Waves of fun on Emmerentia Dam
The race consisted of 10 laps around the dam, making up a 10km hard, fast time trial.
SURFSKI races along the coast line have been growing in popularity and paddlers in Gauteng are feeling left out.
The decision to host a Gauteng high altitude surfski championship race annually has taken the surfski, SUP and sit-on-tops paddling community by storm.
Nick Bradley from Kempton Park was one of the 150 paddlers in Gauteng who completed in the exciting race, finishing in one hour exactly. Bradley is a member of the Victoria Lake Canoe Club in Germiston.
Also taking part in the race on March 4 at Emmerentia Dam were multiple Dusi race winner Hank McGregor, Olympian bronze medallist Bridgitte Hartley and two-time world surfski champion Jasper Mocke.
The race consisted of 10 laps around the dam, making up a 10km hard, fast time trial.
To simulate the waves for challenging surf conditions, a number of motorboats and jetskis raced up and down the centre of the dam as the paddlers made circuits on the outside.
