If you haven’t heard by now, Coconut Rockets is blasting off in Bermuda, and making a splash in the local watersport scene with Flyboarding.Flyboarding is essentially using a board similar to a snowboard with its boot attachments. The Flyboard is attached to a jet ski by a hose, and as the jet ski accelerates, water is pushed through the hose and out of jets located underneath the board.With proper handling as it was intended for, the person strapped in will be able to use that force of water shooting out of the Flyboard, to fly.I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to give it a try on a beautifully sunny, 28°C day and write about my experience.As soon as I was strapped into the Flyboard, I could feel my heart rate beat faster. As I prepared to fly, my adrenalin was pumping and I suddenly felt entirely aware of my surroundings.The instructions to “stand by”, and “prepare to fly” were yelled by my instructor, Kirk Simmons. I felt the power of the 150hp, 1,110cc jet ski engine surge water through the 55 foot-long hose. With one look, a thumbs up and nod from Kirk I knew I would have free range of the flyboard.What happened next fulfilled a childhood dream of mine, I began to fly.As I soared vertically in the air far beyond 10 feet, I looked beneath my feet at the crystal clear blue waters of Black Bay Beach and gazed onward to the horizon.The first time I rose up above the water, it put a grin on my face and I was one happy guy. This was my second time going Flyboarding, so I was more comfortable with moving around with the tremendous force of water shooting out of the Flyboard, beneath my feet.I wasted no time experimenting with different movements. I went over the basic turning, forward and backward motions and progressed into diving upon exiting tricks.With every dive, I opened my eyes underwater and took in the nature of the ocean. Every time I exited the water and rose into the air, it was a feeling of bliss and excitement. After a while, I was able to collect my thoughts and narrow down which tricks I wanted to focus on, and went with what flowed naturally.I worked on all types of grabs, from the cannonball grab to the double grab, and flew right through to front dives and backflip dives. Kirk was always willing to give pointers to help me flow better and as every trick was landed, I wanted to experiment with more movements.Although I only had 30 minutes of heaven, I’m officially hooked on this. It was so much fun, I’m actually going to continue Flyboarding and expand the skills I have into new boundaries.Mike Swan, the founder of Coconut Rockets, explained the official launch of Coconut Rockets is aimed for the weekend before Cup Match. He also mentioned his plans for expansion and vision of Flyboarding for Bermuda in the future.“We’re trying to bring the Freestyle Flyboarding World Championships here next year, but in the meantime we are working on our own signature moves,” he said. “if you look online you see the same moves over and over again, so we are trying to do something new. You’re part aeroplane, part rocket on a water powered device, but you are a human being on a powered device and have to figure out the dynamics of motion using those factors.”