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2012 Canadian Watercraft Racing and Freestyle Tour Announcement
The CWA is pleased to announce the return of an IJSBA sanctioned watercraft racing and freestyle tour to Canada for 2012. After a successful event in Belle River in 2010, the CWA coordinated two events in 2011. Last year, the Belle River event qualified as the official Canadian Nationals, and Burlington’s MJ Cup was added at the request of Olga Janssen, the founder of the event, as it had grown beyond the charity gathering she started six years ago.
This year’s tour will have four stops:
June 23-24 Burlington, ON
July 14-15 Harbor Beach, MI
July 21-22 Belle River, ON
Aug 25-26 TBA in Eastern Ontario
Details about the tour and specific events will be shared within the coming weeks. We appreciate all of the communication from racers expressing interest in participating in a CWA tour this year, along with all of the pledges of support to make it happen. We’re looking forward to an exciting year for racing in 2012. Please contact Ray Proulx at ray.proulx@hotmail.com or 1-519-980-8608 with any questions or comments.
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Wavedaze 2012 April 27, 28 & 29 Virginia Beach, VA
If you haven't had a chance to check this freeride group out, or the event(s) that they put together, check this out!
The Virginia Beach WaveJunkies are pleased to present the Sixth annual Wavedaze in Virginia Beach, VA April 27, 28 &
29 2012. Come out and hang with the Wavejunkies this year and support The Kevin Bruins Family. Kevin tragically lost
his life last year while riding the waves he loved, this memorial ride will benefit an education fund for his children. This story hit close to the Twangled crew when it came across the wire. Not only did we loose one of our own just 1.5 years ago; but Kevin was a fellow Michigander & shop owner.
The growing success of this event is directly connected to the support and contributions of our sponsors and volunteers. Please
join us in 2012 to continue our efforts to promote the positive aspects of personal water craft as recreation and a sport.
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I wanted to take a minute and thank all of my Facebook followers, friends & fans for all of the interest in the ski decision this year. The texts, emails and IM's were a ton of fun and I figured this was a good opportunity to share everything with everyone.
Over the past few months I began working towards the decision of which ski I would start next season on. Being it is my 20th year, I wanted to make sure it was something that would allow me to put on a killer show. The other criteria was that Freestyle Factory (my shop) needed to sell it. That left both Bob and Kong on the table - 2 killer Freestyle Jet ski hulls.
After quite a bit of thought, I have known both Patrick Bogart of Xscream and Derrick Kemnitz Sr. of the Ski Clinic for some time and had an interest in supporting both of their companies. I unfortunately only had budget for 1 hull this winter. I decided that a my Xscream motor and handle pole would outfit a Bob quite nicely, and would allow me to support multiple mutiple friends at the same time. The build was on.
Don't laugh I am actually practicing my tough guy face even though I am totally stoked about my new Bob Freestyle Ski.
Bob arrived all crated up safely with no runs, drops or errors. I picked the hull up and quickly dropped up in Antioch, IL for a quick build. The plan was to slap the ski together (from all of the parts of my gray ski - plus a few new parts) and get a late season ride. After all the water was unseasonably warm throughout Illinois. By unseasonably warm I mean that it was NOT frozen.
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Antioch, IL - Freestyle Factory is happy to announce the intent to expand the team in 2012. In 2011 the team continued to grow by adding Pro Freestyle Rider Joe Eckert, Ryan Pizziola Pro Rookie and Great Lakes Watercross 2011 Tour Champion, as well as the team's first Female rider, Amateur Freestyler Jessica Wiebesiek. This year with the addition of many new product categories & manufacturers, we also look forward to adding a few new heads to the team.
Not just for Freestylers, much of the new product line is for YOU racers... So get on board. You all know Burtka has done his fair share of laps over the years. That is unless you are AFRAID of having the word FREESTYLE on your RACE ski... We dare you!
2012 Sponsorship Information
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IJSBA Releases Voting Results For Changes To The 2012 Competition Rule Book
IJSBA is pleased to announce that the votes returned have yielded a count that finalizes the results of each item considered for change to the 2012 Competition Rule Book. These items will be translated into specific text for the Rule Book and posted shortly. Items 1-6 passed and item 7 failed. Please see the results below:
1. Shall the IJSBA go from an allowed deduction of 10% less than the OEM (OEM weight is based off of the published weight adjusted for tolerances) to a flat minimum weight of 650 LBS for Supercharged/Turbocharged Runabouts?
Result: YES.
2. Shall the IJSBA allow competitors in the Open and GP Ski Classes to modify the tray area to allow for greater surface/standing area by up to [2 inches in each direction(right, left)?
Result: YES.
3. Shall the IJSBA add specific language to the Limited Class Section of the Competition Rule Book which specifies the internal parts, of the OEM turbochargers and supercharges, that may be aftermarket to accompany an aftermarket impeller?
Result: YES.
4. Shall the IJSBA repeal sections of rules 6.4.1 and return the allowable displacement for Ski Class PWC equipped with a turbocharger to 800cc?
Result: YES.
