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As promised I have added the first few pictures of the Highroller Customs hull that I am preparing for 2010.
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Well I haven't been publishing too much besides the tour schedules as I have been busy unpacking and organizing my new garage / shop. I was hoping to be bringing you some new video from over the summer; however my camera and computer are no longer synced. So while I battle with a solution on the video end, I thought I would report on my latest project, the High Roller Customs back flip ski.
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Eastpointe, MI - The APBA is excited to announce the newest Tour stop on the 2010 APBA
Watercross National Tour – Belle River, Canada. It has been more than 10 years that a
National event has been held in Canada and the APBA is excited to see racing return to Eastern
Canada. The event will take place on July 17-18, 2010 at Lakeview Park in Belle River Canada.
Belle River is just across the border from Detroit, Michigan not far from Windsor Canada. The
event will be held the week after the Harbor Beach, Michigan national event that will make it
easy for racers to attend and save on travel expenses.
The Belle River
event will be a
great race with a
HUGE cash purse
that is expected to
be the largest
cash purse
offered in many
years. Belle River
is an historic town
in beautiful Lakeshore bordering Lake St. Clair. With an
abundance of sights to see, things to do, and places to shop,
Belle River is an ideal location to host an event. Minutes away are great marine and golf
resorts, inviting beaches, camping, museums, conservation areas, and historic buildings.
Lakeview Park is a first class facility with a pristine white sandy beach and many great
amenities. The city recently received a 3 million grant to upgrade Lakeview Park, so you can
expect many new features to the already beautiful facility.
The event will take place within the boundaries of Lakeview
Park on Lake St. Clair and run in conjunction with the 16th
Annual SunSplash Festival. In addition to professional
watercross racing the annual festival features a classic Car
Cruise with over 500 classic cars that will line the eleven
blocks of downtown. Just a sampling of the other events
includes: a carnival with rides, parade, vendor booths, arts and crafts, refreshment tent with free
fun and continuous entertainment including live bands that start Friday night and will dazzle you
right through Sunday.
The 2010 APBA Watercross National Tour will also have stops in Parker, Arizona - Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina; Harbor Beach, Michigan; Colonial Beach, Virginia; and finish off the
season with the APBA Watercross Nationals in Nashville, Tennessee. The APBA is searching
for one more West Coast stop to complete the 2010 schedule. The APBA has worked hard,
together with its race promoters, to find some of the best race sites in the country with nice
beaches, clean water and fun locations. The 2010 National Tour will have over $90,000 in cash
and prizes up from grabs in 2010.
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2010 UWP-IJSBA National Tour Dates Released!
The following are confirmed race date for the 2010 UWP-IJSBA National Tour. We have just confirmed one more site in Florida which brings our total prize money to $70,000 for the 2010 UWP-IJSBA National Tour. Press releases for the TBAs will be release in the near future announcing the locations, but I wanted to be able to get the dates out to our athletes, in order for them to make travel plans and time to write their sponsors.
May 15-16: Panama City Beach, FL - "SuperCup of Watercross"
May 29-30: Syracuse, NY - “Toyota US Open of Watercross"
June 19-20: Racine, WI - "US Grand Prix of Watercross"
July 10-11: Rochester, NY - “Toyota Water Jam"
August 14-15: Lake Hartwell, GA - "Triple Crown in Georgia"
August 20-22: Charleston, WV - UWP-IJSBA Nationals & SportFEST 2010
UWP staff is working on one more site for April 24-25 in California – we will keep you up to date. Once this happens we will reach $80,000 in prize money for the tour to be given away to our athletes.
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2010 APBA National Jet Ski Tour schedule is nearly complete and has been released. The tour looks to expand to 13 events!
Rounds 1-2 May 1st - 2nd - Parker, AZ
Rounds 3-4 May 8th - 9th - TBA
Rounds 5-6 June 5th - 6th - Myrtle Beach, SC
Rounds 7-8 July 10th - 11th - Harbor Beach, MI
Rounds 9-10 July 17th - 18th - Belle River, Canada
Rounds 11-12 August 7th - 8th - Colonial Beach, VA
Round 13 September 3rd - 5th - APBA Watercross Nationals - Nashville, TN
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Here are the first 2 dates to become public for the 2010 Great Lakes Watercross Tour.
JUNE 19 & 20, RACINE, WISCONSIN UWP/GLW-IJSBA National tour.
JULY 24 & 25, KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. the k-town throw down.
Stay tuned... More to come.
