startling the wildlife.  Who’s ready?

 

Adventure Sports Innovation Lift eFoil flight
Woman riding Swincar Electric Off Road Vehicle

Adventure Sports Innovation (ASI) has been bringing new innovations for outdoor fun to Chattanooga since 2018, with unique products like the Swincar E-Spider off-road vehicle; a full set of Personal Transportation Devices such electric unicycles, mini-electric bikes and HoverShoes from InMotion, Enzo e-bikes, E-Scooters, mini-Segways, e-Skateboards and hoverboards for fun around town, and the Lift E-foil, Kymera e-jet bodyboard, Manta e-SUP and the Schiller waterbike for great times on the water! While you’re at ASI, experience the latest in Virtual Reality to bring the great outdoors inside, the FingerCoaster design-it-yourself rollercoaster, Flymax: Extreme Hang gliding simulator, and Vertigo: Walk The Plank! There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

ASI also offers group events – BIG adventures for your small group (5-12):
– Celebrate special occasions (birthday, bachelor/bachelorette, etc.)
– Group adventures (church groups, scout trips)
– Have fun with your co-workers and learn to work better together in one of our Team Building sessions
– Learn in our STEM academic field trips for home-schooled groups, summer camps or middle and high schools.

There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

Atlanta GOODlife Magazine January/February 2019 – David Crowder

Atlanta GOODlife Magazine January/February 2019 – David Crowder

by | Jan 23, 2019 | News, Swincar News

LOOKING FOR A WEEKEND AWAY WITHOUT THE HASSLE OF EXCESSIVE TRAVEL?

AN ADVENTURE

[…] Then, be sure to check out High Point Climbing, River Drfiters Chattanooga, and especially Adventure Sports Innovations (ASI). Utilizing technology in incredible ways, ASI allows you to experience Chattanooga like never before: drive a quiet electric ATV over obstacles, ride electric Personal Transportation Devices in local parks, or enjoy Virtual Reality hang-gliding and more.

For full article of this Atlanta GA magazine click here – it features  information of a weekend away: Chattanooga is just a few hours from Atlanta! 

Chattanooga Adventure

# # #

SwincarUSA is a network of dealers, eco-tour operators, service centers, and independent sales agents created by Adventure Sports Innovation, the first U.S. Swincar fleet operator since 2018, and now the exclusive Swincar distributor in North America, enabling purchasing of  Swincars in the USA and Canada.

Adventure Sports Innovation (ASI) brings to market the latest inventions and innovations for outdoor experiences, sourced from inventors and manufacturers around the world to Chattanooga, TN. ASI is proud to be the North America distributor for the Swincar, offering tours, Swincar sales for individuals and fleet owners, parts and service, and even Dealer startups within North America.

Tel:   (423) 225-4300  & Address: 191 River Street, Chattanooga, TN 37405

Website:  SwincarUSA.com    Mail:   [email protected]

 

About Adventure Sports Innovation

Adventure Sports Innovation (ASI) is proud to be the distributor for the Swincar throughout North America and are working to expand Swincar’s presence throughout the USA and Canada.

ASI offers a variety of Tours and test drive rides for all abilities.   ASI’s primary riding destination is at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center, close to downtown Chattanooga, with over 300 acres of forest and trails climbing the side of the iconic Lookout Mountain.  Other off-road venues are available for private tours.  ASI has Swincars equipped for drivers with adaptive needs, and can organize group events featuring the Swincar, or even arrange for private tours on your own property.

ASI is a full-service dealer, distributor, and authorized service center for Swincar in the USA.

  • For individuals looking to purchase a Swincar in the USA, vehicles can be picked up at our Chattanooga, TN facility, or we can provide delivery service of a crated Swincar to your location, along with remote training on safe operations and vehicle care and maintenance.
  • Fleets: ASI is excited to help create fleets of Swincar touring vehicles around the country. We can sell Swincar fleets, and  support fleet operators anywhere in the USA, and will provide specialized training to fleet owners.  Turnkey support programs are available to help entrepreneurs launch new eco-touring operations!
  • ASI generally keeps several new vehicles in stock in our Tennessee warehouse for quick fulfillment of customer orders, or can custom order vehicles from Swincar France as needed, generally with 4 to 8 week production time, plus shipping and transit time. ASI will arrange all shipping and import details and can arrange delivery to a customer’s location.
  • For options, pricing, availability shipping or other details, please contact us at [email protected], or check our website at com
  • For individuals looking to purchase a Swincar in Canada, we have created our first dealer in the country, located in Calgary, Alberta. Their primary territory is western Canada, but they are willing to consider helping to import vehicles for customers around the country. Feel free to consult directly with ElecDrive.  Phone is 587-434-6701, and their website is Elecdrive.CA

