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Huge waves, bigger and better tricks on some of the world’s most powerful standup skis, cold beach weather, and even colder drinks. What could be a better way to let the good times roll and bring in the New Year? The 2014 Thrust Innovations Daytona Freeride down in Daytona, Florida was a blast as always! Nothing could keep the Freeriders or the spectators from the one and only Daytona Freeride, even if it was a bit chilly. The Grand Seas Resort had a spectacular view, ideal staff, and of course a Tiki Bar nearby that also helped warm people up. Riders such as Mark Gomez, Zack Bright, Tanner Thomas, Taylor Curtis, Carter Bracket, Seth Zaluski, and many more great riders put on an amazing show for those lucky enough to catch the event. Whether or not you missed it, rider Seth Zaluski put together a video for ProRider Magazine that gives viewers a great synopsis of what the event was like, including the pronounced show Mark Gomez put on in the Hotel Pool. In case you didn’t know, Nicholas Foederer and his team have been putting this event on for 10 years and Jettribe has been lucky enough to be a part of it for 6 of those years. Nick and his team have astounded riders and spectators alike each year by booking a great hotel next to the beach, having delicious hot food available nearby, and open arms to anyone new to the sport or the event. The Jettribe crew, which consisted of Derek Correll and Jeremy Schendelmayer, did a great job putting the Jettribe booth together and helping people at the event to get gear and stay warm. Derek and Jeremy could not stop talking about the one-of- a- kind weekend, with so many stories to share it made the rest of the Jettribe Crew start to make arrangements for possibly going next year, as should you! Thanks Nick for putting on a great event once again, Thrust Innovations for sponsoring it, and the Grand Seas Resort and the City of Daytona for having such a beautiful location for the Daytona Freeride to keep going. The racing season is slowly getting started so remember to ride safe with Jettribe, the #1 Jetski Racing Gear and Apparel Company out there! Don’t be the only one caught without Jettribe!

Mark Gomez reports from Daytona Freeride party. “So freaking stoked right now! Defended my title winning the Daytona Freeride Surf&Style motosurf contest for the 2nd year! I also got the opportunity to hop on a Thrust built 1200 DASA powered Rickter XFS and huck some backflips in the hotel swimming pool. Such a great event 2014 is off to a great start.” Photo courtesy: Alex Nikolis

Classic move of Taylor Curtis at Daytona Freeride 2014 event. Curtis is an official distributor of Rickter products and hulls. Photo courtesy: Rick Roy

Mark Gomez is riding officially this year for Rickter and he is trying to adjust himself on the new Rickter FR-2 Evo1 at Daytona Freeride. He was already voted for Bets All-Round rider of the year by Prorider magazine and this honor is a driving force for him. Photo courtesy: Rick Roy

Dustin Motzouris was racing STX-R with Factory Kawasaki Jet Ski Team back in 2002. Since then he has never raced a Runabout again however he is a proven World Champion and it will be nice to see him on an Endurance Race like Mark Hahn 300. His current sponsors are: Kommander Ind., Fast Powersports, Jettrim, Rock Star, Burn Industries and Sea-Doo Centre. But there will be more to come. Dustin is pictured with his brother Tyron at the World Finals 2013 in Havasu.

Dustin Motzouris’s of Kommander Industries official announcement “I am very happy to announce that current world champion runabout rider Jared Moore and myself will be teaming up on a KOMMANDER Ind. SEA-DOO RXT-X for the Mark Hahn 300 in Lake Havasu City.We will be running the SEA-DOO RXT-X which has proven itself as a exceptional Endurance and offshore race boat.We will be getting support from SEA-DOO Centre in Australia as well as many other sponsors .Thank you to everyone stepping in to support us .We will do a official press release in the next few days as well as video updates on the build and progress of our Endurance RXT - X 260 SEA-DOO. Please also know that you can purchase all your SEA-DOO CENTER performance runabout parts from KOMMANDER Industries in the USA.”

Rick Roy plans to make a very strong presence at Daytona Freeride event by bringing a Team of 8 riders. The Rickter-RRP Freeride Team consists of Mark Gomez, Rick Roy, Taylor Curtis, Tanner Thomas, Randy Lawlor, Brandon Lawlor, Abraham Ho and Jeff Bolte. All of them are riding Rickter boats with various set ups and engine configurations.