Lafayette, CA Outdoor Activities
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Castle Rock Arabians
- Walnut Creek
CHA-certified instructors impart essential riding skills to students mounted on ponies or horses at a ranch in the Mount Diablo foothills
Segway of Oakland
- Oakland
Two-hour tours roam Oakland and pause at landmarks after video overview of Segway handling and Segway rentals allow self-guided exploration
Rusty Wallace Racing Experience
- Stockton
Professional drivers sate passengers' need for speed in stock cars during exciting ride-alongs and racing experiences
Grayson Woods Golf Course
- Pleasant Hill
With Mount Diablo as a backdrop, golf complex offers an 18-hole putting course and 9-hole, par-3 course characterized by large greens
Imagine Sailing Tours
- Berkeley Marina
Captain navigates yacht to popular sights and destinations across the Bay Area for kayaking, barbecuing, and fishing
City of Newark - Silliman Activity Center
- Newark
Indoor aquatic park with water slides, lazy river, lap pool, 15-person warm water spa; activity center with gym and fitness area
Vacaville Ice Sports
- Vacaville
Two NHL-size rinks open their ice for groups of 2 or 4, who slip into rental skates & glide across the rinks during daily public sessions
Modesto Nuts
- Sunset Boulevard
The Nuts look to ride a recent hot streak to the top of their division as fans enjoy promotions, including fireworks and discounted beer
Live2kite
- Multiple Locations
Experienced kitesurfers show participants how to set up, control and maneuver, and practice safety during a group lesson on land or water
Driven Raceway
- Multiple Locations
Electric go-karts hurtle along winding track at speeds of up to 45 mph
Chicago Photo Safaris
- Multiple Locations
Pro photographers educate students in camera functions as they tour landmarks, capturing snapshots of sights and scenery
Touchstone Climbing
- San Jose
Instructors lead multilevel yoga classes that make bodies lithe and limber
GolfSmarts
- Santa Clara
Instructor evaluates pupils’ swing with video-analysis software before coaching them on form during a recorded session
The San Francisco Sailing Company
- Fisherman's Wharf
Students complete the first half of the American Sailing Association certification during a two-day course mostly on the water
Emperor Norton's Fantastic San Francisco Time Machine
- North Beach
Renowned chef leads tours through North Beach in search of Italian delicacies such as cannoli and sicilian sausage
Granite Arch Climbing Center
- Rancho Cordova
Instructors teach the basics of tying in ropes and securing your partner’s rope during the class; day passes include unlimited climbing
Wildlife and Eco Tours from San Francisco Whale Tours
- Fisherman's Wharf
Naturalists educate amid views of Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, and wildlife, and private charters enable floating merrymaking
Bay City Bike San Francisco
- Multiple Locations
Guided tours pedal across the Golden Gate Bridge into Sausalito; self-guided tours let guests choose their route to explore the Bay City
Sunrise Rollerland
- Citrus Heights
Large wooden rink lit up by flashing lights and a spinning disco ball accommodates skaters of all ages
Cordova Golf Course
- Sacramento
Golfers hone swings over interspersing lakes, deep bunkers, and contoured greens, as well as a lighted driving range
Santa Clara Paintball
- Multiple Locations
Take shelter from enemy paint behind castle ramparts, culvert-style pipes, and along sniper trails at four field locations
Angel Island Company
- Tiburon
One-hour tours travel across a picturesque state park with views of the Bay Area and stop at the historic US Immigration Station
Roller King
- Roseville
10 youngsters spend up to 2.5 hours on family-owned indoor roller rink before feasting on ice-cream sundaes & drinks in party room.
Washoe Creek Golf Course
- Petaluma
Clubbers enjoy day of unlimited play at two scaled-down nine-hole layouts before refueling with hamburger, hot dog, or deli sandwich
Blazing Saddles San Francisco
- Multiple Locations
Deluxe rental bikes whisk riders away on self-guided or guided tours of San Francisco, the Bay, and surrounding landmarks
Stockton Indoor Sports Complex
- Stockton
Old-fashioned, quad-wheeled roller skates roll across a hockey-rink-sized floor during public-skating sessions
McInnis Park Golf Center
- Healdsburg
Nine-hole course carves through Wine Country, ascending above tops of fir trees to reveal panoramas of Dry Creek Valley
Bay Area Expeditions
- Central North San Francisco
Experienced outdoorsmen lead excursions through redwood-lined and oceanside trails as hikers learn basic skills
Hysterical Walks & Rides
Guides in period costume blend historical fact with humor in a tour past haunted sites, monuments, and 1850s stone buildings.