Group events at Adventure Sports Innovation

by | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog

Now you have a new option for your group events in Chattanooga! ASI is designing group experiences that provide fun and much more…

Whether it’s a corporate outing or team building, a teenager birthday, a wedding anniversary, or a school field trip, your group can experience some of the coolest tech gear for indoor and outdoor adventures, available exclusively in the Scenic City.

Despite having closed our water activities, we still have lots going on! For the fall and winter months, our focus is on land (Swincar tours and Personal Transportation Devices .a.k.a. PTDs), and on our virtual reality simulators. Get everyone’s adrenaline flowing with exciting experiences, and build group memories by trying new inventions, and our customized group facilitation (groups 5 to 20) for:

Team Building Adventures: ASI professional trainers can design interactive group sessions based on key themes to match your organization’s objectives, while keeping it fun and adventurous. Typical Group Themes:
– Building innovation into your culture
– Overcoming preconceived bias and notions
– Brainstorming for new ideas or processes
– Building a brand: small business lessons

School Field trips: Adventures for grades 6 through 12, for your STEM group, entrepreneurship team, or your homeschool co-op. ASI will make sure everyone has fun with our adventures, while getting inspired on themes like new technology, coding or marketing.

Celebrations: Birthdays (teens & adults!), family reunions, bridal party outings, anniversaries, etc. Experience together an immersive new virtual reality, learn a new skill and, discover your favorite new transportation device…and, it can even be a “Glow” party riding your favorite PTD!

ASI is delighted to offer new choices for group events in Chattanooga! 

Adventure Sports Innovation birthday celebration
INTERACTIVE TEAM BUILDING SESSION adventure sports innovation
Adventure Sports Innovation Corporate Team Building
Adventure Sports Innovation academic Field Trip
team building with little vehicle tour

Adventure Sports Innovation (ASI) has been bringing new innovations for outdoor fun to Chattanooga since 2018, with unique products like the Swincar E-Spider off-road vehicle; a full set of Personal Transportation Devices such electric unicycles, mini-electric bikes and HoverShoes from InMotion, Enzo e-bikes, E-Scooters, mini-Segways, e-Skateboards and hoverboards for fun around town, and the Lift E-foil, Kymera e-jet bodyboard, Manta e-SUP and the Schiller waterbike for great times on the water! While you’re at ASI, experience the latest in Virtual Reality to bring the great outdoors inside, the FingerCoaster design-it-yourself rollercoaster, Flymax: Extreme Hang gliding simulator, and Vertigo: Walk The Plank! There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

ASI also offers group events – BIG adventures for your small group (5-12):
– Celebrate special occasions (birthday, bachelor/bachelorette, etc.)
– Group adventures (church groups, scout trips)
– Have fun with your co-workers and learn to work better together in one of our Team Building sessions
– Learn in our STEM academic field trips for home-schooled groups, summer camps or middle and high schools.

There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

Holidays Are Just Around the Corner

by | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog

Innovative Holiday Gift Ideas

Are you wondering (again) what unique gift you’ll find for your loved one(s) this Holiday Season?? Maybe a different pattern tie for your husband or brother? Or some exotic flowers or chocolates for your wife or sister? … What if you found something totally unique and that is only available in the Gig City ?

ASI provides personalized and expert local sales and service for innovative products for Outdoor fun. Not only do we offer unique experiences in our storefront, but we also sell the products that you try in our storefront ! Hey, we can even arrange for you to buy a roller-coaster to have in a man-cave, though we do have many other options that might be friendlier to your wallet …

Experience It!

