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EASTPOINTE, MICH. – The 2010 HYDRO-TURF APBA Watercross Nationals, presented by Mystic Lubricants, the event is once again shaping up to be another great event at one of the greatest race sites ever. As the season-ending Closed Course Championship for all Novice, Amateur, Expert and Pro-Am racing classes, the APBA Watercross Nationals will feature the finest watercraft competitors from all over the United States and Canada. This event is guaranteed to provide the most exciting and competitive Watercross racing action to be seen anywhere in the country.
The event is open to all racers from all regions and no qualifying is necessary to attend. The event is the final points round for the 2010 HYDRO-TURF APBA Watercross National Tour. This year Nashville will determine the National Champion in all Junior, Novice, Amateur, and Veteran classes – a single event like the World Finals. The event is also the U.S. National Championship for Amateur and Pro Freestyle. There are great prizes and trophies and awards for the top TEN in each class. Special prizes for the Junior riders as part of the Hot Products Junior Star program. The event will be filmed for two separate 30 minute shows produced for MavTV and Untamed Sports networks. ALL CLASSES will be filmed this year and a special DVD will be produced showing all of the action. This year everyone will be on camera.
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While I know this article is quite latent to speak of the Racine event, having won I really didn't have much to say. It was great to win in the Chicago / Wisconsin area where I have spent the last 8 + years and it was especially sweet it being a televised National event. The win pushed me up into 2nd overall in points on tour, but it is still very open with Parr, Leftly & Brock all riding very strong every event.
Aside from my usual Pro Freestyle appearance, I entered Open 650 Ski (one of my local favorites) & Pro-Am Ski Stock on a Sponsored Kawasaki 800. While I had a great ride on Saturday and a pretty good ride on Sunday for the 1 + 1 combined pro freestyle win, my racing was not on course. I did however capture some great helmet cam footage in all of my races.
Top 5 Pro Freestyle Racine
1: Gary Burtka
2: Joe Eckert
3: Jeremy Parr
4: Greg Brock
5: Johnny Leftly
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The Racine Journal Times has a great article about this past weekend's IJSBA National Tour Race. Special Thanks to: Staff Photographer Gregory Shaver and Reporter David Steinkraus of The Journal Times.
RACINE — The chiropractors had business at North Beach on Saturday and Sunday. It’s not that watercross racing is a dangerous sport, but it does take a certain toll on the human body... Full Story from the Journal Times
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Det-Chi Video is happy to announce a partnership with DreamTV that will bring their popular actions sports DVD series, Twangled, to TV. Det-Chi Video’s content will join that of other popular Action Sports content producers within the DreamTV network. The initial content just launched on Monday of this week and includes Twangled View of Havasu 1 & Twangulation with the full Twangled DVD line set to launch later this summer. “This is a huge step for all of us action sports video producers and fans of these sports. For years we have had no direct avenue to get our content onto TV, but now with new technology, we will be able to drive new content to a world wide audience,” said Gary Burtka, Producer of the Twangled films.
Det-Chi Video is also in development on a new series of Action Sports Segments dubbed Twangled TV which run about 4 to 6 minutes in length each. These action sports video segments created especially for today’s IPTV viewer, delivering a concentration of more action content in shortened and unique forms. All Det-Chi Video programming will be found on Roku players and other intelligent Set Top Boxes within the DreamTV Channel in their Action Sports category.
“With a new season of water cross tour quickly approaching, this is a great time to be positioning ourselves and our content for scalable distribution,” said Burtka who is eager to launch and build on this program.
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Another 2010 tour event is over and in the books. For me, the event ended just as it had started... With a blow-out on the trailer. Between flat tires, I was able to pick up Brock and make it all the way from Chicago to Syracuse for round #2 of the IJSBA National tour. Tour promoter AJ Handler once again went out of his way to show the world how to put on an event that caters to both premier watercraft racers and fans. From clean and ultra executive style porto-lets, to a killer riders party at the local Quaker state Steak & Lube.
The water was flat and the race course tight. With a camera crew on hand from the Outdoor Life Network, the riders hit the beach early Saturday morning running their first of 3 motos.
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In honor of Russell Neeleman our late Twangled team rider, friend & neighbor, we have posted an old Great Lakes Watercross download from Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin from back in 06' featuring Russ airing out some massive ball-busters & superman kick outs during an Amateur freestyle competition - HE WON.
Greg Brock called me last night with horrible news from camp Twangled. While riding his orange & black 2004 freestyle built Super Jet on Lake Marie in Antioch, Illinois around 6:30 Sunday evening, Russell Neeleman was struck by a powerboat. Russ suffered blunt head trama and severe injuries to his leg and arm. Neeleman was taken to Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry where he was later pronounced dead.
Having known Russ for more than 5 years now, I realize that we lost a great member of our community. Russ was an honest, hard-working young man that greatly enjoyed freestyle jet skiing and motocross. He was a local roll-model for neighborhood kids & always willing to help out. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and long-time girlfriend.
This happened where we all --- and I do mean all --- have been riding for years. A little nook tucked away off the beaten path of the major traffic flow of a very busy system of lakes. The freestyle spot was thought to be a safe haven of sorts from swiftly moving vessels as it is shallow and surrounded on 3 sides by land and no wake areas.
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Team Twangled is back from Round 1 of the National tour and preparing for a grueling drive to New York for round 2 over Memorial Day weekend in Syracuse.
