I had my first go at parasailing this weekend with Adam and
his crew at Smile High Parasailing in the port at Fuengirola, and what a great experience
it is!
My wife, two daughters and I all went
up together as a family which made it all the more fun. Smile High can fly up to 6 people at a time!
To the relief of my nervous wife, things have moved on a
great deal from the old days - you must have all seen the “you’ve been framed”
type clips, of people running (or being dragged) along the beach behind a
speedboat, and later landing in the sea. Well the good news is it no longer like this! Smile High’s special boat makes it all
incredibly easy, with a graceful launch from the deck at the back of the boat,
and the ability to land back on the boat as dry as you were when you stepped of
land, if you wished but this would be pretty boring!
After getting strapped into the strong, and comfortable
harnesses, and some fun but good safety advice, we were strapped to the sail
and gently lifted into the air.
Once underway we were all surprised at just how smooth it
all was, rising gently to an incredible 600ft or so! The sea was by no means flat, but up above it
was incredibly smooth. The views were stunning, as we made our way along
the coast, looking down on the hotel roofs, sea, boats and birds below.
After a great time, soaring high above the coast, we were gently winched
down and ended our flight with a gentle dunking to the knees -. this is optional and you
can choose you depth – ankles, knees, etc!
Once back on board we could enjoy the boat trip and the
music, and have fun watching the others on our trip, a group of 5 guys and
girls from Gibraltar in our case. This
team made the fatal mistake of splitting up into Boys and Girls to two separate flights! Well you can probably guess what happened next! With the girls up in the air, when it came to
dunking time the boys on the boat eagerly gave the captain the orders for depth! But they were up next! So the dunk depth for the boys, who flew
last, was just as eagerly set by the girls! Revenge was
deep!
And then a fun high speed roller coaster ride back to the port. An excellent experience and one which was
real good fun. Adam and his crew do
their job very well! Doing my job, I am
lucky to try many great experiences, and this crew really knew how to provide
fun. They joined in, livened things up, had
some great fun tunes and overall left the guests with the impression that this was
the first trip of summer, not their millionth so far this year!
Considering we were flying in September, towards
the end of a busy summer season, this is a great credit to them. Well done Adam and the team!
Highly recommended!