Book an experience on our website or in person – you’ll get a confirmation you can print and deliver! It can be an immersive virtual reality experience (for example to do hang-gliding in our storefront) or any level training in any of our personal transportation devices, such as the Solowheel electric unicycle Prices range from $10 to $119
ASI Gift Cards – available on our website or at our store. Can be redeemed for experiences or products, and you choose the denomination
ASI Memberships – call or stop by to discuss options, or check our FAQs Group outings – book a private party, a customized team event, or even an educational field trip

Own It!

ASI researches for you, compares manufacturers and brands, tests and curates a selection of innovative and fun products. We only sell the items that pass our rigorous tests for coolness, durability, fun and safety.

Personal mobility: Scooters, skateboards, scooterboards, mini-e bikes, scooter bikes, e-unicycles, Segway mini-pro’s, Hovershoes and more! Prices range from $399 to $1299.
Check out our innovative high quality, durable electric powered products from manufacturers that care about the user experience, and build in quality and reliability. All are on display at our store, and able to be tested/rented. For those who end up purchasing any of our products, your 1st rental or training fee is included in the price!
Swincar: Give the gift of freedom! Precision off-road driving experience in a unique electric vehicle. Silent, swift and nimble, Swincar is now available with many options, including a street-legal set up, a two-seater tandem model, or an adaptive setup for drivers with lower body disabilities. Base price is $15,995 plus shipping
Kymera: Our e-Jet Body Board rental program was a huge hit in 2018! The manufacturer is having a hard time keeping up with demand from cruise ships, resorts and boat dealers worldwide. Order yours through ASI now for an early spring delivery. Base price is $3,995
Schiller Bike: Blend a carbon fiber racing bike frame with a sleek inflatable pontoon boat – the best of two worlds. Get in your cycling time with no traffic or bike lanes to deal with, on this totally portable machine. Is the bike, comfortable, capable and durable? Check out this epic story of an adventurer taking a 1,000 mile journey around the Norwegian coast on a Schiller Bike! Base price is $5,500
e-SUP: The Onean Manta powered Stand Up Paddleboard turned quite a few heads this summer on the Tennessee River! Don’t let the current slow down your touring – the well-balanced Manta board’s quiet propulsion system let’s you cruise for miles, yet still lets you get in a good workout. Base price is $4,650

Enhance it!

Safety gear: Helmets and wrist guards for Personal Transport Devices
Logo items: ASI T-shirts and croakies
Slap-Lit wristbands and clip-ons
Glow Party kits
Segway MiniPro off-road wheels, steering bars and more – installed for you!
Custom covers and parts for e-unicycles

Adventure Sports Innovation (ASI) has been bringing new innovations for outdoor fun to Chattanooga since 2018, with unique products like the Swincar E-Spider off-road vehicle; a full set of Personal Transportation Devices such electric unicycles, mini-electric bikes and HoverShoes from InMotion, Enzo e-bikes, E-Scooters, mini-Segways, e-Skateboards and hoverboards for fun around town, and the Lift E-foil, Kymera e-jet bodyboard, Manta e-SUP and the Schiller waterbike for great times on the water! While you’re at ASI, experience the latest in Virtual Reality to bring the great outdoors inside, the FingerCoaster design-it-yourself rollercoaster, Flymax: Extreme Hang gliding simulator, and Vertigo: Walk The Plank! There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

ASI also offers group events – BIG adventures for your small group (5-12):
– Celebrate special occasions (birthday, bachelor/bachelorette, etc.)
– Group adventures (church groups, scout trips)
– Have fun with your co-workers and learn to work better together in one of our Team Building sessions
– Learn in our STEM academic field trips for home-schooled groups, summer camps or middle and high schools.

There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

Dallas News, Fun and games: two Southern playgrounds you’ve got to visit, Oct 23 2018 by Robin Soslow

Dallas News, Fun and games: two Southern playgrounds you’ve got to visit, Oct 23 2018 by Robin Soslow

by | Oct 23, 2018 | News

Science says playing is good for the mind, body and spirit, so how about making your next vacation about fun and games? A boom in grown-up playgrounds gives you new reasons to hit two of the New South’s most winning cities: Chattanooga, Tenn., and Richmond, Va.