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May 15-16: TBA – FL
May 29-30: Syracuse, NY - “Toyota US Open of Watercross"
June 19-20: Racine, WI - "US Grand Prix of Watercross"
July 10-11: Rochester, NY - “Toyota Water Jam"
August 14-15: TBA - "Triple Crown in Georgia"
August 20-22: Charleston, WV - UWP-IJSBA Nationals & SportFEST 2010
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After visiting the IJSBA site and reading the recommendations for freestyle I have to wonder if and when someone besides all of the freestylers is going to 'get it.' If you read the following exerpt from the IJSBA, you will notice that even though Rick Roy attempted to make his point (which is the point of many freestylers), his efforts went unnoticed. The IJSBA noted: "hull technology has changed rapidly and the relationship between Freestyle and use of an OEM PWC has diminished rapidly"... Really? Is that because the OEMs have chosen to completely ignore the freestyle market, not creating a freestyle friendly ski in years. Kawasaki hasn't made a freestyle usable ski since 1994 and Yamaha just dropped their freestyle friendly Super Jet design in efforts to go after the stand-up racing segment again. Can't an OEM design more than 1 stand-up? And what is with all of the replication terminology? The IJSBA should take note in the increase of jet ski (freestyle) related shops that create and sell those new aftermarket hulls. Screw the OEMs. Let's build the sport on the backs of shop owners like grass roots sports are supposed to be.
From IJSBA -
Freestyle
For years, the Freestyle classes stayed remarkably constant. The most notable names in Freestyle pushed competition and tricks to heights that were so noteworthy that clips and segments of these performances started making global news. Remarkably, these pioneers shared their skill and helped develop hulls and other products which allowed the general public to perform the same tricks. What followed is an entire generation of Freestyle Competitors who are all capable of the same dazzling tricks that once guaranteed only a small subset of athletes could make the podium. In doing so, the hull technology has changed rapidly and the relationship between Freestyle and use of an OEM PWC has diminished rapidly. What is most notable about this is that the proliferation of the more exotic hulls and engine combinations has actually increased Freestyle participation (likely because the hulls help with the tricks).
same.
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I came across this heart-felt video from Erik Buell in regards to the closing of Buell Motorcycles. There is no doubt that it won't be long before we are hearing about a new Erik Buell and team innovation, but it won't be on a Buell Motorcycle. The video came after Harley-Davidson, Inc. announced that it will discontinue the Buell® product line as part of Harley-Davidson’s go-forward business strategy. The new long-term strategy aims to drive Company growth through a focus of efforts and resources on the Harley-Davidson® brand.
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After over 7 years as a Chicago resident, my career in digital marketing is bringing me a bit closer to the Great Lakes Watercross Tour in Wisconsin. This week I accepted an offer to be the new SEO / SEM Manager for Lands' End, located in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
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I have just added 3 new segments of helmet cam from the IJSBA Great Lakes Water Cross Tour. The segments are from the Open 650 Vintage Ski Class from Kenosha and Prairie du chien, Wisconsin; Rounds 6 & 7. Enjoy the uncut video from my perspective.
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R5WaterXRacing, LLC is excited to announce that we have elected to go in a different direction in 2010. R5WaterXRacing, LLC will become an Independent Promoter while remaining sanctioned by the IJSBA.
This move has been very carefully thought out and discussed with our regional racers and beyond and we at R5WX feel that this a step in the right direction with what we are looking to accomplish which is quality payouts, race venues as well as race staff.
While this decision is strictly a business decision we cannot take anything away from what Patrick Mell has taught us and helped us out within the past 2 yrs. For that we are VERY grateful. Thank you Patrick Mell and the APBA!
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After 4 hectic months of jet ski shows and competitions, the 2009 season has been officially placed in the record books. This year was not unlike many previous seasons. To complete the 2009 IJSBA Great Lakes Watercross Tour, all 7 rounds, it took me 3 freestyle watercraft and Greg Brock 2 watercraft of his own to successfully complete the tour. It is not unusual for a high-performance watercraft to need rebuild after an extensive season of practice, shows, and competition. For Team Twangled, this means the reconstruction of an entire fleet of freestyle watercraft for the 2010 campaign.
Pictured above is Team Twangled rider Gary Burtka flipping out during a freestyle competition in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Photo by Linda Hyke (thanks).
2009 Had many highlights to mention. I am stoked to say that I was able to win 6 of the 7 Great Lakes Watercross Tour events in Pro Freestyle, beating teammate Greg Brock out for the overall Pro Freestyle Championship. This season also marked my return to competitive racing, which I had been on hiatus from since the summer of 1997 when I committed to freestyle in pursuit of my IJSBA National (Tour) Championship.
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Team Twangled Rider Kyle Burtka had a close call in the chilly waters of Lake Michigan last Sunday at the Chicago Air and Water Show. While piloting his custom made jet ski in front of millions of fans Kyle's ski suffered a hood and bilge pump failure causing the boat to sink to the sandy bottom off North Avenue Beach.
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