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    Parasailing is a recreational sport where a person is towed behind a boat while attached to a canopy resembling a parachute. The first documented parasailing occurred in 1961 in France. Key equipment includes a parasail, tow rope, boat with a winch, and safety gear. Parasailing should only be done in winds under 50 mph and without obstructions. Most locations offer introductory parasailing without training. Competitive land-based parasailing involves accuracy targets. The author enjoys parasailing with family as a way to see wonderful views and feel like flying.

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    Parasailing is a recreational sport where a person is towed behind a boat while attached to a canopy resembling a parachute. The first documented parasailing occurred in 1961 in France. Key equipment includes a parasail, tow rope, boat with a winch, and safety gear. Parasailing should only be done in winds under 50 mph and without obstructions. Most locations offer introductory parasailing without training. Competitive land-based parasailing involves accuracy targets. The author enjoys parasailing with family as a way to see wonderful views and feel like flying.

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    Parasailing is a recreational sport where a person is towed behind a boat while attached to a canopy resembling a parachute. The first documented parasailing occurred in 1961 in France. Key equipment includes a parasail, tow rope, boat with a winch, and safety gear. Parasailing should only be done in winds under 50 mph and without obstructions. Most locations offer introductory parasailing without training. Competitive land-based parasailing involves accuracy targets. The author enjoys parasailing with family as a way to see wonderful views and feel like flying.

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    Parasailing - A Kind of Sport

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    Parasailing is a recreational sport where a person is towed behind a boat while attached to a canopy resembling a parachute. The first documented parasailing occurred in 1961 in France. Key equipment includes a parasail, tow rope, boat with a winch, and safety gear. Parasailing should only be done in winds under 50 mph and without obstructions. Most locations offer introductory parasailing without training. Competitive land-based parasailing involves accuracy targets. The author enjoys parasailing with family as a way to see wonderful views and feel like flying.

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    Some of the key takeaways from the passage are that parasailing involves being towed behind a boat or vehicle attached to a parachute-like canopy. It originated in France in the 1960s and has since developed into a recreational activity and competition sport. Proper equipment like a parasail, tow rope, boat with a winch, and safety gear are required. Conditions like wind speed and avoiding obstructions must be considered to parasail safely.

    The passage discusses that the first recorded parasailing flight was by Colonel Michel Tournier from France in 1961, towed behind a tractor. It then grew in popularity and the first commercial parasail canopies were developed in the 1960s.

    The equipment needed for parasailing according to the passage includes a parasail, tow rope, boat or vehicle with a winch, body harness, canopy, and towline. The boat should have at least 90HP.

    Parasailing a kind of

    sport for the amusements


    Elaborated: Cazac Nadejda
    Group:
    EF24Z

    Content:

    Definition
    Origin
    Equipment
    Safe Conditions
    Learning
    Competitions
    My own experience

    Definition

    Parasailing is a recreational kind of sport 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. If the boat is powerful enough, two or three
    people can parasail behind it at the same time.

    Origin
    The first mentions
    of parasailing is a flight
    by Colonel Michel
    Tournier from France
    flying behind a tractor
    in 1961.

    It is also knew that in 1963 Jacques-Andr


    Istel from Pioneer Parachute Company bought a
    license from Lemoigne (who invented the
    paracommander parachute) to manufacture
    and sell the 24-gore parachute canopy he had
    developed for towing which was labeled as a
    "parasail".

    In 1974, Mark McCulloh


    invented the first self-contained
    parasail launch.
    In early 1976, Brian Gaskin
    designed, created, and tested the
    first 16-gore canopy design which
    he named "Waterbird".
    In April 2013, the first ASTM
    parasail weather standard was
    approved. This standard was the
    first step in bringing the otherwise
    unregulated industry into a more
    uniformed and safe industry!

    Equipment
    Parasailing requires a parasail, tow rope,
    boat or land vehicle with a winch. Safe
    parasailing takes place behind a boat that has
    an engine with at least 90 HP. The company
    that organizes parasailing must provide a body
    harness, a canopy for the start and a towline.
    In addition, safe parasailing requires an
    experienced boat driver, a skilled observer and
    a ground crew.

    Safe Conditions
    One should not parasail in
    winds exceeding 50mph. All
    parasailing participants need
    to wear life jackets to prevent
    drowning and helmets to
    prevent head injuries. There
    are no obstructions in your
    take-off path. Some
    obstructions include, trees,
    other boats and mountains.

    Learning
    Parasailing requires no formal
    training, and most beaches and holiday
    destinations offer parasailing activities. The
    boat driver must be with the experience.
    Assistants hold the guidelines to help the
    sail fill up with air. The parasailor should
    take a few long strides with the rope taut.
    The canopy will do this on its own. Steer
    the parasail by pulling down on risers on the
    side of the desired direction. Release the
    safety pin to allow the parasailor to float
    gently down into the water at either a high
    or low altitude.

    Competitions

    Land based parasailing has been formed into competition


    sport in Europe. In land based competition parasailing, the
    parasail is towed to maximum height behind a 4 wheel drive
    vehicle and then releases the tow line and flies down to a target
    area in an accuracy competition. The sport was developed in the
    early 80's and has been very popular ever since. The first
    international competitions were held in the mid 80's and
    continue to run today.

    My own experience
    This kind of sport is
    like a tradition in our
    travels with my sister, my
    brother and my niece. We
    always practice this, when
    we are at the seashore.
    This recreational sport, is
    very unusual, awesome,
    and amazing. It gives us
    the opportunity to see a
    wonderful view. When we
    are doing this, we are
    feeling like birds in flight.

    The sport is a method to


    enjoy our lives. But we mustn't
    forget to be careful and cautious.

    Thanks for your attention and


    watching!

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