Chattanooga: High-tech and old-school fun

Edging the Appalachian Mountains and straddling the Tennessee River, this exuberant city has long been revered by lovers of water sports, hang-gliding, rock-climbing and cave-exploring (underground Ruby Falls plunges 145 feet within Lookout Mountain). Now, you can get your game on all over town. After Chattanooga fired up America’s first citywide fiber-optic gigabit network in 2010, innovators flooded in, boosting demand for offerings from food to fun. Gig City’s genius spirit is now enhancing pleasurable pastimes. Electric surfboarding, virtual-reality hang-gliding and a stunning 60-foot translucent climbing wall make this an awesome place to visit.
The Onean Carver electric surfboard, among cutting-edge gear available for rent from Adventure Sports Innovation in Chattanooga, lets you surf up to 25 mph, without waves, on the Tennessee River as it runs through downtown. (Robin Soslow/Special Contributor)
The Onean Carver electric surfboard, among cutting-edge gear available for rent from Adventure Sports Innovation in Chattanooga, lets you surf up to 25 mph, without waves, on the Tennessee River as it runs through downtown.
(Robin Soslow/Special Contributor)
Even novices can easily revel in exhilarating land, water and virtual-reality sports thanks to Adventure Sports Innovation, which was launched in July by adrenaline junkies who curate cutting-edge next-gen adventure gear from inventors around the world.
Adventure Sports Innovation offers 16 cutting-edge rental options, including an electric unicycle.(Adventure Sports Innovation/Courtesy)
Adventure Sports Innovation offers 16 cutting-edge rental options, including an electric unicycle.
(Adventure Sports Innovation/Courtesy)
Sixteen choices include electric Swincar e-Spider electric ATVs with wheels that operate independently to zip quietly across rough terrain; electric watercraft from bodyboards to surfboards and pontoon-bicycles for cruising the Tennessee River; and footpad-powered e-skateboards and e-unicycles you can ride down Chattanooga’s scenic Riverwalk. Expert guides get you started quickly and keep you moving smoothly. Trust me, there’s nothing like zooming 25 mph on a bodyboard up and down the Tennessee River. Inside, virtual-reality thrills include walking the Vertigo plank between skyscrapers on a kitty rescue mission and safely hang-gliding on Flymax, soaring through clouds, looping mountains and side-swiping trees. For $10, design your dream roller coaster using a 3D tablet, then slip on a VR headset, slide into coaster seats in a 4D experiential theater and rock ‘n’ roll on your custom coaster.
Visitors can climb the exterior walls at High Point Climbing and Fitness.(Courtesy/High Point Climbing and Fitness)
Visitors can climb the exterior walls at High Point Climbing and Fitness.
(Courtesy/High Point Climbing and Fitness)
High Point Climbing and Fitness, a mega indoor-outdoor gym in downtown Chattanooga, offers a diversity of rope routes, auto-belays and boulders for learning to master finger and footholds while working your core in new ways. Topping the outdoor features is a wowza 60-foot-high transparent outdoor climbing wall with city, river and mountain views. Across the river in Coolidge Park, Outdoor Chattanooga offers low-cost guided paddling, mountain biking and climbing outings. Downtown offers several convenient equipment-rental businesses. At two game halls opened in 2015, visitors feel like locals in minutes. Southside Social‘s sprawling luxury rec room features a cool 10-lane bowling alley with comfy sitting areas (no plastic chairs here), pool tables, skee ball, ping-pong, shuffleboard, giant Jenga, and in the outdoor courtyard, fire pits, ping-pong tables, horseshoes and cornhole. Get a Chatt Whisky Slushy at one of the friendly bars, and chase hunger away with cheap fresh-made tacos, pizza and fried green tomatoes.
Over in the revitalized Martin Luther King District, Coin-Op‘s retro barcade is decked out with the owner’s childhood toys and classic video games, Guardians of the Galaxy and other hip pinball machines, and free Xbox and Nintendo 64 gaming. Cereal for noshing and spirited regulars, some with their dogs, add to the vibe.
Coin-Op's retro barcade is decked out with the owner's childhood toys and classic video games.(Courtesy/Coin-Op)
Coin-Op’s retro barcade is decked out with the owner’s childhood toys and classic video games.
(Courtesy/Coin-Op)
Another way to play like a kid: Take a hike at Signal Mountain and plunge beneath waterfalls at Rainbow Lake.
The historic Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel complex downtown has recently been transformed into a hip entertainment hub with new offerings along freshly cobblestoned Station Street ranging from Songbirds, the new guitar museum, to Escape Experience Chattanooga, where high-tech gizmo-magic mimics the sensations of an out-of-control train. There’s usually a fine concert going on with unique bands such as Gangstagrass, which infuses hip-hop with bluegrass instruments.
At riverfront Coolidge Park, play in the big fountain ringed with animal sculptures and ride the grand carousel.

