Water Sport Adventures in the Florida Keys

An abundance of tranquil, turquoise water and warm year-round temperatures make the Florida Keys the perfect holiday destination for aqua sports enthusiasts. The subtropical Florida Keys and Key West offer a wide variety of ways to get the adrenaline pumping, including one of 2014's "must try" adventure activities: flyboarding.

Flyboard Like Iron Man

A new and exhilarating addition in the Keys, flyboarding, allows participants to soar like the fictional Iron Man above the ocean's surface, providing a sensation of weightlessness and freedom. The flyboard is a developed interpretation of the established jetpack, with the participant strapping his or her feet into special shoes that are attached to powerful water jets, enabling take-off, hovering and other manoeuvres. Barefoot Billy's in Key West offers an hour-long flyboarding experience from $214 per person. Visitors will receive one-on-one flight lessons that thoroughly explain how to take off, hover and land safely. The price includes 15 minutes of training and 30 minutes of actual flying time. All flyboard excursions depart from Barefoot Billy's location at the historic Casa Marina, a Waldorf Astoria resort. For more information and to book, visit barefootbillys.com

Fury's Ultimate Florida Keys Adventure

For nearly 30 years, Fury Water Adventures has been offering adventure enthusiasts a variety of high-adrenaline activities. Fury's most popular excursion is Ultimate Adventure - an action-packed day that includes parasailing, jet skiing, kayaking and snorkelling. Leaving at 10 a.m., Fury takes visitors on a seven-mile journey aboard a 65-foot sailing catamaran whilst the group enjoys breakfast. The first stop is at the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States, where visitors can snorkel amongst angelfish, parrotfish, blue tangs and more. Following this, gues will enjoy complimentary lunch at the adventure moves to the Gulf of Mexico side of the Florida Keys for an afternoon of parasailing, jet skiing, kayaking, climbing and jumping. Guests can end the day enjoying complimentary beer and wine on the sail back. The Ultimate Adventure day trip costs $139.95 per adult and $69.95 per child ages 6-12. For more information and to book, visit furycat.com

Full Moon Paddleboarding

Travellers who have mastered the art of paddleboarding can take their skills to the next level on the Full Moon Paddleboard tour offered by Captain Hook's Marina & Dive Center in Marathon. Participants are escorted on the Jolly Roger, Captain Hook's 45-foot Corinthia Catamaran, to a secluded location under the full moon. During the three-hour excursion, they have the opportunity to observe scenery and marine life from a unique moonlit perspective. The excursion costs $45 per person. For more information and to book, visit marathonwatersports.com

Kiteboarding in the World's Sportfishing Capital

Kiteboarding is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, offering thrill-seekers an experience that combines elements of wakeboarding, windsurfing, surfing, paragliding and gymnastics into one extreme sport. Islamorada Watersports Company, whose boardsports division is known as Seven Sports, has been teaching visitors how to kitesurf since 1999 and offers private lessons for people at all level of abilities. Each lesson is taught by a professional kite instructor and is supported by a jet ski or a boat. Islamorada, widely known as the Sportfishing Capital of the World, is the perfect location for kitesurfing because it combines the deep blue waters of the Florida Straits with some sandbars that can be challenging to navigate.

The beginners experience costs $300 and includes approximately two hours of kiteboarding time. Intermediate and advanced lessons cost $150 per hour. For more information and to book, visit islamoradawatersportscompany.com

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