Anoop S M from Vellayani in Thiruvananthapuram had plans of flying excessive on parasailing in Goa along with his buddies early in January. However he couldn’t make the journey along with his buddies. Later, he learnt concerning the water sport reaching the shores of Kovalam, launched by Bond Adventures underneath the banner Fly Kovalam. Anoop, a digicam assistant, says he took to it like a hen.

“I had ready myself to the touch the clouds by watching plenty of YouTube vidoes on parasailing. I did harbour some apprehensions initially because it was a novel expertise nevertheless it went nice. I loved it,” he says.

It was a first-time expertise for journey vlogger Dr. Mithra Satheesh as nicely. “I had at all times wished to check out parasailing however the fast set off got here within the type of a problem a scholar of mine tagged me on a social media submit concerning the watersport. I simply took up the gauntlet after I was visiting the town,” says Dr. Mithra, a professor of Authorities Ayurveda School, Tripunithura.

Offering a fillip to tourism in Thiruvananthapuram, parasailing has joined different journey sports activities akin to paragliding at Varkala, scuba diving at Kovalam and browsing that get pleasure from good patronage within the district. Often known as parakiting, the leisure exercise organised by Fly Kovalam on the Hawa Seaside includes winch-parasailing, whereby the take-off and touchdown occurs on a winch boat achored at mid-sea.

“We deploy an Indian Register of Transport (IRS)-certified winch parasailing boat that was manufactured in Goa. The multi-hued parachute, which has been introduced in from the UK, is tethered to a winch securely connected to the boat,” says Jackson Peter, managing director of Bond Adventures. Thrill-seekers are dropped off on the winch boat, manned by educated instructors, on a feeder boat from the seaside. Jackson says parasailing, open to anybody above the age of 10, is permitted as much as 5 nautical miles from the shore and parachutes can attain a most peak of 150 metres.

Parasailors are required to don life jackets and put on face masks always in step with Covid-19 protocol. Fees are ₹2,500 per head for a session and parasailing is open on all days from 10 am to five pm.

Jackson, who’s a part of the enterprise Bond Safari that launched scuba diving at Kovalam 5 years in the past, says the brand new enterprise would assist improve the identify of the sought-after coastal vacation spot within the world map of journey sports activities and enhance tourism.