Popular surfski event cancelled
Paddlers will have to wait until next year to participate.
KwaZulu-Natal’s annual Bay Union King of the Bay surfski race has been cancelled,.
This was initially postponed due to the flooding earlier this year and pollution in the Durban harbour.
The event will now be moved to its usual May slot next year.
The organising team agreed that the high levels of pollution in the harbour made it unsafe to host the popular event which crosses the harbour from the Silt Canal to the harbour breakwater, before heading out to sea for an out-and-back lap to the uMngeni River mouth.
“There is an enthusiasm for the event that we have tried to cater for by postponing it rather than cancelling it,” said race director Neels Meyer of Stella Canoe Club.
“Sadly we have run out of time as we are heading into the windy spring months, and hosting a race of this kind which attracts paddlers of all abilities is not viable in the volatile weather.”
For more information on the event or surfski series, visit www.wintersurfskiseries.co.za
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