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IJSBA Pro Runabout Open World Champion of 2009, Sam Harvey has already launched his own web site. By logging in to www.samharveyracing.co.nz the reader will get informed about his racing activities and results as well as the services of Woodbine Racing Team which is based in Auckland.

The most talked about four-stroke X-2 (equipped with a 15F engine) that has been prepared by Sato Engineering actually hit the water (read another story on it under the Features Section). The Speedmagic test team put it on the water and the first impression, ok, was good but we have not been able to obtain any more news from the company. Anyways, it was a very interesting project and we are glad that someone actually made it happen.

Are we going to see one made for Ultra? We know for sure that R&D does not plan to make one for the time being. Bill Chapin of R&D had worked very hard and he had spent countless hours of testing in order to develop certain twin impeller packages that go along with R&D’s ECU and other accessories. The point is that he has valuable help from Yamaha in order to develop all these performance parts. On the other hand as far as we have been informed Kawasaki has not invested on such cooperation. Therefore, most probably we are not going to see such a package developed for Kawasaki unless R&D or someone else has a reason to do it.

We have published in the past some exceptional graphics that were shown on Kanamori’s SX-R. Those ones were made by a Japanese company. This time we saw the illustrated pwc graphics on a Japanese web site, Avanti and we strongly believe that they very similar to the ones we had seen in the past. The particular vinyl graphics are awesome. It’s a very nice job and we hope that we will see more of those interesting designs.

Posted on December 16, on http://abgns.wordpress.com. MUSCAT, 16 Dec. – Teenager Aero Sutan Aswar became the youngest competitor to win an Asian Beach Games jetski gold. The 16-year-old Indonesian, roared to victory in the runabout endurance open at Al Musannah and credited his success to an ability to “read the waves”. Sutan Aswar won both motos (heats) to clinch gold ahead of Thailand’s Kritsada Wuttithosaporn, while bronze went to Athletes from Kuwait’s Mohammad Albaz. “I tried to read the waves, and tried not to jump but stay on the water,” Sutan Aswar said. “I did it better than the others.” In the runabout endurance open, jetskiers race around a five-kilometre buoy course for 30 minutes. Silver medallist Wuttithosaporn admitted he did not adapt well to the wave conditions, saying the sea was too calm for him. “In Thailand, our training course was a lot harder, with a lot of jumping,” he said. “This course was easier, yet it was harder for me because there were a lot of turns and I’m not very good at turning. “It was also tough because I’m 28, and he’s 16, so it’s probably not the same level of fitness.” Bronze medalist Albaz also found the Runabout endurance open challenging. “I feel very tired,” he said. “The race was very long.” Bill Chapin of R&D had prepared his Yamaha with all parts we had actually tested in Havasu two months ago. It was a limited FZR that smoked its competitors with younger Aero on its seat. Last October Bill Chapin had predicted that this kid from Indonesia will soon become a World Champion and his was proved right. Photo courtesy: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images AsianPac

Bruce Stjernstrom was actually one of the guys who were involved in the formation of IJSBA (when it became International Association). When I was introduced to him he was working for Kawasaki, KMC and every year he attend it the World Finals. This year he appeared dressed up in Monster Energy gear rather than the usual Team Green apparel. He informed me that he was recently change plans in to his career and now he is working for Monster Energy as Vice President of Sports Marketing. Monster Energy appeared at the World Finals in 2006 and we hope that it will keep supporting the personal watercraft racing scene.

December 18, 2010 – Fountain Valley, CA: R&D Yamaha Team Follmer is proud to announce the signing of a new long term marketing sponsorship with CP-Carrillo, the manufacturer of CP Pistons and Carrillo rods. CP Pistons is recognized as a technological leader in piston design and development for all venues of motorsports and has built a high quality reputation for manufacturing pistons built to perform and out last; especially in powersport and sport compact applications. After nearly 50 years, the name Carrillo is synonymous with high quality connecting rods. Carrillo has won more races in virtually every format of motorsports than any other connecting rod manufacturer – in the world. CP-Carrillo president, Barry Calvert stated that he was very excited to sign the agreement with long time PWC Offshore racer and factory YAMAHA rider Mike Follmer because of Mike’s many accomplishments and numerous championships in the PWC sport. “We will use Mike and his R&D factory YAMAHA Team as a platform to enhance and promote our involvement in the PWC market,” said Calvert, “and we will use his teams use of our rods and pistons to promote our full line of internal engine components specifically designed and available for all types of PWC’s.” 2011 will once again see R&D factory YAMAHA Team Follmer campaigning on their Yamaha FZR’s, but their advantage in this years annual points championship battle will be the new R&D Engines built and prepared by Bill Chapin and Glenn Dickinson of R&D Performance Products with CP-Carrillo internal components. Having been in the PWC sport for over 20 years, Mike Follmer had this to say about the new sponsorship agreement with CP-Carrillo; “I am honored to have CP-Carrillo on board and under the hood for the coming year. CP Pistons and Carrillo Rods are well established winners in all forms of racing and with R&D YAMAHA Team Follmer being added to their marketing efforts, I believe we will be able to continue moving forward towards additional championships.”