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Show MOUNTAIN TIMES Colorful Kayaks Not Just for the Crazy K oases can be as safe and easy or as scary aS yOu want it to be. You can slide down the calm Colorado at Moab as quietly as a Sunday afternoon stroll. Or you can ride the monster 25- maneuvers as “endos” and wave rid ing, or surfing. Surfing on standing Waves in rivers is something most kayakers look forward to “Surfing is an awful lot of fun,’ Dave concedes In the end, fitting a paddler to a specific kayak is a personal and subjective decision. One that requires the kayaker to “demo” a number of boats. As it turns out, the paddlers height and weight are critical to the selection of a kayak, says Dave. And that is why Peak Experience offers one of the largest selections in Utah Kayak rentals are only $25 a day allowing a paddler to test many before buying. But don’t take on a river, until you've had some lessons, Dave advises Many paddlers forget what it is like to be a beginner and convince their untrained friends that they can handle the whitewater without lessons That’s a mistake, Dave insists And for those fraidy cats who won't be caught dead in a kayak, Peak Experience offers “sit on top” kayak like boats, as well as inflatables and plastic-decked canoes. @ foot waves at Cataract Canyon. “you’d be surprised a family sport kayaking how much of can be,” says Dave Dodgion, the proprietor of Peak RESERVE SPACE NOW Only $49.95 30,000 issues per month per month CALL OR FAX 801-649-8046 Complete kayak package $999.00 (includes kayak, paddle, sprayskirt, , ree. Kayak Classes starting now! 2340 East 4670 South Holladay, Utah 272-4497 D (Wil s) ‘ — se ee 230 South 1300 East University, Utah 583-1013 Live Entertainment Nightly FREE MENU SELECTION You and your guest are cordially invited to enjoy one complimentay MENU SELECTION when you purchase a second MENU SELECTION of equal or greater value. Valid anytime * One coupon per visit (Value Up to $6.00) Not To Be Used With Other Coupons Or Specials THIS COUPON EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 31, 1996 PAGE (Next to Payless Drug) 645-5366 or 1-800-361-UTAH ¢ Full line of boating accessories AVGID THE MEGA STORE MESS IN THE CENTER OF SALT LAKE CITY aes pte Selectj rn Seryj ce SPecija) Orders ACE Prices 4844 HIGHLAND DRIVE « SALT LAKE CITY 7 PFD) Rental boats include: - Sit-on-Tops - All kayaks in stock - | & 2-man Keowees - |] & 2-man inflatables - 14 self-bailing raft 875 Iron Horse Dr. Park City, Utah - XXYEXUEE -Sh on float bags, helmet & ¢ Perception, Wave Sport & New Wave kayaks in stock Peak Experience bow to stern (known as rocker), they Travel Tour Guides ¢ Hotels Travel Agencies ¢ Outfitters ° B&Bs rounded, edges for quicker turning and added maneuvering Rodeo boats are smaller in terms of displacement volume, allowing the bows and sterns to be sunk for such are slower and sit lower in the water. “Rodeo boats” are for the more advanced kayakers. The Perception Super Sport or the Wave Sport Frankenstein are designed with narrow bottoms and sharper, rather than C—O Adventure Directory caught people’s imaginations,” Dave observes. Utahns have a lot to choose from in the way of waters to kayak. “The San Juan River is a very beautiful and easy trip,” Dave explains. Other areas, such as “Cataract Canyon offers the biggest whitewater in North America.” There many the are areas On Green and Colorado Rivers suited to kayaking. The Snake River of Idaho also offers incredible boating. Closer to home, there are the Weber and Provo Rivers. Beginning kayakers like stability. “Creek boats,” Dave explains, are relatively wide and flat on the bottom so they won't flip easily. Because the bottom of these kayaks are curved from e e GREAT GETAWAYS all for about $800. al sn. Su) in a variety of models, Poces eteee WW Get Into the “Mountain Times” Kayaks come Nt ees oes ee Experience, 875 Iron Horse Drive, in Park City. “It’s adventurous and appears risky,” Dave explains. “And it can be dangerous. But for the most part, you get to choose.” Peak Experience offers a series of beginning kayaking classes. Two-five hour classes prepare students for a river trip that caps off the instruction. All for $150, which includes the gear. “With a kayak, it’s not like you’re in a boat,” Dave points out. “It becomes part of you . . . It’s like you are the boat. You get on the water and you forget everything.” Kayaking has undergone a metamorphosis over the past 10 years or so. Now, instead of brittle fiberglass kayaks that could break on rocks, these little boats are made of unbreakable plastics Unlike canoes and sailboards and other craft that increase in price as design becomes advanced, all kayaks are priced similarly. Whether you are kayak or an buying a beginner model, they’re all about advanced $800. No longer is kayaking a specialized sport with a small number of paddlers. “Now you see lots of kayaks everywhere. Kayaking seems to have |
