Parasailing, also known as parascending or parakiting, is a recreational kiting activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat ) while attached to a specially designed canopy wing that reminds one of a parachute, known as a parasail wing. The manned kite 's moving anchor may be a car, truck, or boat. The harness attaches the pilot to the parasail, which is connected to the boat, or land vehicle, by the tow rope. The vehicle then drives off, carrying the parascender (or wing ) and person into the air. If the boat is powerful enough, two or three people can parasail behind it at the same time. The parascender has little or no control over the parachute. The activity is primarily a fun ride, not to be confused with the sport of paragliding.
There are commercial parasailing operations all over the world. Land -based parasailing has also been transformed into a competition sport in Europe. In land -based competition parasailing, the parasail is towed to maximum height behind a 4- wheel drive vehicle.
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