‘Watch out for dangerous kite surfers down at beach’

This content was originally posted in 7DAYS UAE website at: ‘Watch out for dangerous kite surfers down at beach’ We had a near-miss incident with a surfer at Kite Beach in Umm Suqeim. My five-year-old son was cleaning his hands in the water, literally 50cm deep and almost at the shore. A surfer who said later on he has been kite surfing there for the past 11 years, passed just a few centimetres next to my boy so that his wave splashed his face. He was so fast and so near, an accident could have had horrible consequences. I called the surfer and he came to me, arrogantly talking and yelling. We went to the municipality guardian and the surfer told his story in Arabic. We were lucky enough to have witnesses that defended us. I cannot believe how they can be allowed to surf just metres away from the shoreline and slaloming between people and not get fined. The rule says they must sail 500m away from the shore. It is so easy to spot many of them, calling themselves ‘freestylers’ by slaloming between swimmers. Erkhard, Dubai Read the original story at: ‘Watch out for dangerous kite surfers down at beach’