Photo: Chelsea Powrie
A first-of-its-kind business for Penticton beaches has opened on the shores of Skaha Lake, with the aim of making lazy days on the sand even more comfortable.
Local businessman Braden Baker and his father, who used to own a bike rental shop where Loco Landing is now, have wanted to start a business renting beach chairs and umbrellas at Skaha for years.
“We finally decided to go ahead with it. I have a bunch of nephews and so we started this up thinking we could give them a summer job,” Baker said.
Beach Bums Chair Rentals was born, and it opened in early July. Luckily for some local high school kids, the nephews decided to stay in Alberta for the summer, so the shop is now a summer job for some local grade 12 students.
“This was more just as sort of a fun project to see if it would work. We’ve seen it done elsewhere,” Baker said.
Baker added that they are the only place on Skaha offering these rentals, which go for $15 a day for a chair and $10 for an umbrella, or two chairs and an umbrella for $35. And everything is half price after 3 p.m.
Beach Bums operates 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily and can be found on the beach by the volleyball nets.
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