For the spirit of adventure
Xtreme Zone, Praveen Krishnaiah’s brainchild ensures a 360 degree spread in adventure
After eight years in the IT industry, engineer Praveen Krishnaiah wanted to venture into something which was exciting, has a style quotient to it and kept one physically fit. Xtreme Zone, a one-stop shop for adventure sports was the answer. “It has kept me fit,” laughs Praveen Krishnaiah, the CEO of Xtreme Zone.
“In six years, we have done 35,000 bungee jumps across metro cities and maintain a 100 per cent safety record,” he adds. Now, the company has branched into Xtreme Zone events, Xtreme Zone paintball, Xtreme Zone enthukids and Xtreme Zone getawayz to offer something for everyone in adventure sports. So, there is hot air ballooning, BMX biking, river rafting, rappelling, artificial wall climbing, paint ball and camp fires.
Unusual choice
The engineer-turned-entrepreneur says adventure is always about design, process and people. “In the history of adventure sports, 99 per cent of accidents happen due to human error, when they fail to follow safety procedure,” he explains.
He sources the equipment from the U.S. and Europe, which are certified as per international standards. “A good equipment makes adventure enjoyable.”
Praveen Krishnaiah is trained in the U.S. on paintball, which he calls as a modern version of hide and seek. He has set up paint ball fields at Prakriti Club Resort (near the new airport) and at Angsana Spa, near Doddaballapur Road. “This is targeted towards corporate as a team-building exercise. They come in teams for a day, enjoy good food, play paint ball (players compete in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint (referred to as a paintball from a special gun called a paintball marker) and participate in team building.
Getaway
To ensure a 360 degree spread in adventure, there is clean and green ‘Xtreme Zone getawayz’, located at Manchanbele dam (off Mysore Road), about 55 kms…More
