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Show HI Page 4-Wasatch Canyon Reporter, May 1 995 Windsurfing the On the sixth day, when God close to Salt Lake are sailable in phone numbers to call for ait invented windsurfing, this non- both wind directions. The more information. As for the Great asatch Monopoly game yet and new equipment is out of reach, gender-specific deity didn’t popular spots to sail include Salt Lake: is it sailable? “I Milosport also puts on windRush Lake, Utah Lake, Deer _know people who have done it,” _ surfing swaps where used gear _ include Utah in the grand windsurfing plan. Pristine Caribbean Creek Reservoir, Yuba Lake, said Mike Sonzini, manager of is bought or sold flea-market _bathwater, steady trade-winds, Mona Lake, and Sulphur (sp.?) Milosport and long-time Utah style. Last month’s was their white sand beaches, and grassy Creek, the latter located in windsurfer, ““There’s a few guys busiest ever, which says good rigging areas were all in the _ Wyoming, an hour out of Park who sail it every New Year’s things about the sport’s vitality. City. day, but the water’s pretty - original model. Even the secular The next one is scheduled for few who believe man invented The Jordanelle Reservoir, skanky.” June 3.One piece of equipment this divine sport trace its roots created with the construction of Unfortunately Windsurfing you will not need to purchase is to California and Hawaii. Why a dam three years ago but previis one of the most equipmenta PFD, or personal flotation oriented sports out there. A device a.k.a.: a lifejacket. Until in creation would anyone come . ously verboten to water craft, beginner can get by on just one _ recently, PFD’s were a state law to Utah to sail, where cold will become accessible June 30. board, sail, mast and boom, but Each of these spots has its pros mountain ponds, fickle winds, in Utah, enforced by the Parks and cons; 5 criteria for choosing a _ the better you get, the more gear and dirt beaches prevail? The and Recreation department. one body of water large enough make the perfect launch ramps for aerial heroics. Do our sailing sites provide the necessary ramps for high-dosage adrenaline and stardom? While you’re unlikely to unleash any fiftyfoot space shots due to the relatively small lakes, there is airtime to be had. “I’ve definitely had huge, out-of-control jumps where I had to bail out of my gear,’ said Jim Holland, former ski jumper who is no stranger to airtime. Holland, who mainly sails Sulpher Creek, recently made a permanent move to Park City, not despite the windsurf- ing, but because of it. “I got more good days here last sum- - to simulate oceanic conditions -’ the Great Salt Lake - was unfortunately tainted by Beelzebub mer than I ever had [on the East who, in an act of dire cruelty to Coast].” Utah has spawned two Utah windsurfers, made it bilious and vile. Thankfully, those of us who professional windsurfers, Rick Markham, currently on injured reserve with a broken neck, and Micah Buzianis, who immigrated to the Columbia because of the competitive scene there. _ emigrated to Utah for its snow and mountains need not sell off -all our boards and sails. The | Wasatch region can yield some If the sailing in Utah shuts excellent sailing conditions if you know where to go and have the gumption to get there. The down, some of the country’s same storm fronts that deliver Fransisco Bay area can be had snow to the canyons also pro-- in as little as nine hours, espe- best spots are within easy reach. The Gorge and the San duce wind on our lakes and cially if you drive like any Teservoirs. Summer heat causes WCR employee. The thought of thermal winds in certain spots wind and waves tends to leaden your right foot, the same as with during the clear periods of high pressure. Granted, we’re not talking Aruba or Maui here, but where else can you get face shots in the morning and nail down your duck jibes all after_ noon? As with most svipnenr nas sites in the U.S., spring and fall deliver Utah’s best conditions. To oversimplify complicated meteorology, south winds proceed a storm front, and clearing north winds follow it. Several bodies of water reasonably — a powder day. The Sacramento Dave Peck attempts to join the elite of windsurfing with his “lay tuck tuck triple.” River Delta is about an hour closer. All three of these spots are best in summer, when our winds tend to be lightest. Infractions could cost upwards particular spot range from the _ you “need” until your garage Utah’s windsurfing populaof $75. Fortunately for. “extremstarts to look like a warehouse © windiest lake, the warmest tion numbers several hundred ists’, the law was repealed in and your Visa card simply melts water, the scenery, or often the the last legislative session, and growing. Milosport has | into a pool of slag. Since Utah shortest drive. Milosport, Salt lakes experience conditions thanks in part to our Senate customers ranging from six to Lake’s premier (and only) sailleader Dave | 70; their average customer is board shop, has prepared a from light summer thermals to Minority detailed handout/mailing listing fifty-plus mph nuclear frontal Pignanelli, himselfa wind- around 35. Due to the high cost, surfer. The Utah Windsurf vehicle-dependence and the each sailing site; they describe winds, you will eventually need Association also played a key’ capriciousness of mother a full quiver of sails to maxithe weather conditions that nature, sailboarding is unlikely role in repealing the archaic mize your time on the water. A make each spot work, and to ever rival skiing or snowlaw. Their main focus is on floaty slalom board in the nineboarding for sheer numbers. As gaining and improving access foot range is probably the most Warren Miller put it, rights to various lakes around _ useful ride, but a bump-and“Compared to windsurfing, skiUtah; their successful accomjump 8’4” gets plenty of use ing is a ghetto sport.” Certainly plishments include access to during spring and fall. Adam Utah isn’t Maui, and until Rush Lake, Utah Lake, Little and Eve were dressed for winNostradamus’ big earthquake Dell, Decker Lake, Lakepark, durfing just as God intended, naked as the proverbial jaybird Jordanelle, and Sulpher Creek. drops everything West of Tooele except for a harness, but in Utah For information or to join call into the Pacific, it never will be. But in light of the phenomenal you'll need to wear neoprene: a Dimitri Milovich at 277-2624 skiing, great biking, rafting, full wetsuit or drysuit for the x108. climbing, abundant cheap golf, One of the main reasons mountain lakes and during and leave gas and movie prices colder periods, and a shorty for that windsurfing is firmly hovering around a buck, the mid-summer. This is both to entrenched as Loqczatcl’s own sailing here is pretty damn sport is the jumping. Forward appease the local mores as well GET WILD! Quality Cycles for Dirt & Pavement : Kona, ProFlex, LiteSpeed, Jamis, Slingshot, Fat -. Chance, Bianchi, Marin, Eisentraut, Salsa, Bontrager as to avoid an unwanted cryo- Parts, Accessories, Clothing, _ Footwear, Repairs, Rentals most areas due to rocky and 702 Third Avenue SLC 533-8671 and back loops (flips), onehanded and one footed-loops, sweet. Whether you believe God brought us this heavenly . could need. If you haven’t even double loops are becoming commonplace among the sport’s elite. Most of this action happens in places like Maui or the Columbia River Gorge Sport, or that it was a miracle of — science, is up-to you. Either way, don’t continue to waste time on dry land, and inherit the wind! cashed where big waves and swells vasectomy-or-hystorectomy. Booties are also a-good call for slippery launches. Milosport carries any new equipment you in on McDonald’s |