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Sydney Sea-Doo dealership owner and Pro Runabout racer, James Masterton competed last weekend at the 2013 Asian Aquabike Grand Prix on October 26-27 in China. The invite only event featured two, 20minute motos for an overall title. In a bold move to display both reliability and solid overall performance, Masterton chose to use his Sydney Sea-Doo Performance RXP300 Kit on a brand new RXP260 supplied by Smooth Marine of Hong Kong. This exact kit is the same package retailed to his customers from the Sydney Sea-Doo dealership in Australia with performance unmatched for the $4,990 price tag. In a solid field of genuine Pro Open skis, Masterton started moto one from position six. After battling with riders for almost 10 minutes, Masterton moved into second, finishing 0.8 seconds behind the Chinese winner. Moto two saw James start from position two and on lap six made a pass for the lead. Whilst running into lapped traffic, Masterton was re-passed finishing second at the checkered flag. “I chose to race with our 300 kit this weekend to prove to people that using the correct combination of parts and more importantly the correct people installing these parts will bring results both on the track and provide trouble free recreation use.” To contact James for information on the RXP/RXT 300 kit visit www.sydneyseadoo.com.

“Rick had a hard crash on Saturday. After finishing the race Rick had discovered huge deep cut on his knee. We rushed to the local China hospital to get about 5 stitches without any anesthesia, talk about pain. The next day wrapped some shrink wrap around his keen and some clear packing tape. Sunday's final race, he road his heart out taking home first place for Jettribe Team USA in pro ski open! Words can not describe how proud we are at Jettribe.”

Young rider Ryan Decker will be sponsored by Jettrim next year. The Havasu based company welcomes Ryan Decker to its sponsored rider’s family. Jettrim is well known for its superior mats, chin pads and seat covers. If you need the best grip you look for Jettrim accessories.

The Finals of the IJSBA US National HydroDrag Series were held in Tavares, Florida, and presented by RIVA Racing, HydroTurf, Blowsion, Yamaha, City of Tavares, Lake County, and Sea Doo. At the Hydro Drags this weekend R&D tuned boats did very well. Kerry Hibdon's (The Jet Shop) boats won Limited, Super Stock and Unlimited classes. In Speed Alley there was a new speed record set by Reggie from Game Over Performance on his GPR/SHO Turbo conversion, 106 mph. All these wins and records were with R&D Reprogrammed ECU's. In the Unlimited drag race class, the boat used was Kerry Hibdon's Super Stock boat and was races by Stan Hightower (Kerry's close friend). Kerry raced the Limited and Super Stock classes himself. Not bad.

James Masterton of Sydney Sea-Doo qualified 6th in circuit and 3rd in slalom for this weekend Asian Aquabike GP in China. Saturday/Sunday 20minute motos will be interesting according to his saying. James is competing on a RXP-X 300 tuned by Sydney Sea-Doo. Photo courtesy: James Masterton

We had the opportunity to take a few photos of Hajime Isahai’s Factory HKS Supercharged 1.8 liter engine. However, the Japanese team had two boats with different set ups. However we did not had the opportunity to find more information for this particular set up and the team was negative from the beginning regarding a possible test ride.