Vetch’s Beach Windsurfing Slalom 2007 Makes Waves. Geddit?
E365> Windsurfing - Friday September 28 2007
E365 -- The first in a series of windsurfing slalom events, Presented by Pro Class Wetsuits is set to take off this weekend at the Durban Paddle Ski Club House, Vetch’s Beach on the Durban beachfront. The Pro Class crew has teamed up with Jeep, Ezzy Sails and East Coast Board Sports to run a two part series of Slalom events.
What: Save Vetch’s Beach Slalom Windsurfing Challenge
When: 28 Sep
Where: Durban, South Africa
“The Save Vetch’s Beach Slalom has been created by passionate windsurfers in order to regenerate the sport of windsurfing,” said Kwa Zulu Natal boardsailing association chairman James Thorpe.
A grass roots campaign is underway to highlight the plight of the windsurfing community whom have been discarded by the Point Developers as an “unfortunate casualty” in that company’s quest to maximise their profits.
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The Slalom Challenge has 3 divisions: men’s open, ladies open and vintage division. The vintage division is open to competitors whom are windsurfing on pre 1990 windsurfers, with former Top Vintage Board sailors Clem Jones, Alwin Van Breda keen to reactivate their former rivalry.
Favourites to take the men’s open are James Thorpe (Pietermaritzburg) Shaun Pretorius (South Coast), Grant Embleton (Durban) and Isaak Brohlken (Westville).
Windsurfers are protesting the proposed development of the Durban Point Small Craft Harbour which threatens to jeopardize the future of their sport in the area.
“We have also added vintage equipment and a pre-99 session which is subject to the wind conditions of course. The contest is being run by the paddle ski club in Warner beach,” said Larmont.
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