Chris sounded pretty straight up on the phone and offered our group a serious deal for day of rentals and a tour, way cheaper than any other place I found. I pestered him with about a hundred emails trying to confirm our reservations and make sure we were all prepared for an 8 hour desert ride and he always responded in a timely manner.
We showed up at the designated time (9:00) and everything was ready to go. This was my first time ATVing , so I can't really attest to the quality of the vehicles, but I can tell you they go pretty damn fast. Chris was cruising on his bike and we were racing behind him trying to keep up. I thought this was the fun part of ATVing. This guy is an ex-Baja racer and likes to go fast ( and so did we), but he stops when he gets ahead to let us catch up so we would go at our own pace.
We had an awesome barbecue lunch at Chris's private ranch and a leisure ride back. Our thumbs were killing us from pressing the throttle all day, but overall it was a great time. I would highly recommend Chris if you are organizing a bachelor party or just want to do something different for the weekend. If you are the adventurous sort, Academy Rentals is the way to go. I would definitely go again when I move back to SD.
The only small hiccup was that I was not told we needed to pay in cash and I came bearing a credit card. Luckily, between us we scrounged enough money so no biggie.
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