Healthy Outdoor Adventure Helpful pontooning hints from the staff of the Pontoon Boat Guide.

Pontoon boating proves to be a healthy lifestyle, psychologically and physiologically, because it relieves stress and encourages connection with family and friends. Yet the health benefits don’t end there.

Because pontooning is an outdoor adventure, it encourages active pursuits such as waterskiing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding, tubing, snorkeling and swimming. It also ensures that every member of the family will be spending time in the fresh air, cruising, beachcombing, observing nature, stargazing... the list goes on and on.

That’s particularly important for today’s children, who are bombarded with television, the Internet, video games, social networking and other electronic media from a shockingly early age. Numerous studies have shown that American children who spend most of their time in front of a screen are more likely to be overweight and are more likely to feel detached from the natural world; and clearly, kids today are spending less time outside than their parents and grandparents did.

You don’t need to tell your kids what’s good for them. Just get them out on the water. Once they’re pontooning, they’ll be having so much fun they won’t remember why they used to want to stay indoors in the first place.

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