Local few opens cellular kayak rental business

Levi and Melissa Lish with their canine, Tala, left, and Rocket. The Pocatello few opened a kayak rental company April 1. | Courtesy Melissa Lish

POCATELLO – As the summer time recreational period techniques, Levi and Melissa Lish of Pocatello are expressing “Yaksup!”

The time period is the title of the couple’s company, which refers to kayaks and standup paddleboards. Their cellular kayak rental shop, which presents 20 sit-on-best kayaks, opened April 1. The Lish’s operate the company out of their household and provide kayaks directly to buyers. Paddleboards are not at this time available, but they hope to have some quickly.

The concept for the organization was shaped several yrs in the past when the pair did some kayaking in Island Park. The absence of kayak rentals previous yr due to the COVID-19 pandemic prompted them to convert their thought into a fact.

“People were prohibited from accomplishing anything at all minus becoming exterior, so we just felt like there was a really significant want to offer you the local community an additional way to recreate,” Melissa tells EastIdahoNews.com.

Nevertheless the peak kayaking year hasn’t officially arrived still, Melissa suggests there’s been a whole lot of curiosity from buyers.

“We’ve gotten a great deal of men and women bookmarking our web page (to examine it out) at a afterwards date. People today have requested us about pricing and where by they can decide up and fall off kayaks. In the short two weeks due to the fact we introduced, we have over 200 followers,” Melissa claims.

Melissa says there is not any other company in Pocatello that has as vast a assortment of kayaks out there and there’s no limit on how lengthy or where by people can consider them. The value is $25 a day and the shipping and delivery element helps make it convenient for prospects during japanese Idaho, she claims.

The specifications of each and every kayak readily available at Yaksup. | Courtesy Melissa Lish

The couple is grateful for the reaction from the local community and they are hunting forward to serving buyers.

“We’ve been sharing lots of areas to kayak all over the condition. Even if persons have their personal kayak or they’re not regional to the spot, and they see our write-up about kayaking somewhere which is nearer to them, it’s just an over-all encouraging vibe to get folks out to recreate and explore Idaho,” Melissa states.

To reserve a kayak or find out extra, take a look at the Facebook website page or email [email protected].