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Experience Based Learning, Inc.
Type:Private
Key People:Steve Gustafson, President & CEO
Products:Zip-line tours and installation
Foundation:1993
Founder:Steve Gustafson
Location:Rockford, Illinois, USA

Experience Based Learning, also known as EBL, is an Illinois-based Zip-line tour and installation company founded in 1993 by Steven Gustafson.[1] Gustafson served on the board of directors for the standards developer for zip-lines, the Professional Ropes Course Association, as its president until 2015.[2] [3]

History

EBL was founded in 1993 by owner Steve Gustafson. He obtained his degrees in Recreation, Parks and Tourism and Geology from Western Illinois University.[4] Gustafson has been participating, operating and building ropes challenge course, zip-lines and zip-line courses since 1986. He is considered by some to be the founder of the modern day zipline.[5] EBL installed the first commercially promoted zip line tour with cables in the United States, alongside the client installing their own platforms, and has erected numerous courses since. The first went up in 2002 in Hawai'i.[6] Part of the concept for the touring originated in Costa Rica, as an Ecotourism adventure.[7]

Operations

EBL has installed zip-line courses at numerous locations throughout the US and also has installations in South Korea and Canada.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] In 2014 EBL opened a zip-line in its founder's home town of Rockford, Illinois.[20] EBL, along with other zipline operators, has called for stricter self-policing in the light of numerous deaths from other zip-line courses.[21] [22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EBL.org - The Nation's Premier Zip Line Installer - Professional Canopy Zip Line Tour Designer, Builder, and Operator.. www.ebl.org. 28 January 2019.
  2. Web site: PRCA Leadership.
  3. Web site: Zipping Through the Treetops. Roger. Mummert. 16 October 2008. NYTimes.com.
  4. Web site: Zip Chicagoâ"¢ > About EBL. www.zipchicago.com.
  5. Web site: A Thrilling Good Time: Off the Grid Mountain Adventures set to open Monday. Bryce . Phillips. 31 March 2016. www.elizabethton.com.
  6. Web site: Zip line tours a fast growing outdoor sport. www.knoxvilledailysun.com. 28 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Central Florida's Zipline Safari takes riders atop the trees. Dewayne. Bevil. OrlandoSentinel.com. 28 January 2019.
  8. Web site: New England's Most Thrilling Zip Line Tour is Now Open. 3 September 2009. www.businesswire.com.
  9. Web site: New England's Most Thrilling Zip Line Tour is Now Open. - Free Online Library. www.thefreelibrary.com.
  10. Web site: Slice: Steve Gustafson off to a zipping good start in hometown Rockford. Susan. Vela. Rockford Register Star.
  11. Web site: Zip-line could draw thousands to Marseilles The Times . www.mywebtimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190130161858/https://www.mywebtimes.com/articles/tn/2011/10/05/b285098ab5685bcb92858961623d300a/index.xml . 2019-01-30.
  12. Web site: Zip Boise, Zip Line Adventure. Get Ready to Launch!. Kim. Lewis. 16 July 2017. Our Travel Moments.
  13. Web site: Zip McCall Adventures Prepares to Open in May. 19 February 2018.
  14. Web site: World Botanical Gardens & Waterfalls. Hawaii News and Island Information.
  15. Web site: Zipline over the wetlands at new Osceola attraction. Dewayne. Bevil. Orlando Sun Sentinel.
  16. Web site: Adventure company offering some high-flying, zip line fun near Boone. Lois Carol . Wheatley. The Independent Tribune.
  17. Web site: Elizabethton park features one of nation's longest zip lines. timesfreepress.com.
  18. Web site: Ziplines offer a flight through the treetops. charlotteobserver.
  19. Web site: Taking the plunge - Sports Lead - Santa Maria Sun, CA. Kristina. Sewell. www.santamariasun.com.
  20. Web site: Slice: Steve Gustafson brings ziplining fun to Rockford. Jay. Taft. Rockford Register Star. 28 January 2019.
  21. Web site: Ropes-course industry leaders want stricter self-policing. Caitlin. Dineen. OrlandoSentinel.com.
  22. Web site: Safety concerns rise with zipline popularity. 20 June 2008. ABC News.

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