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Scott Hyke of the Great Lakes Watercross Tour has just announced the following tentative schedule for the 2012 tour. Event locations coming soon. More info will be released on the Championship event in the coming weeks.
This will be a combined event for racers from around the mid-west,
will include number plates for season points champions and payouts for experts and pro's.
2012 Great Lakes Watercross Tour (tentative)
June t.b.d.
July 15th
August 5th
August 26th
Sept - t.b.d. Mid-West Championship.
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Congratulations to November's Twangled Contest winner - Kyle Araiza. Watch our Facebook page for the next Twangled Contest.
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Go to our Facebook Sweepstakes page and enter to win a FREE DVD 3-pack Featuring Twangulation, Star Twangled, Banner & Outside The Loop. Hurry - Time is running out!
Enter Contest Here
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So for the second time we are launching a Facebook profile... The first one seems to have disappeared. We are on a campaign to get 25 more likes in the next 24 hours... Come on folks that is 1 Like an hour - I have already liked! Anyway jump on the bandwagon and show us some love. Thanks Team Twangled
Check Out Our Facebook
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2012 UWP-IJSBA National Tour Dates:
April 28-29: Galveston, TX
May 19-20: Panama City Beach, FL
May 26-27: Montgomery, AL
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Freestylers Flipped out as riders took to the air for two days in Kenosha Wisconsin. It was the last round of the Great Lakes Water Cross Tour. Freestyle was well represented. Freestyle Factory riders brought everything from the OEM Yamaha super jet,ridden by Ryan Pizzola, Wamiltons carbon fiber full length Pilot Greg Brock and Newly Sponsored rider Joe Eckert on his Superfreak back flip hull.
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Pro-Am Runabout Open
The UWP-IJSBA National Tour started off the weekend with the Pro-Am Runabout Open class, anyone who was sitting on the beach is now standing with eyes glued to the starting line, and teeth clenched waiting for the exciting racing action begin. The spectators listen for the pro riders to start their loud engines and let loose towards the first buoy. Dustin Charrier has the pole and gets the hole shot. Trey Frame fights his way up to the lead and wins the first Pro-Am Runabout Open motto of the weekend. Dustin Charrier finished in second and Dustin Farthing a close third.
The second day of the Canadian Nationals was such a blast! The racing for the day got even more exciting! The second motto for the pro-am runabout open was a nail biter. Aero, the 16year old Indonesian racer got a great hole shot! Farthing started in third and worked his way up to the lead super fast, leaving Aero in second to battle it out with Trey Frame. Farthing and Aero had half a track lead when Aero's boat died on the last lap inches before the finish line, letting Trey Frame and Dustin Charrier zoom right past him to get the checkered. Dustin Farthing finishes in first, Trey Frame in second and Erminio Iantosca in third. Aero got his boat started again and finishes in fourth. Trey Frame was heard saying that he could not believe that just happened! The third motto of the weekend adds up to the overall. The number one spot went to the "King" Dustin Farthing, Trey Frame comes in with a solid second, and Erminio Iantosca sneaks in to win third.
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UWP regrets to announce that the Rochester, NY tour stop on July 9-10, 2011 has been canceled due to circumstances beyond our control. Rochester, NY has been a part of the IJSBA National Tour since 1999 and it is unfortunate and disheartening that we have been compelled to cancel the event weekend. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. The cancellation of this event has no effect on any other rounds.
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The 2011 IJSBA National Tour headed into Racine, Wisconsin last weekend for the 3rd round of the tour. I was able to make it out to the event on behalf of Hydro-Turf, Freestyle Factory & Twangled. I got some fun helmet cam, including some very foggy helmet cam during Sunday's run. I tied for 4th all weekend with the newest Freestyle Factory pro rider Joe Eckert, but Eckert nudged me in the tie breaker for the better final position. I ultimately finished in a well deserved 5th, having no back flip last weekend. Check out the videos of Saturday & Sunday's runs.
Conditions for the Freestyle competition where a little sketchy with rough conditions but not quite rolling waves and every rider told me they were having trouble timing their jumps. It became very apparent that each Freestyler was going to have to reach deep into their bag of tricks to impress the judges. Michael "Rad" Ratti and Jeremy "Parr Diddy" Parr had near identical quality runs and both posted the same tally of 27.4. Jason "The Destroyer" Stoyer told me on the beach after his run that he, "Just couldn't get comfortable and I lost my train of thought when I heard a whistle and scream from the beach. I thought someone was in trouble." All was well on the beach, it was just a few very enthusiastic fans and he was able to hold things together well enough to post the top score with a 28.1 and has the lead going into Sundays run.
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Are your ready for CANADIAN NATIONALS?
BELLE RIVER, ONTARIO
Things racers will need
: passport or enhanced drivers license.
: big trailers should take the Detroit bridge
: if you don't have a tittle or ownership for your watercraft or rhino atv etc, no problem , stop at customs on the Canadian side ask for a E99 have the serial number handy to make things quicker if you have a tittle not to worry. If you don't have a passport or enhanced license, move quickly to get it taken care of! Expedite your passport or licence - you only have one month left
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