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The final stop of the 2012 Hydro-Turf IJSBA Watercross tour got started Friday afternoon with the Yamaha Corporate Challenge and we did things a little differently this week. We decided to let each competitor run two laps and scored them as individuals. The teams representing Mardi Gras Casino and the City of Charleston readily agreed and we had an all out battle. Jerry Anderson and Jim Gussis were the elder statesmen in the group and set the pace then along came the youngster Josh Starcher and he lowered the mark to 72 seconds. Carlos Pena was unable to better that, but the team Captain for the City of Charleston, Joe Varney, carved up the course at a blistering 67 seconds which was enough to hold off Bobbie Nichols and give Joe the win. After the Yamaha Corporate Challenge we went into a special event we hold every year at the Governors Cup sponsored by the National Guard, DEI Electric and Blackstar-racing.com. It is a hot lap to benefit veterans of the armed services and is really crowd friendly event that gives each competitor a single lap to run their fastest ET. The Ski class competed first with Rockstar Energy Bullet Hulls Rob Flores turning in a 34.59 right on the heels of Rick Roy Products Yamaha rider Josh Block with his 34.30. However two time defending champion in this event ADA Hot Products pilot Rick Sherker took the win from the pole position with a 33.54 second run to continue his reign as the National Guard Hot Lap king.

In the Runabout portion of the challenge the benchmark was set at 30.35 by the eventual runner up Troy Snyder on his Snyder Built Neptune Racing Sea-Doo. Coming in just .14 of a second behind Snyder was Extreme Propulsion Sea-Doo rider Stan Hightower. The winner in the class and only competitor to go under 30 seconds was Champion Powersports Sea-Doo jockey Brian Baldwin. Baldwin even went a little wide in the straight away picking up an extra buoy but that didn't stop him from winning with his 29.69 second run.

Soon to be launched by Jetpilot.

Rick Roy, Taylor Curtis and Pierre Maixent are doing the last evaluation of Rickter’s new products. According to Rick Roy, owner of Rickter Composites and RRP, the company plans to launch a new XFS Ninja hull very soon. The new boat will fly easier much higher and it will be far more stable under manoeuvrings. Also, he already informed us that a new boat is bound to be launched at the World Finals, so stay tuned since we plan to unveil very soon.

From PJS after 25 some years later, Sheldon Messick still is doing his magic. Helping out up and comer junior rider Kyle Araiza competing in the 2012 season. Thanks for sharing Sheldon! Some things you never lose! Photos by Kyle Araiza

London, 14th August 2012 – Weymouth is the new venue for the finale of the P1 AquaX Championship, when the four national jet ski titles will be decided over the weekend of Saturday/Sunday, 15/16th September. The Olympic sailing venue of Weymouth will host the first ever visit of the P1 AquaX Championship to Dorset with the coastal resort replacing Southampton in the 2012 calendar. With prestigious national titles up for grabs in the UK’s most popular personal watercraft racing championship, the Weymouth weekend is set to deliver first class free-to-watch action in Weymouth Bay. Spectators will be able to get close to the 30+ riders thanks to a race paddock location along North Pier. It will be a weekend of top level watersports action as London-based championship promoter Powerboat P1 is also bringing its thrilling P1 SuperStock UK powerboat championship to Weymouth to race alongside its jet ski series. “The crowds coming to watch will see spectacular racing in Weymouth Bay from the pier and esplanade provided by our jet skis and powerboats. The sight of around 30 jet skis racing has to be seen to be believed”, commented AquaX Championship Manager Lisa Barsby. “The series has trebled in size this year and our finale is the most eagerly anticipated race weekend of the year by our riders. Weymouth is going to witness some exciting, close fought race action from both the powerboats and jet skis.” The race meeting is being organised by Powerboat P1 in conjunction with UKOBA (United Kingdom Off-Shore Boating Association) and governing body the RYA. UKOBA has successfully organised powerboat racing in Weymouth for the past three years and invited Powerboat P1 to bring its prestigious national championships to the Dorset town. Teams will arrive in Weymouth on Friday, 14th September with the action starting on Saturday morning with a 20-minute qualifying race followed by the points scoring round in the afternoon and the final round of the championships on Sunday. The 2012 AquaX champions will then be crowned in the podium ceremony on Sunday afternoon. The move to Weymouth is the result of a failure to resolve an unforeseen sponsor conflict issue that caused concern with the organisers of the Southampton Boat Show. The penultimate rounds of both the P1 SuperStock and P1 AquaX championships take place in Cowes on 25/26th August.