At the platform you bend your knees and time the stop perfectly to finish balanced and ready for more. Your heart races faster and you try to remember the last time you’d thought it was so great to be alive. That’s the thing with adventure sports. The adrenaline rush is addictive, and activities from parachuting to parasailing to paraboarding are all the rage from coast to coast. A new attraction added at ZipLine Hilton Head this spring is the Aerial Adventure Theme Park, a ropes course playground in the sky. Fifty in-the-trees challenge activities on six different ability courses offer safe, guided adventure for people of all ages. Novice climbers will build agility and confidence negotiating swaying tunnels, logs and bridges on the beginner level, while intermediate and expert level climbers jump through hoops and nets and traverse military training walls. As golf and tennis continue to drive the Hilton Head Island tourist economy, other retailers are learning that our vacation paradise has much more to offer. Visitors enjoy our bicycle paths and single-track. A visit to the beach will find Fat Tire bicycles cruising along the many miles of hard-packed sand. Other eco-travellers will find plenty of opportunity to raise their heart rates by parasailing, scheduling a dolphin kayak tour or renting stand-up paddleboards. At Outside Hilton Head on Shelter Cove Marina, guests participate in custom private adventure,s including sunset outings, a fireworks cruise, cast netting lessons, family tubing and dolphin watching. Other tours from Shelter Cove Marina offer options for stand-up paddle boarding, beachside yoga, group destination management and children’s programs. PHOTOS BY ARNO DIMMLING
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