Recreational eating

Smoked cookery and ping-pong fills Hi-Fi Clyde‘s big space. Across the street, elevated comfort food draws lively groups to the Feed Table and Tavern. Nearby, the new Signal concert hall inhabits an industrial-chic warehouse. Walk a few steps for brews on the deck at Chattanooga Brewing Co. Downwind from Coin-Op, sit by new OddStory Brewing‘s open garage-door windows and pair pretzels made from spent grains with a pint of Madman or Cherry Limeade Gose.
Have fun playing on or beside the Tennessee River, which runs through downtown Chattanooga. (Robin Soslow/Special Contributor)
Have fun playing on or beside the Tennessee River, which runs through downtown Chattanooga.
(Robin Soslow/Special Contributor)

R&R

Snoozing is amusing here. Crash for the night at the new riverside Westin Chattanooga after playing Marco Polo in its sleek high-up pool or cards in its Alchemy Lounge, which faces the mountains. The Crash Pad is a friendly LEED platinum-certified hostel, and quirky-cool Dwell Hotel, with its new dining oasis and starlit cocktail bar, is among a fresh crop of boutique hotels serving fun-lovers.

Bonus points

New and nonstop flights from Dallas, free electric downtown shuttles running daily every 5 minutes, and the low-cost Bike Chattanoogabikeshare (ride up to an hour at a time). More info: chattanoogafun.com
Bowl, sip and nosh at River City Roll, a new social game hall filling a warehouse in Scott's Addition, a revitalized district in Richmond, Va.(Robin Soslow/Special Contributor)
Bowl, sip and nosh at River City Roll, a new social game hall filling a warehouse in Scott’s Addition, a revitalized district in Richmond, Va.
(Robin Soslow/Special Contributor)

Richmond: On a roll

Virginia’s riverside capital has reached critical mass for having a blast. Adding to solid cultural, culinary, urban rafting and biking scenes, Richmond entrepreneurs are making “getting social” something you do out on the town, instead of on cellphones. Here, new-style bowling, pool, ping-pong, cornhole, cards, arcade games and shuffleboard pair well with casual-gourmet food, craft beverages and smart, comfy settings. On a recent weeknight, young professionals at River City Roll, a new bowling/social mega-center, included Dallas transplant Amy Tashenberg. “The food, the regional wineries, the breweries, the entertainment” make Richmond a hot spot, she said. The newest playground is Scott’s Addition. Revitalized at hyper-speed, this industrial district just west of downtown booms with brew-pubs with massive decks, cideries with tasting rooms, friendly restaurants and super-hip social halls.
<p><span style="font-size: 1em; background-color: transparent;">Tang &amp; Biscuit, a huge shuffleboard club named for terms for the sport's stick and puck, opened in August in Richmond, Va.</span></p>(Courtesy/Tang &amp; Biscuit)
Tang & Biscuit, a huge shuffleboard club named for terms for the sport’s stick and puck, opened in August in Richmond, Va.
(Courtesy/Tang & Biscuit)
Tang &amp; Biscuit serves -- you guessed it -- Tang, straight up or in cocktails at its 52-foot-long bar.(Courtesy/Tang &amp; Biscuit)
Tang & Biscuit serves — you guessed it — Tang, straight up or in cocktails at its 52-foot-long bar.
(Courtesy/Tang & Biscuit)
Tang & Biscuit, a huge, dazzlingly decorated shuffleboard club named for terms for the sport’s stick and puck, opened in August. After sipping Tang (yep, that orange powdered drink lives on) straight up or in cocktails at the 52-foot-long bar, slide your biscuits on one of 10 floor courts. The friendly competition is addictive. In the back room, play pingpong and cornhole. Or watch some pretty intense competitions. At River City Roll’s dream clubhouse, bowl while savoring The Lebowski, a White Russian riff spiked with house-made coffee syrup, gourmet tacos and the Gutterball, a brick oven pizza with goat cheese, lemon zest and fig jam drizzle. Forget plastic chairs; facing the flashy alleys and digital screens are deluxe tufted sofas. A stage features local bands; an outdoor patio and indoor tables edge the long, fancy bar. The Circuit‘s 75 retro and modern arcade games include classic coin-ops, skeeball and a plethora of pinball machines. A self-serve beer wall’s high-tech 50-tap system dispenses craft beer, wine and cider. At Vasen Brewing, a highlight of the new Richmond Beer Trail, mingle barside or in cozy lounges over inventive craft brews such as Figue Rustique that will lube you for rowdy rounds of trivia presented by Geeks Who Drink. Downtown’s got game, too. Greenleaf’s Pool Room was built by a pro player in 2014 on the ground floor of a classic 1929 hotel. At the old-time luncheonette counter, order a pickle plate and pitchers of local craft beer. In Champion’s century-old velvet-curtained quarters, dine and drink amid super-sized vintage artworks while playing pinball. At bustling all-day breakfast magnet Citizen, sit down for a game of chess in the unisex restroom.

