A Decade of Courage · Community Celebration
Empower Adventures is turning 10, and we're throwing Oldsmar a party. Free zip lines, food trucks, local vendors and prizes on the shores of Mobbly Bayou. Zip spots are limited, so RSVP to save yours.
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★★★★★ 120,000+ guests since 2016 · Proudly partnered with the City of Oldsmar
Free admission · Limited zip spots
When: Saturday, November 7, 2026
Time: 11am to 2pm
Where: 423 Lafayette Blvd, Oldsmar
Cost: FREE
🎁 Every RSVP is entered to win up to $1,000 in prizes. Takes 20 seconds.
No purchase necessary. Must be present to win. Official rules. Zip riders must weigh 60 to 270 lbs.
RSVP = automatic entry
Everyone who RSVPs is entered in our Decade of Courage giveaway. We draw three winners on November 7, 2026, right at the celebration. You must be present to win.
$500 value
One full week of Empower summer camp for one child ages 7 to 12. Parents: tick the camp box when you RSVP to be entered for this one.
$300 value
A gift card for a zip line adventure for four people. Bring the family or the friends who always said "someday."
$200 value
An annual unlimited paddleboard membership. Paddle Mobbly Bayou whenever you like, all year.
No purchase necessary. Must be present at the November 7 drawing to win. Open to U.S. residents 18+. One entry per person. The summer camp week is drawn from parents who opt in on the RSVP form. See the official rules for full details.
The story behind the celebration
In 1916, Ransom E. Olds, the man who helped put America on wheels, bought 37,541 acres of palmetto and marsh on Old Tampa Bay and set out to build a city from nothing. Then a 1921 hurricane washed his plans away. He went north believing Oldsmar was the greatest failure of his life, and he died in 1950 never knowing how the story would end.
He was wrong. The town held on. And on Olds' original drawings, one stretch of shoreline was set aside for recreation: a golf course, green space, room to breathe. He never built it. The town did, in a way he never imagined. It became the 400-acre Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve, protected instead of paved.
In 2016, exactly 100 years after Olds stood on that shore, Army Ranger Joe DeRing stood on the same ground with an idea most people called crazy: a place where fear becomes something you learn from. The City of Oldsmar saw something familiar in it and leaped too. Today that ground is Empower Adventures, home to a 30-foot pole we call the Leap of Faith.
Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve: the land Olds set aside for recreation, now home to Empower Adventures.
1916
R.E. Olds draws a city for 100,000 people, with parks and preserves sketched in from the very first draft.
1921
A hurricane sends a 14-foot wall of water through town. The plans wash away. The town stays.
2016
Empower Adventures opens on the ground Olds set aside, with the City of Oldsmar as a partner.
2026
Olds drew a city for 100,000 people. More than 120,000 have come here to leap.
Thank you, Oldsmar
A town of 15,000 that set aside nearly a third of its land for parks and preserves. That built an Olympic-caliber BMX supercross track. That never narrowed Olds' impossibly wide boulevards. None of it was the safe choice. All of it got built. This celebration is our thank-you to the mayors, city leaders, veterans, first responders, educators and neighbors who made the last 10 years possible.
“We want residents to look into their own backyard and feel proud of what we've built together.”
Joe DeRing
Founder, Empower Adventures Tampa Bay
“Over the past 10 years, Empower Adventures Tampa Bay has helped put Oldsmar on the map as a destination for outdoor adventure.”
Mayor Katie Gannon
City of Oldsmar
“Empower Adventures Tampa Bay has been a tremendous economic asset and valued community partner for the City of Oldsmar for the past decade.”
Felicia Donnelly
City Manager, City of Oldsmar
Saturday, November 7 · 11am to 2pm
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Climb the 30-foot pole, stand at the edge and step off into open air. The same leap thousands have taken here.
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Soar over Mobbly Bayou and the tree canopy on the park's two biggest zip lines. Free for everyone who RSVPs.
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Food trucks, local Oldsmar vendors, community partners and a lot of familiar faces.
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We draw the Decade of Courage giveaway winners on November 7. Every RSVP is an entry. Must be present to win.
Families with kids 7 to 12 who want a taste of summer camp. Neighbors who've driven past the park a hundred times and never tried it. Longtime fans who want to celebrate with us. Whether it's your first leap or your fiftieth, come say hi.
Date: Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Time: 11am to 2pm · Where: 423 Lafayette Blvd, Oldsmar, FL 34677 · Admission: FREE · Zip riders: 60 to 270 lbs
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Courage is contagious. Send this to the family, neighbor or friend who needs a little push. Zip spots are limited, so share it before they're gone.
Saturday, November 7 · 11am to 2pm · Empower Adventures, Oldsmar. Free admission, limited zip spots, and every RSVP is entered to win up to $1,000 in prizes.
RSVP to zip free →Empower Adventures Tampa Bay is an outdoor adventure park inside the 400-acre Mobbly Bayou Wilderness Preserve on Old Tampa Bay. Founded in 2016 by Army Ranger Joe DeRing, it has welcomed more than 120,000 guests and partnered with 600+ organizations through zip line tours, aerial courses, team building, youth camps and group experiences. Our mission: help every guest face fear, discover courage and leave believing they're capable of more than they imagined.
Interviews, footage and photography are available with founder Joe DeRing, Oldsmar city leadership and longtime guests.
Media contact: Jessica Wright
jessica@zipontampabay.com · (317) 658-6731
