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Organisers report: “After our last night in Ilhabela, the whole organization left to Bertioga while pilots raced an off shore to Barra do Uma. The winner was Pastorello increasing his difference with the second pilot on the general, Ente Sylvain. In Barra do Uma, an accident (one more) with an external person to the Jetraid stopped the afternoon raced and pilots just made a connection to Bertioga. The day ended grey with clouds and it was rainy, with only one day left of competition no-one has his/her position secure. Tomorrow, 160 points are in the game. As you might see, pilots are few points away from each other so this let us dream about an incredible finish. Tomorrow, two class A races will be run and pilots will look out for these points to keep going up on the tables. Tomorrow their will we be a new Jet Raid Champion.”

The organisers report: "Yesterday we had the consumption race, were the winner was Ente Sylvain. This race just brought out one competitor, Deninho Casarini but he could raced today. The pilots arrived very closed to each other, the only ones that didn`t arrived with the biggest group were the Chilean jets. They took a little more time to arrived to Ilhabela. There the fiscals checked on every pilot that they didn`t used any gasoline of the extra 10 litres they took because if they used it they were penalised with 5 positions. The results where on the net yesterday, showing that without being the winner yesterday, Jean Bruno Pastorello is the leader of the General Classification with Ente Sylvain behind him by 95 points. Today, the seventh day we are going to have the death day. Were pilots should end exhaust because of the two races that are taking place today. They start at Ilhabela and finish in Bertioga, where the last day of race is gonna happend. More pictures are uploaded daily at the Jetraid 2009 Gallery."

The organisers report: “These two days were great, as you may see, Pastorello kept winning on F1 and on F2 the most important news is that Saez-Vivanco are now first because Amador-Panoussis broke the jet yesterday. Maybe he run today. Yesterday, the pilots left the beach at 11am and they started the Off Shore a few kilometers inside the ocean. The organization moved by cars and vans to the next point, Jabaquara. When all arrived at this place were shocked. It was incredible, amazing. I don`t know with which words describe the place. It was like a Paradise. No people, the beach was of white sand, skyblue water and was on a bay. The road was a disaster so the few people that arrived, did it just by boat. The Spanish press and some fiscals started to prepare their tents because we were camping last night. This Paradise was perfect although it was full of “mosquitos” (little flying insects that bite), so everybody was scratching themselves. Besides that it was like Heaven, sun had rised, cool drinks and good food. The race was an Off Shore of 85km around the island. At 14pm, we saw the first jet arriving from the horizon, once it got near we distinguished that it was Jean Bruno Pastorello. Behind him a few metres it was Vivanco and Casarini. Then we had a gorgeous afternoon drinking and eating all together at the beach. Mosquitos are making everybody nervous. But once you entered your tent you could rested in peace. Today we have the consumption race (really hard race) with one secret point and 4 waypoints finishing in the beach of Ilhabela. We hope the best for all the pilots.”

East Coast Freeriders are sponsored by Hot Products USA and lots of their “air time” pictures are featured to the company’s blog. Though, these riders have their own web site (www.eastcoastfreeriders.net) so spent some time to take a look at their wonderful action shots.

Today the 2 races we had were 2 off shores of 40km one was won by Phillipe Mosselman (the first one) and the other by Jean Bruno Pastorello. We thought accident were finished but today, after the jets started racing, Mari Carmen Ortiz also suffered an accident. Her jet stopped working and the waves took her close to the rocks. Then, she called for help. She was swimming trying not to hit the rocks. So the organizers started calling everyone that could help her. Without this horrible event, the rest of this third day of race was perfect. It was the first race without any rain, was sunny, without any winds also. Greek rider Manos Panoussis won again the F2 class and he climbed to the second place of the Overall Classification.

Lagopoulos adds two distance records aboard Sea-Doo watercraft in 2009 by riding 286-miles in six-hours and 880-miles in under 24-hours. Eric Lagopoulos set two new world records by riding his Sea-Doo RXT iS 255 watercraft further than anyone before him, in six-hours (286 miles/460 km) and 24-hours (880-hours/1416 km) to bring the count of world records, accomplished on BRP's Sea-Doo watercraft in 2009, to five. Eric Lagopoulos, a professional personal watercraft racer and model from Sarasota, Florida, set the two endurance marks Thursday, November 12, 2009 on Guinness Book of World Records day joining Mike Pagliccia, Juan Felix Bravo, and Dale Vranckx as riders setting new world records in 2009 on Sea Doo watercraft. Lagopoulos achieved the two world record marks piloting an Action Watercraft (Venice, FL)-backed Sea-Doo RXT iS watercraft around a 20.5-mile loop on the C-54 Canal south of Palm Bay, FL. The first of Lagoupoulos' two world records fell early in the morning on November 12th after overcoming strong winds, dark skies, and scattered rain when he completed 286 miles (460km) at the six-hour mark with his Sea-Doo RXT iS watercraft performing flawlessly. The cold front moved through as Lagopoulos continued to log miles at over 62 mph (100km). After riding over 17 hours with minimal stops and the sun setting, Lagopoulos was satisfied with bettering the previous mark by nearly 100miles, and finished with 880 miles (1416km).

It is obvious that Team Kawasaki run out of luck this year at the World Finals. Though, Craig Warner proved just another year that he is the man to beat in Pro Runabout Open. He won the Qualifier, Moto 1 and he was ahead in Moto 2 until he faced a mechanical issue on lap 8. Still the package Kawasaki/Warner were in a class of their own although they use the same engine recipe for 4 years. Read all about it in our exclusive test and report under the Features section.