COASTE | SUMMER 2016

COASTE | ADVENTURES

where you’re feet aren’t touching some kind of floor, and in parasailing there ain’t no floor. But to the credit of the crew, their approach and their

Channel and Pine Island Sound. Most of all, there’s an overriding sense of a feeling too seldom felt in our busy and noisy world: peace. Pure peace.

emphasis on safety and security, there’s not even an anxious second to be had. We strap in, we lift off, and in minutes we’re fully tethered 800 feet out — more than 500 feet in the air. It’s truly difficult to fully convey the wonder of parasailing high over the Gulf of Mexico, because it’s almost like trying

It was an experience of a lifetime for us, and apparently is for a lot of others — YOLO Watersports is the number three Captiva attraction among visitors on TripAdvisor. “We’re very fortunate to have the location we have, and it seems the islands just keep getting

“We’ve seen many families that have come year after year, when their kids were young and now when they’re grown. That’s the special part of what we do, and makes it all worthwhile.”

to describe a state of perfection. It’s absolutely quiet. The expanse of water that sparkles below you is stunningly beautiful. Look around, and you witness 360 degrees of blue sky and the etch- a-sketch details of Captiva Island, Roosevelt

busier,”Ventura notes. “We’ve seenmany families that have come year after year, when their kids were young and now when they’re grown. That’s the special part of what we do, and it makes it all worthwhile.”

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