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Fun With the Family
SURF CITY USA HAS SOMETHING FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART—NO MATTER WHAT AGE. | BY MARCIE TAYLOR
also required to wear knee and elbow pads. 7471 Center Avenue, near the Bella Terra Shopping Center, 714.379.6666, Vans.com/SkateParks-HB.html
INDOOR FUN
OUTDOOR FUN BE ONE WITH NATURE Nature lovers, young and old, will enjoy a visit to the Shipley Nature Center. It’s free to explore, and you’ll learn what Huntington Beach was like 100 years ago. 17851 Goldenwest Street, 714.842.4772, ShipleyNature.org
SKATE Head over to Vans Off the Wall Skatepark for a large street course with two bowls—a flow bowl and a clover bowl. Admission is free, and the park is open to the public seven days a week, weather permitting. BMX bikes are allowed on Wednesdays. Don’t forget a helmet. Skaters under 18 are
FLY A KITE Check out Kite Connection on the Huntington Beach Pier and fly a kite on the sand. 61 Main Street, 714.536.3630
Try the evening Pop-In-Playtime with glow-in-the-dark lights or the Open Jump time on the massive inflatables at Pump it Up. 16351 Gothard Street, Suite C, 714.847.9663, PumpItUpParty.com VANS OFF THE WALL SKATEPARK
PADDLE Head to Huntington Harbour and rent a kayak or stand up paddleboard where the waters are calmer than the ocean.
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JUMP The sky’s the limit, so to speak, at Get Air Surf City, near Bolsa Chica Road and Bolsa Avenue. One hour of trampoline fun costs $14 ($10 for tikes under 46 inches tall), and two-hour options are available. 5142 Argosy Avenue, 714.916.5815, GetAirSurfCity.com
KID CONNECTIONS Take the tykes to the Bella Terra Kids Club, held the last Monday of every month at 10:30 a.m. at the Bella Terra Pavilion Event Plaza. Closer to the beach, Pacific City’s PC Grommets is held the third Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. Both kids’ clubs feature activities like song and dance performances, magic acts, storytellers, and arts and crafts. BellatTerra-HB.com, GoPacificCity.com
PLAY GlowZone is a fun indoor playground with bowling lanes, arcade games, glow mini-golf, a laser maze, and a ninja course. A one-hour pass is $20. 7227 Edinger Avenue, 714.316.0775, HB.GlowZone.us