Flyboard Safety
Whenever you try a new sport or activity, doing it safely should
always be a top concern for everyone involved. Whether it’s something as
tried and true as starting a jogging or running regiment or something
out on the leading edge of adventure sports like flyboarding, the right safety equipment and preparation are paramount. Flyboard instructors
take your safety, and theirs, very seriously; better to not flyboard at
all if you’re not prepared to do it with all safety boxes appropriately
checked off.
The Equipment
The flyboard has been
designed to be buoyant and float in the water with a rider on board,
making it easy to establish balance and be comfortable from the start (http://www.flyboardli.com/the-flyboard/). The flyboard’s inventor, Zapata Racing (http://www.zapata-racing.com/),
along with the already large and always growing community of certified
flyboard pilots, are continually looking to improve on the design,
functionality and ease of use of the flyboard with safety a constant in
everything they do. In addition to the flyboard being designed with
safety in mind, you will also be issued a life vest and helmet before
you start your flight.
Age
The appropriate age for flyboarding has been talked about and
adjusted over the four years since the initial release in 2011. Here at FlyboardLI,
we require riders to be a minimum of 16 years of age and anyone under
age 18 must have a parent or guardian (adult) present as well. This
applies to all individual and group packages that we offer.
Weight
Most flyboard pilots are free spirits and free thinkers and would
probably say you should be any weight you want to be; however, due to
the design of the flyboard and the physics involved in lifting you out
of the water with hydraulic propulsion, the weight limit has been set at
300 pounds. Again, this is not a criticism or condemnation of those of
you over 300 pounds, we’d love to have Vince Wilfork or Damon Harrison
or Will Beatty come fly with us but it’s just not physically possible;
at least not safely.
Information credit - www.flyboardli.com
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