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The 2013 CWA Tour Presented by Yamaha kicks off on June 8th & 9th at the Mai Tiki Resort in Oscoda, Michigan. We are pleased to have one of the best crews on the planet back and ready to put on a safe, efficient, fun tour again this year. We are also excited about all the pre-season buzz we hear among the racers and freestyle riders, and we’re looking forward to an awesome summer. Please note that online entry is available for all events this year. Pre-registration by Midnight EST on the Wednesday prior to each event is required to avoid the $25 late fee charged on site. All participants can obtain or renew their annual CWA memberships using the online entry form also. The form to purchase memberships and enter for all events can be found here: https://www.elbowspace.com/forms/20130416065820156254.htm We have also set up a Facebook group that includes regular updates about the tour events. It can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/382440188536066/?fref=ts For any questions, please email Ray at ray@canadianwatercraft.com.

Good times racing back from 2005. Imperia GP in Italy. Steven Dauliach demonstrates at its best why he is multi time World Champion in Pro Ski.

IJSBA 2011 and 2012 Pro Runabout Open and GP Runabout World Champion James Bushell would like to thank his 2013 sponsors -158performance, Sea-Doo-BRP, Sea-Doo Centre, Sb components, Jettrim, Jettribe, Lazer helmets- for their great support for his participation at the US National Tour 2013.

Young rider from Florida Eric Casey Francis won two classes in the opening Round of the US National Tour 2013. His accomplishment wouldn’t have been succeeded without the support of the following sponsors: Monster Energy Kawasaki, Fly Racing, Farthing Racing, Mtn Mountain Sports and ProRider mag.

Dustin’s report from South Africa “Great weekends racing on my FAST POWERSPORTS, ROCKSTAR, SEA-DOO CENTRE, BURN, KOMMANDER HYDRO. Clean sweep in Pro Ski Open but with tough competition from Tyron.”

Dustin in his own words “Good Lites racing with Tyron, no brotherly love going here .We banged bars into each other every race .Dirty but fun racing .We both raced hard and both wanted to win so there was no holding back. Two wins to me 1 to Tyron. Too much fun. Next race will be good.”

James Bushell’s team is fighting to overturn a disqualification ruling deemed unfair and ahead of time, after the PWC star won the first three motos of the US championship, only to be told his ski was underweight. After the race, James’ new ski was found to be 78lbs underweight according to new rules – yet the IJSBA website stated that the weight change would not be coming into play until 2014.Speaking after the decision, James said: “My World Finals ski weighed in at 663lbs and this new one is heavier – 672lbs. Nobody knew about this new ruling coming into force before the stated date, and I feel the IJSBA was wrong to call disqualification.” A spokesman for 158 Racing said that the new weight ruling was announced on the IJSBA website in January, but the recommendation was that it would not come in until 2014. This statement is still live on the IJSBA website, in an article dated January 4, 2013. (See http://www.ijsba.com/2013/01/04/ijsba-releases-managing-directors-recommendations-for-changes-to-the-2013-competition-rule-book/ ) James’ father, Steve Bushell, also insists the weight of the Sea-Doo was race-legal: "James’ team is always extremely careful to ensure we’re working well within the rule book, so there’s no way they would have allowed him to race on a Sea-Doo that was not legal.” He added: “We have lodged a protest because we feel we have been treated unfairly, and we’re hoping the decision will be overturned, so we’ll await the outcome before commenting further.”