Parasailing

Parasailing , the recreational activity that has currently become extremely popular as an adventure sport , gives an awesome feeling of flying up in the air and remaining there like a bird. Parascending , the other name for parasailing, clearly signifies that the sport is much about remaining ascending as high as possible in the air with the help of a parasail. The parascender is dragged forward by a boat or other speedy vehicles while he is attached to the parasail by the harness . The parasail , on the other hand, remains fastened to the boat or the vehicle by the tow rope . Apart from flying in the air with a parasail above the water-surfaces being fastened to a boat, Parasailing is also performed over land with a car. While flying, a pilot hardly has any control over the movement of his parasail. Though Parasailing is mainly done for fun yet it has also developed into a popular adventure sport in the recent years.

It was while Brian Gaskin 's experimentation with ex-military parachutes that the parasails were created. Most of the present-day parasails are modeled on the design of the first parasail designed by Gaskin and named ‘ Waterbird ' by him. Initially a form of outdoor entertainment, Parasailing has developed into a sport towards the end of the 1990s in Germany. The world record of parasailing is held by N.K.Mahajan , an 87-year-old person from Pune, India, who parasailed on 13 th April, 2007 under the supervision of Senior Instructor Anand Munje.

In spite of being comparatively a new adventure sport, Parasailing has become quite popular among a large number of people across the globe within a short span of time. It is spreading very fast and is expected to engage even more players in near future.