Category: NewsThe news items published under this category are as follows.
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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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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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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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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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Pacific City Oregon to Host second round of
2009 IFWA Freeride World Tour and
IJSBA Motosurf Western Championship
September 11-13th 2009
For more information please visit www.blowsionsurfslam.com
The world’s greatest Watercraft Freeriders and racers will descend on Pacific City Oregon for the year’s top PWC surf event. The Blowsion Surf Slam combines the second round of the IFWA Freeride World Championship Tour with the IJSBA Freeride World Cup and MotoSurf Western Championship. The event will be held at Tierra Del Mar Beach located just north of Pacific City and is free to the public on this wide expanse of beach. This event marks a return to IFWA and IJSBA co-sanctioning events in order to bring the very best PWC athletes together at one venue.
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I stopped by one of my local Motor sports shops the other day. As I drove past all the Street Bikes, Dirt Bikes, Quads and watercraft I wondered how sales of the items were doing. This is a good sized dealer with good solid brands like Yamaha,Sea Doo, Artic Cat and others. As I walked into the office of my friend Rich the manager I asked him how sales were holding up in these challenging times. Both he and his salesman looked at me and shook their heads no.
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2009 TAG™ Racing International Special Event Qualifiers
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TAG™ Racing International / TAGUSA™ are proud to announce several 2009 Special Events
These special events for 2009 will be Direct Qualifying Race Events for the “2009 TAG™ World Championships” October 1st thru 4th at the Oklahoma Motorsports Complex.
We are planning on approximately one event a month all in different demographic parts of the country. The special qualifying events will start in May and continue thru September.
The first event is scheduled in Colorado at IMI Motorsports Complex on May 8th - 10th 2009.
Event #1 IMI Colorado
MAY 8th – 10th
Event #2 Beaver Run
JUNE 12th – 14th
Event #3 CalSpeed
JULY 3rd – 5th
Event # 4 USA International
August 21st – 23rd
These Special Qualifying events will bring a national type of event to each of these demographic areas and allow the surrounding states and racers a chance to experience a high caliber event without the pressure of series points. These events are designed to be Fun events with a direct qualifying spot to the TAG World Championships.
Dave Larson President TAG™ Racing International / TAGUSA™
Marty Casey Technical Director TAG™ Racing International / TAGUSA™
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TAGUSA™ would like to announce the 2009 TAG™ World Championships
TAG™ Racing International and TAG USA™ are proud to announce the
"2009 TAG™ World Championships" at the
Oklahoma Motorsports Complex "OMC"
October 1st thru the 4th 2009.
This world class facility is the perfect venue for this year’s event.
“We are very excited to work with the Berryhill family to present this world class event”
TAGUSA™ will also be announcing very soon the new 2009 race season and a number of Special Qualifying Events for the “TAG™ World Championships” over the next few weeks.
Please watch the www.tagracing.net website for updates prior to the start of the racing season.
Dave Larson President TAG Racing International / TAGUSA™
Marty Casey Technical Director TAG Racing International / TAGUSA™
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Now Anyone Can Experience the Thrill
of Driving a Race Boat
Boat racing in America goes back to the turn of the last century, and the American Power Boat Association is the organization that has provided leadership to the sport since 1903.
But never before has the APBA taken such an active role in making boat racing available to racing enthusiasts who want to see if boat racing is for them.
“Making it possible for more people to experience the thrill and excitement of boat racing has to be an important part of our mission,” said Mark Weber, President of the APBA. “I was lucky enough to grow up in a family of boat racers. I didn’t need to find a way to see if it was the sport for me.”
To accomplish this goal, APBA is announcing a program called “The Ride of a Lifetime”– the American Power Boat Association Driving School.
Featuring four separate types of race boats—Junior Class outboard hydroplanes, C Stock hydroplanes, powerful 5 Litre Inboard hydros and SST 120 Tunnel hulls—the school includes classroom sessions and on-the-water driving conducted over a weekend.
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Every year at the end of the snow skiing season. A ski area on the north side of Lake Geneva Wisconsin called Grand Geneva Resort piles up the last of the season snow and hosts the National Snow cross Championships. This years event is sponsored by Neilson Enterprises a local motor sports shop. The nations top pros will be out along with the producers of the excellent snowmobile Freestyle DVDs know as Sled Necks . Should be a great time. If your heading that way from Chicago head up route 41 and stop by Lake County Power Sports for their kick off the season party. Plenty to due this weekend for us mid-west motor heads.
