About: jetskiworld

Akropolis Jet Raid will take place for third consecutive year in Greece and the signs simply show that the race gets bigger and bigger every year. The nice atmosphere, the incredible landscape and the crystal clear blue water of Greece attracted many riders around the world. Team Pastorello is getting ready to defend the #1 plate fro third year in a row. Sylvain Ente from Belgium is going to compete on a new Team and Greek National Champion (21 titles) Akis Malouchos is doing his best in order to remain to the podium. How tough will the competition be this year?

The competition between aftermarket hull manufacturers is intense. We are talking about Bullett Racing and Kommander Vector since the top 4 riders in Pro-AM Ski GP at the US National were using their products. Bullett Racing climbed to the top of the podium with Chris MacClugage while David Redinger and Kody Kopenhaver finished 2-3 respectively riding both the new Vector V-Drive hull of Kommander Industries. Fourth place finisher was the illustrated Rob Flores on a V2 Bullett Racing hull.

There is a lot of talk lately regarding James Bushell’s race craft. Last year we made an exclusive story about it although we lost the chance to test ride it right after the last moto at the World Finals. The craft is exactly the same as the WF edition with the exception that it features a new turbocharger and a cowling from a GTR assembled on the top of the RXP-X in order to enhance ergonomics. Read all about his race craft and special hull in the Features section.

Wave Racing is the European company who fabricated the first front sponsons for the 800 SX-R which were used initially by Alberto Monti and Chris MacClugage. Those sponsons were exported in many countries and they got copied and renamed. Recently the company released a new design which appears to be longer than the original. Available from Wave Racing at the cost of 200euro.

Austrian rider Kevin rider won in a class of his own three classes in the first Round of the IJSBA European Tour which was held in Belgium. After winning Ski Stock and Ski Limited Kevin won Pro Ski leaving Frenchman Valentin Dardillat in second place. Ronny Smurfen Mangerud climbed in third place. Reiterer had already won the Pro Ski class in UAE championship this year.

The young rider from Corsica Jean-Baptiste Botti put an amazing show in Belgium and he topped Pro Runabout Open ahead of British rider Phil Pope. Third finisher was Belselah from UAE. Pope is team mates with James Bushell and he already got the congratulations from James who is currently in USA waiting the reply from IJSBA regarding the DQed matter.

Read the Official Report of Jettribe from Round 1, Lake Charles of US National Championship. Click the attachment to view the report.