Recreational eating

All of these social play spots feature elevated bar food. Other solid choices include ZZQ Texas Craft Barbeque in Scott’s Addition. Opened in March by an Austin-bred pitmaster, it’s already won kudos as Virginia’s best barbecue by Food and Wine magazine and best Texas barbecue outside Texas by Texas Monthly. The menu includes a seitan option. The Melt recently brought new fun to the lively Carytown neighborhood: gourmet street food (mac and cheese, fried pickles, Mexi-corn rice balls) served at counters lining windows of a hot-glass studio where artists create objects day and night. New in Church Hill: The Neighborhood Scoop, a food truck/outdoor social hub serving handmade “High 5” ice cream sandwiches.

R&R

Retire to Graduate Richmond‘s peppy-preppy hotel rooms stacked over the lobby café, where you can socialize at long school-cafeteria-style tables amid classic checkered decor. Quirk Hotel, a jewel of the freshly revitalized arts district, lives up to its happy name, with cheerful rooms and a sunlit bay window-walled lobby where you can indulge in some of the New South’s finest fare. The Victorian vaulted ceiling and super-cool furniture in the restaurant-bar make you feel like you’re dining in a movie set. Both Quirk and Graduate have bicycles that guests can use to reach all of these adult play spaces — and rooftop bars with tasty finger food, cocktails, views and tables perfect for playing cards.

Bonus points

Nonstop flights from Dallas and the new low-cost RVA Bike Share (ride up to 45 minutes at a time). More info: visitrichmondva.com https://www.dallasnews.com/life/travel/2018/10/23/fun-games-two-southern-playgrounds-got-visit Robin Soslow, a South-based writer-photographer who explores cool areas on bicycle, can be reached at [email protected].

Adventure Sports Innovation (ASI) has been bringing new innovations for outdoor fun to Chattanooga since 2018, with unique products like the Swincar E-Spider off-road vehicle; a full set of Personal Transportation Devices such electric unicycles, mini-electric bikes and HoverShoes from InMotion, Enzo e-bikes, E-Scooters, mini-Segways, e-Skateboards and hoverboards for fun around town, and the Lift E-foil, Kymera e-jet bodyboard, Manta e-SUP and the Schiller waterbike for great times on the water! While you’re at ASI, experience the latest in Virtual Reality to bring the great outdoors inside, the FingerCoaster design-it-yourself rollercoaster, Flymax: Extreme Hang gliding simulator, and Vertigo: Walk The Plank! There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

ASI also offers group events – BIG adventures for your small group (5-12):
– Celebrate special occasions (birthday, bachelor/bachelorette, etc.)
– Group adventures (church groups, scout trips)
– Have fun with your co-workers and learn to work better together in one of our Team Building sessions
– Learn in our STEM academic field trips for home-schooled groups, summer camps or middle and high schools.

There is nowhere else where you can experience (and buy!) all of these exciting products in one place, with new equipment being introduced all the time. ASI helps make Chattanooga one of the most unique and fun places to live and to visit!

Pin It on Pinterest