Steve’s hot selections for the weekend

Steve’s hot selections for the weekend

Well now, snailman has got his act together and has organized the first ever UCT Boardsailing regatta (in living memory, anyway). Note that I said Boardsailing and not Windsurfing, it’s a manufacturers/inventors brand name which can’t be used for the generic….kinda like Hoover/vacuum cleaner. That’s the useless fact for the day; I’ll stop confusing you in the future. He’s even got some sponsorship from one of the local board/kite shops, Ocean Spirit, mainly because he’s there every second day spending his research grant on platinum series product. Anyway, it’s a Super X(that’s super-cross) event which is all rather interesting. The pros race this circuit where they all start from the beach, head round a buoy, have to perform a compulsory trick (like a loop-the-loop), then jump over this huge inflatable pool noodle. Yes this is all done on a windsurfer. Since no-one in the area can do any tricks (going ‘nohands’ doesn’t count, apparently), there’s just a few pool-noodles to jump, and about 6 gybes(turns) thrown in. Should be good fun to watch (they’ve built a beach bar, with Super cheap beer), all kicks in at UCTYC, the best place to be in the Cape Flats. More info here.

That’s all fun and games, but for those who can’t windsurf or have seen the weather report that clearly predicts that there won’t be any wind this Saturday (which makes getting a windsurfer over a pool noodle a tad harder), can I suggest some March Madness? With this year’s focus moving onto adventure sports I’ve signed up with the lunatic fringe at WPASS (pronounced ‘whipass’). They run four events/adventure races a year and the first one is this Saturday. It’s in pairs, involves a fairly long hike from Constantia greenbelt to Lakeside via the mast, and then a bit of a paddle around Sandvlei. This is kinda missing the point by giving the rough route away, but at least you’ll know what you’re in for. Forget the big events with massive sponsorship, these little well-run ones are much more fun, and is rather cheap too. WPASS

It’s not often we have royalty in the Beautiful Cape, so this Sunday is very special. In the world of the televangelists, Benny Hinn is the King MacDaddy Triple Cheese. He makes our very own Pastor Ray MacCauley look like a Sunday School Betty. He’s the most eloquent, articulate, flambuoyant, persuasive and suave bastard you will ever lay your eyes on. His following is huge Massive and he’s courted controversy being the focus of plenty Sixty Minute type investigations. He also performs healing sessions during services, Minister of Health take note. Of course he’s stinking rich, but is oddly enough not afraid to show it off, and is well known for going on Miracle Crusades to India with an entourage to rival 50cent all staying in 5 star plus. I’d just love to hear him boom out “Praise the Lord” over the Goodhope Centre PA. Kick off is 2pm.

Unfortunately I’ll be missing it all, as I have top secret work to fulfill - I’m seriously looking into the whole ACME clone package.