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Show \ ~N tre eet Page 2, Wasatch Canyon Reporter. Mid July EDITORIAL Last year at this time | was eyeing my 32 pound bike and wondering how much weight | could trim off for five bucks...if | had five bucks. This year my bike is weighing in at closer to 33 pounds with the accumulated dust, and | am reminiscing about the heady days when | had five bucks to spend. The, ___ lightest-weight component | will be purchasing will be the air for my tires down — at the Chevron. It is easier for me to trim a few pounds off ay frame, than ® © «= mess with my cast iron ride. | In this issue we look at the ultimate in lightweight bikes. At the Vail world cup staff corespondents Dave Peck and Jim Holland ventured to get the real poop on the titanium circus. We also look at the video “Cycles”, which is __ the pendulum opposite of the racing world. The video is a textured philosophical look at mountain biking...from a view that doesn’t obsess about the hi-tech, light weight world. Our third biking feature covers the local trail scene—where to bike in and around Salt Lake no matter what your skill level. Get your clunker, or styly ride out, dust ‘em off and go. This month we went the extra distance and spruced up the graphic design of the paper. We figured it was time to do some spring cleaning. Graphically we are trying to create a more consistent image. We created snazzy new tags for all of our features...but we hated them. Introducing 1 bne Torrent There’s one thing you can say about this hot new model... It’s an absolute scream! Named for a rapid-riding South American duck, the Perception Torrent affords you all the tricks of a whitewater kayak, with the freedom of an open-top. Sail boats and Kayaks For Rent and Demos We came up with great ideas of how we were going to make this issue sharper than Wired magazine, and then our deadline plowed us over. Never-the-less, the images are sharpened, the text is all one size and every important Pe carries a tag credit. So eager were we to change our look, that we sent our ace photographer packing with his first pile of Polaroid’s. “Blood and passion is what we want” we screamed at him. “You bring us this drivel again and we'll see that you spend the rest of your professional life taking family portraits at Target with a Canon Snappy.” Then we apologized, but it was too late. Thankfully Chris _ Murray was just back in from Alaska, so we sucked up to him, and he shot the | | Thanks Chris. spectacular cover of his mating: Kristen Ulmer. In the area of distribution we are rushing ahead full tilt. We began distributing the paper in Park City last month. Pick up a copy at Jupiter Properties, O’Shucks, or White Pine Touring, and many. other fine establish_ ments. Keep your eye out for the “Taste of Park City” a food review like no — _ other... coming next issue. Also, if anyone from the Park City area is hankering _for the title of “Park City Bureau Chief’ drop us a line. We offer our gratitude, ___ firm handshakes, and nifty two color (both black and white) business cards in exchange for your monthly reports on the sordid doings in Park City. Or any sordid doings in general. Again the WCR staff felt the pain of a diminishing staff. Qualified writ- super easy to handle. You can climb on or _ ers,(publisher’s note: “qualified hell, we'll take anyone who's family has been _ walking BBNgm for one DenerAuON, and knows the dangerous end of a ball hop off- even while out point.”) photogra- on the water. It ‘s the logical choice when swimming is part of phers and ad salespersons still being sought to join our explosive team. your plan. A stable open-top, it features two huge hatches for lots of gear. | oe Yes we know that the Olympic | n as little as six months, you could be trained as a massage therapist at UCMT, one of the announcement cc nigh, positive difference in peoples’ lives by learninga caring and healing profession. j i \ So 2E 3119 F, 3300S, SLC, Utah 84109. Phone: (801) 487-8600 | but can — really see us going head to head with Koppel, and a } @ AMTA/COMTAA accredited programs Nationally accredited through ACCET — @ Financial aid available to those who qualify : EHHTR] @ 6 month 730 hr. day or 1 year 712 hr. evening program UTAH*COLLEGE*OF PAA is : nation’s top massage schools. Makea 2. Li HA | Mid 7 ee were Call (801) 521-3330 for enrollment information and a 1995 catalogue or stop by our facility. UCMT ¢ 25 South 300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 | Chungless. . Rather on rig a story of internation - alimportance. We drop the ball on sto- ries of local insignifi- cance. Just picture for a moment what we could do with this | one. agree ae” |