Panama City was a complete success in terms of overall events, as mostly friendly weather and plush beaches were a fantastic backdrop for Round 1 of the IJSBA National Tour. Freestyle was run on both days, and single day finishes were combined for overall event finishes.
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IJSBA National Jet Ski Tour – Round 1 – Panama City, Florida
Its May 5th, just a short week and a half before the IJSBA National jet ski tour kicks off in Panama City, Florida. If your like me and living in the still chilly north, you may be considering a vacation trip down to Florida for the first round of IJSBA National tour in about a decade.
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I know it has been a while since my last update on the Highroller Back flip hull, but rest assured I have been making progress. I have ordered most of the parts needed to get the ski into the water hopefully early this summer. My X Metalworks steering, trim system, scuppers & bars have already arrived. I just ordered my Skat-Trak prop and a round of misc. OEM parts from my friends at RIVA - all through my favorite shop Freestyle Factory.
Most recently I have added a Blowsion handle pole pivot bracket and a custom handle pole. You will notice an elevated yet flat surface in the picture below that I created for the handle pole bracket to squarely bolt to.
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Det-Chi Video has just created a channel for all of you Pod Casters. Twangled TV is now available via MP4 at:
Thanks for watching!
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The first episode of Twangled TV has been added to the player. Twangled TV is our new format which will allow for multiple distribution points allowing for multiple consumption points. What was once only on DVD players and computers can now be found on DVD players, computers, iPods (check out our new links in the left hand navigation), TVs and mobile devices. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the beginning of the first season of Twangled TV.
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Hi all, we just updated the event calendar. In years past we have reserved this page for Team Twangled events only. However; due to this year's overwhelming amount of National caliber events, we thought that we would post all the big ones. Hopefully you can get out to an event even if we can't make it. The action promises to be intense!
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TAG Racing International today announced that the 6th Annual TAG World Championships will take place at New Castle Motorsport Park in Indianapolis. The dates have been set for October 1, 2 and 3rd, 2010.
Dave Larson, President of the sanctioning body said:
"We are proud to be able to produce this year's TAG Worlds at The Dismore's wonderful facility at New Castle. This is an excellent, central-US location and the facility is easily
one of the best in North America so I am looking forward to a great race weekend."
New Castle Motorsports Park is a state-of-the-art facility featuring a 1-mile road course with a 950-foot back straight and a 28-foot wide track surface. New Castle also features paved pit roads and grid area, over 60 Rental Garages, 2000 square foot onsite kart parts shop, trackside restaurant, The Racer's Grill and the newly opened second floor Champions Club observation deck.
Mark Dismore, NCMP Track Owner said:
"New Castle Motorsports Park is very happy to host the 6th TAG World Championships.
This is a perfect location for the TAG Worlds and our club series will serve as a qualifying series."
The 6th TAG World Championships will be open to all TAG Racing International and TAG USA members. Karters wishing to register with TAG may go to www.tagracing.net to register online. The Top Ten TAG Members of a qualifying series will receive a reduced entry fee for the TAG Worlds. Racers should keep watching the TAG website as it will provide updated information as the race date moves closer.
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Well it looks like the APBA National Tour is all scheduled and ready for kickoff. It looks like Patrick Mell has once again put together a great tour with many exciting sites. It is too bad that the APBA still fails to offer freestyle as part of their National Tour effort (we only get to compete in Nashville for a 1 run National Championship???) as many of these events look like they may have attendance. In any regards if you are a racer or a fan the following article will provide pleanty of color for some of the exciting racing that is about to heat up the North American waterways.
EASTPOINTE, MI - The HYDRO-TURF APBA Watercross National Tour returns with a revived spirit
and fresh new look to North America’s premier traveling national circuit. The 2010 National Tour will
consist of a six-event, eleven round series of professionally organized events spread throughout the
United States and Canada. The goal for the 2010 race season was to find six first class, quality race
sites with nice beaches, clean water, affordable and convenient lodging and camping, extra activities
and attractions, and great cash awards for the racers. Many of the events are run in conjunction with
great festivals and all are expected to draw huge crowds. These are great race sites and events that
the racers, their teams and families will enjoy attending. With two new fantastic sites added for 2010
we are certain that this year’s events are the best race site ever. New Tour stops this year include
Colonial Beach, Virginia and Belle River, Canada. Both of these new events will have special cash
purses with the Canada race having a purse that will exceed $30,000 – making it the largest cash
purse in National Tour history.
From some of the hottest beaches and waterways in the United States and Canada, the APBA
National Tour is guaranteed to provide some of the most exciting and competitive Watercross racing
action to be seen anywhere in the country. Each action packed event features North America’s top
watercraft racers doing battle against one another, while negotiating buoys, obstacles and pounding
waves while en route to prestigious APBA National Tour Championship titles in eleven Pro-Am and
Expert racing classes including Women’s classes. Each racer will be vying for a portion of more than
$125,000 in cash, prizes and awards that will be up for grabs, while en-route to the prestigious APBA
National Tour championship titles and awards. Each round of the National Tour will be filmed and
two half-hour shows will be produced from each event and air on several different national cable and
satellite television networks for airing in the United States and Canada.
The 2010 APBA Watercross National Tour kicks off in Parker, Arizona, on May 1-2 and makes its
final stop in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 3-5. Check out the 2010 schedule and this year's
Super Sites.
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