Lance Johnson Golf Academy
- Escalon
PGA pro fine-tunes swings in private lessons for one or two with range practice
Ghost Golf
- Downtown Concord
Graveyard-themed mini-golf holes wind through gothic architecture, crypts, and skeletons peppered across indoor course
Bridges Rock Gym
- Richmond Annex
12 inches of seamless padding cushion any falls as climbers scale 18-foot-high top-out boulders and hang from an indoor cave
SF Chinatown Ghost Tours
- Chinatown
Tourists skulk through darkened sidestreets and eerie historical sites of Chinatown as native-born guide passes down nuggets of folklore.
Antioch Paintball Park
- Antioch
Three hours for two in a field with obstacles and bunkers; each person gets a marker, a mask, a barrel cover, 500 paintballs, and air
Recommended Outdoor Activities by Groupon Customers
Led by former NBA point guard and first-year head coach Mark Jackson, the Golden State Warriors charge into the second half of the season. Veteran guard Monta Ellis blows by defenders with an average of 22.2 points per game while forward-center David Lee muscles out under-the-basket rivals for an average of 9.7 rebounds per game. Rookie guard Klay Thompson keeps opponents guessing with the ability to drop shots from all over the court and the inexhaustible supply of riddles he declaims during commercial breaks.
In addition to leading circus classes for adults and children of various experience levels, the specialists at Trapeze Arts also manufacture custom circus equipment. At their 10,000-square-foot Oakland facility, they perform firsthand research to create solutions for high-flying performers.
The team has built equipment for Cirque du Soleil, UniverSoul Circus, Flynn Creek Circus, Jean Ann Ryan Productions, and several other professional performing companies. At their own facility, they teach students to use the flying trapeze, trampolines, hoops, silks, ropes, tightwires, unicycles, and juggling implements to increase confidence and babysitting abilities. Trapeze Arts has had such success imparting the aerial arts that several of their alumni are currently performing for Cirque du Soleil and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
Today's Groupon tackles professional athletics, professional athletes, and sports hernias with a ticket to the final game of the Oakland Raiders' 2009–10 season for $26 (a $36 value). On Sunday, January 3, at 1:15 p.m., the team that once upset the entire steel industry of Pittsburgh and tamed Cincinnati's Panthera Tigris Tigris looks to end the season on a final high note against the Baltimore Ravens (featuring offensive tackle Michael Oher who is the inspiration for the The Blind Side). You'll be sitting in section 354 and have a $10 food voucher in hand.
Trapeze Austin’s crew of experienced trapeze and aerial instructors know that the path to sky-high performing begins on the ground. That's why they treat beginners to static aerial arts lessons from the comfort of reliable old terra firma. During these one hour lessons, instructors patiently demonstrate essential trapeze and aerial routines on silks, aerial rope, and the Spanish web, home to a cartoon spider voiced by Antonio Banderas. After students have built up their strength and mastered the nuances of climbing, they can also chase gravity-defying big-top showmanship via exhilarating flying trapeze lessons held at the Stunt Ranch and the SoccerZone. Amidst spacious facilities laden with meticulously maintained circus rigging, instructors guide students through an initial ground lesson to familiarize bodies with swinging mechanics before venturing skyward for a round of closely observed soaring.
In 1902, while the team now in Oakland was still the Philly Athletics, a rival manager scoffed, casting the fledgling franchise off as a herd of "white elephants." In response, manager Connie Mack adopted the elephant as the team's official insignia—a legacy that lives on with the current mascot, Stomper—before the A's stampeded to the American League pennant. Since that first defiant victory, the team has won nine World Series championships, moving to Kansas City in 1955, then Oakland in 1968. Over more than a century, the club has fostered 11 league MVPs and eight Rookies of the Year, including future titans Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire. Today, the A's dazzle fans at the 35,067-capacity Coliseum, which features a lush natural-bluegrass surface and a spacious foul territory—technically still a 19th-century Mexican province—that baits pop-up outs, making it one of the most pitcher-friendly parks in Major League Baseball.
Your two-hour instructional trapeze class starts you and your troupe of fellow acro-novices out on the ground, where experienced instructors will give one-on-one tutorials on the basics of aerial posturing. From there, you'll take turns spreading your wings and flexing your core on the outdoor trapeze as you slice through circus skies with uninhibited abandon. Or plummet into the soft, pillowy embrace of Trapeze U's many safety nets and cushy mats, then try again until you get it right.