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Just a reminder. This Saturday March 21st Lake County Power Sports is hosting an open house from 10:00am until 3:00pm. This is to celebrate the opening of their new shop ( 200 Old Skokie Road Gurnee/Park City Illinois ) Team Twangled will be represented as well as manufacturers and a show by Lake County's motorcycle stunt team. Fun food and all the new bikes, boats, Quads and more. Yamaha, Sea-Doo to name a few. Stop by if you can. Lets start the season off right join the party.
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The Xtremey Awards were started in 2000 by Docy Andrews,
President of Impact Video Distributing. She wanted to do something special to honor the tremendous efforts of video producers and athletes who have a passion for extreme sports. Since that time, the Xtremey Awards has grown into a nationwide awards show with hundreds of extreme sports attendees.
Awards are given to producers as well as individual extreme athletes in a variety of categories including:
* Best Freestyle MX
* Best Sportbike Freestyle
* Best Profile
* Best Instructional
* Best Theatrical Competition & Race
* Best Broadcast Competition
* Best Vintage
* Best Offroad / Enduro/Moto
* Best Offroad / Quad
* Best Offroad / Sand/Rock Crawling
* Best Offroad / Truck
* Best Snowmobile
* Best Sportbike Freestyle Performance in a Video
* Best Freestyle MX Performance in a Video
* Best Quad Freestyle Performance in a Video
* Best Snowmobile Performance in a Video
* Honorary Achievement(s)
Qualifying videos are videos released within the calendar year and submitted to The Xtremey Awards organization for consideration by the first of the following year. The nominees are selected from polling data collected throughout the year and finalized by a nominating committee. The nominees are placed on a popular vote ballot and the voting is open for any and all to participate.
Check out the list then head to www.xtremey.net to cast your vote!
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Brasileiro de Jet Ski landing at the weekend in SC
Competition takes place until Sunday in Praia Alegre in Penha
The excitement of the first round of the 22nd Brazilian Championship of Jet Ski begin this Saturday and continued on Sunday at the beach Alegre in Penha, the Santa Catarina coast. The event brings together about 60 pilots in the Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Paraná, as well as guests from Bolivia and Uruguay.
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A large audience is expected for the two days of competitions. Three other rounds are planned for the competition, which also define the disputarão that Brazilian World Cup in the first half of October, in Lake Havasu, Arizona (USA).
The programming includes this Saturday, between 9am and 11:30am, the registration of pilots and practice. From 12:00pm to 1:30min Judges are provided the training and at 2:00pm will be held the first round of the competition. 4:00pm is provided to the first round of Freestyle and 6:00pm is the time making the Super Course.
On Sunday, the drive starts at 11am with the copetition in category Super Course, at 1:00pm, is the beginning of the second round of competition of the loop. From 3:00pm, the pilots entered in the Freestyle compete in the second round of competition. Followed by the awarding of prizes.
In 22 Brazilian Championship Jet Ski - BJSA be competes in the following categories: Runabout 800 Stock, Junior Runabout, Runabout 800 Modified, 1800 Stock Runabout, Ski 800 Modified, Modified Runabout 1800, Amateur Freestyle, Freestyle Training, Course Super Modified, Super Course Stock, Super Course Women's Course and Super Junior.
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I dropped by one of our local motor sports shops yesterday to pick up a repaired ATV tire. My friend Rich asked me if Gary and I would bring a Jet ski or two out to an event in three weeks. They were having a early season event on Saturday March 21st. Talk of some freestyle motocross. Yamaha, See Doo will be on hand. Food ,fun and plenty of toys. Quads, snowmobiles, of course personal watercraft As well as Street bikes and motocross bikes. For more on the event go to www.lakecountypowersports.com. The shop is located just off of route 41 at 200 old skokie road Gurnee/parkcity, Il. 60085. Hope to see you out there.
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I read a story on Newser the other day, and could not believe what I was reading. I found out that because of the lead content in the heat resistant paint that is used when painting engine parts mini bikes were currently banned from sale to the public. Not just min bikes all mini motorized vehicles mini quads, mini snowmobiles, scooters ant so on. It would appear that the main target was China. Chines imports of kids toys have received much attention lately. After speaking with a local dealer I was told that the ban is in effect, but the government was working with the manufacturer as they did not wish to target these products. Talk is the there will be special permit issued to allow sales to resume. To date there are no records of children eating the paint off the cylinder of their Honda CR50. Not Yamaha nor Kawasaki, Polaris or any other company has reported such problems. What is next seat belts in your daughters Barbie car?
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