By Juliette Tang
I've heard of people having sex on exercise balls, but I've never heard of an exercise ball fetish, in the true sense, before today. A 31-year old man from Duluth, MN, is on the run from cops after breaking into a gym and slashing a bunch of exercise balls "to satisfy a sexual urge". According to the Associated Press:
Authorities are familiar with the man. A criminal complaint released Thursday said he was convicted in 2005 of breaking into a sports facility at the University of Minnesota in Duluth and slashing about 70 balls. Each ball cost between $30 and $60. The complaint says when he pleaded guilty in that case, he admitted slashing more than 40 other balls at two clinics.Court documents said the man told police he slashed the rubber balls to satisfy a sexual urge. Experts said he has an unusual attraction to inflatable exercise devices.
While this is the first time I've ever heard of a fetish related to exercise balls, it's really not that weird in context.
The balloon popping fetish (a distant cousin) is well-documented. People with balloon fetishes, called looners, are sexually aroused by playing with balloons. Some -- referred to as poppers -- enjoy inflating and then popping balloons. Others, non-poppers, simply like to be around balloons, period. For some, the feeling of an inflated balloon against skin is enough to get them excited. Mellyloon, a members-only site that's been around for 9 years, features photos of attractive women who "like nothing better than to spend their time blowing up, overinflating and bursting their playful balloons." Run a search for "balloon fetish," and you'll be surprised to see how many other sites of its kind exist, including Loonervision, Loonernudes, Emma's Balloons, and Balloon Cuties. There are also sites that show photos of naked dudes with balloons, like this one, though they don't seem to be nearly as common.
The exercise-ball fetish is similar to the balloon fetish, albeit way more expensive. Unfortunately, it's difficult, with something as specific as exercise balls, to find a suitable, cheaper alternative. Nevertheless, breaking-and-entering should never be the solution.
Comments (2)
I have a balloon fetish, but I'm not into exercise balls. In fact, I'm not much into the 'harder' inflatables such as beach balls, animal figures, etc. I am turned on watching a female blow up balloons, condoms and thin rubber gloves.
I enjoy watching her play with them and then pop them in sexy ways, such as spike heels, fingernails, sitting, and of course BTP. That is blow to pop; inflating the object until it pops. BTP is scary for most because of potential pain from a flying piece of balloon. For this reason, many of the gals on the Balloon Fetish sites, use a pump of some kind to blow it up until it pops.
If anyone is interested, I have even written a story about how I got turned on to balloons by a girl when I was about 21.
John
Posted by John | September 1, 2009 12:55 PM
Another good balloon site is Champagne & Balloons even though some of the members there seem cliquey and stand offish most of the time...
By the way, my virus scanner tripped a warning for the site that shows photos of naked dudes with balloons... :( (No, I didn't click it...) You might want to check into that...
Posted by Balloon Babe | October 19, 2009 08:27 PM