Pickering resident Jeff Goring and the Supernaturalz crew have had to postpone a trip to compete in a Pre-Olympic show set for May because of safety concerns.

"Because of all the protests, they want to make sure everything goes fine," said Mr. Goring.

The Pre-Olympic event is the second part of the B-Boy unit competition where teams will battle it out for a chance to win up to $20,000 in prizes and the title of world champion. Supernaturalz won the first stage of the competition that took place at the Guvernment night club in Toronto. Groups from all across the country competed for the chance to represent Canada.

B-boy break dancing has been growing in popularity in Canada and it is a modern dance that combines martial arts with dance moves.

"The B-boy Unit World Championship has been around for four or five years but there has been speculations that it has been cancelled because of the protests," said Jon Reid, Marketing Director of Back to the Underground and a crew member for Supernatualz. "It is frustrating."

Although disappointed, Mr. Goring and his crew are looking forward to have extra time to train for the event.

Supernaturalz has been on the break dancing scene since the early nineties. They will send 10 dancers to compete in Beijing when it is rescheduled.

No specific date has been set yet for the competition.