Bounce Houses Might Cause Injuries but Provide Childhood Memories

In El Paso, you know almost every kid party has to have a bounce house, also known as a brinca brinca. It is only tradition to rent one of these babies out for almost every occasion.

Birthday, baby shower, 50th birthday celebration, anything BUT a funeral will have a bounce house in El Paso. So it is important to consider how safe it is for you or someone you love to use a bounce house.

Luckily, Thomas E. Gill, Ph.D., professor of environmental science at UTEP, along with University of Georgia researchers has published a study on the dangers that come with bounce houses.

According to the study, since the years 2000-2021, at least 479 injuries and at least 28 deaths have been linked to 132 wind-related bounce house injuries.

The REAL Fear from a Bounce House

Growing up in El Paso, you probably tried to pull down a bounce house or turned off the power on purpose, to mess with your fellow bouncers. Not cool, but kind of a childhood trend. This TikTok explain my biggest fear when growing up around bounce houses:

@basii_17 would you leave your favorite cousin?? follow my instagram #fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #mexico #hispanic #childhood #bouncehouse #carneasada ♬ original sound - Basi

It is a right of passage to just be in these inflatable hellholes as a child. Something weird always happens and I feel these TikToks explain all that chaos:

@basii_17 Who were/are you??follow my insta#fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #mexico #hispanic #childhood #mexicanlife #bouncehouse #jumper #carneasada ♬ original sound - Basi

@basii_17 which one were/are you?follow my insta#fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #mexico #hispanic #childhood #mexicanlife #carneasada #bouncehouse #jumper ♬ original sound - Basi

@basii_17 which one were/are you??follow my instagram✌ #fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #mexico #hispanic #childhood #bouncehouse #jumper #carneasada #fiesta ♬ original sound - Basi

@basii_17 Which one are/were you?follow my instagram✌ #fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #mexico #hispanic #childhood #bouncehouse #jumper #carneasada #fiesta ♬ original sound - Basi

@basii_17 most annoying cousins#fyp #foryourpage #foryoupage #mexico #hispanic #childhood #mexicanlife #hispanictiktok #latinotiktok #bouncehouse #fiesta ♬ YA ME HARTO ESTE HIJO... - ★ Lessy ★

No matter what a study says, we know the bounce house business will never die as long as there are parties in El Paso.