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JUNE 15 – THE stunning backdrop of the Donkin Reserve will play host to an exhilarating festival of longboard skateboarding, alternative sports and family fun, all framed by the iconic public art now defining the inner city ‘balcony’.
The inaugural Donkin Downhill Dash event, brought to the city by local youth initiative, the n_mb city project, aims to create a safe and controlled environment for downhill skateboarding to become an accessible and formal sporting industry in Nelson Mandela Bay; as well as showcasing the city’s incredible arts and tourism offering, say organisers.
The time-trial event will see skaters trying to better each other's time along the Donkin's Voting Queue Path. The development of the path – a multipurpose artwork that represents a line of voters queuing for the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994 – has seen growing interest around the Donkin. In particular, a local youth group who call themselves the “Downhill Family”, have taken special ownership of the area and path.
CAPTION: Longboarding skaters have taken social ownership of the Donkin Reserve and want to showcase their sport in the first ever Donkin Downhill Dash on June 24.
