I came across a video of a water powered jet pack on YouTube a while
ago and instantly thought I had to try it. While I was looking for the
video again to show my girlfriend I saw another video about something
called Flyboarding, the video thumbnail showed a person with water jets
coming out from under his feet……. I excitedly clicked it. We watched in
amazement as these guys flipped, dolphin dived and generally just glided
through the water in what can only be described as an Ironman/dolphin
hybrid-like manner. We looked at each other knowing that we had to try
flyboarding, and soon.
I searched for it but it was relatively rare in Australia (for now). I
was sure it wouldn’t be long before this epic water sport started
popping up everywhere here. Little did I know that two entrepreneurial
ex-dive instructors from Cairns were already onto it. I found this out
when I got a call from a friend of mine at Brand Tree Creative
telling me about a new, exciting product they were working on and that I
had to catch up with them and get involved. Sure enough it was then
that I found out Flyboarding was coming to Cairns!
The idea was that we were to work with them to make a promo video for
the launch party in the coming weeks and to do so would need to spend
the day on luxury charter boat Aroona,
with 4 jet skis, 20 people and a whole load of water toys. My job, get a
lot of GoPro footage and just generally have fun and help others do the
same. I was most certainly happy to oblige. I invited a few people
along for the ride but couldn’t tell them what it was at first so some
didn’t come but those that did, had an epic day and those that didn’t
probably won’t say no next time. Personally I think this is one of the
coolest adventure activities in Cairns and certainly one of the best things I’ve done.
I created a small GoPro video teaser below that show what they can do so I hope you enjoy it.
So how exactly does a flyboard work? Think of the power used to propel a Jet Ski (in our case Kawasaki’s from Trinity Kawasaki),
the engine draws the water through the Jet Ski’s intake and then pushes
it out the back to propel the craft. They’ve created 180 degree pipe
that takes the place of the steering mechanism on the Jet Ski, attaches
to a 18m long hose and the water that would usually be used to propel
the Jet Ski is forced through the pipe to the bottom of the board you’re
strapped into (like wake board bindings) and redirected downwards to
give you upwards thrust. The outcome is as close to what I can think it
would be like to have an iron man suit, or at least the legs. The
Flyboard itself has it’s own floatation so keeps you afloat if you’re
not under power.
I’d highly recommend giving this a go, it was a lot easier than I
expected to get up the first time, especially if you’ve done any board
sports before. As far as I know they start you at around 3 thousand
revs, which gets you about 3 to 4 meters out of the water depending on
your weight. After 10 hours flight time you can go unlimited, which is
anywhere over 6 thousand revs and can get you over 10 meters! Make sure
the boots are done up as tight as possible though because it all comes
down to the movement of your feet. Flights take off from Palm Cove
between 8am and 6pm Wednesdays to Sundays.
We’re giving someone a chance to WIN a free half an hour flight
valued at $175 that can be used anytime in the next 12 months (subject
to availability)! All you have to do is subscribe to the tourstogo.com
blog at the top right of this page AND like or comment on the post for
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be at least 16 years of age to win. Drawn randomly on Friday October
the 11th. The grand prize is valued at $175 and is for 1 x 30 minute
flyboarding session at Palm Cove, Cairns Australia. Prize voucher will
be valid 12 months from the date the winner is announced. You understand
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Let us know if you’ve done it before or would like to give flyboarding a go if you want to see the video that got me so excited about it click this flyboarding video link!
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