{"id":408564,"date":"2026-09-23T20:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408564\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T20:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T20:06:09","slug":"orlando-science-center-opening-extreme-sports-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/408564\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Science Center opening extreme-sports exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/osc.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Science Center<\/a> is planning to unveil a new exhibit based on thrill-seeking athletic activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osc.org\/visit\/exhibits\/extreme-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cExtreme Sports: Beyond Human Limits\u201d<\/a> debuts at the Loch Haven Park museum on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The displays will focus on the science and psychology of adventure sports, including rock climbing, bicycling and walking a high line.\u00a0 Participants will be able to take on some physical challenges involving balancing on a not-so-high line and completing a parkour course. There\u2019s also a virtual race and a simulated wingsuit activity.\u00a0\u00a0Also available is a virtual whitewater river course.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit features real rock walls, including kid-sized options. as well as the chance to get in a portaledge hanging tent like rock climbers use.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit includes \u201cstories from around the world that highlight the unwavering perseverance required of athletes,\u201d according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeyond Human Limits\u201d was produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenorth.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Science North<\/a> of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariosciencecentre.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario Science Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/09\/16\/animation-gallery-0918\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney World conjures animation \u2018props\u2019 for new attraction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, science center members can attend an exclusive preview beginning at 10 a.m. The exhibit opens to the public at noon. It is included with regular admission to the science center. It will remain in Orlando until Jan. 3.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets and more details, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/osc.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OSC.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/09\/23\/science-sports-0925\/mailto:dbevil@orlandosentinel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dbevil@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Science Center is planning to unveil a new exhibit based on thrill-seeking athletic activities. \u201cExtreme Sports: Beyond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,104,28,114,115,1335,139,141,140,105,14291,554,109,76687,76688,76689,2411,106,1316,107],"class_list":["post-408564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-business","tag-entertainment","tag-florida","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-outdoors","tag-parenting-and-family","tag-science","tag-social","tag-social-entertainment","tag-social-theme-parks","tag-social-travel","tag-theme-parks","tag-things-to-do","tag-tourism","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}