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Nicolas Rius on his own words on FB: "I'm very disappointed to say that I'm not coming to Thailand this year to defend the title I being wining for the last 3 years in row! How ever the Rius Racing team will be there to assist 2 other Rius Racing racers Paul Delrosario and Ben Booker which I'm sure they will make us proud and represent us at the highest level. Go have fun and support the entire Rius Racing and Edge Performance Powersports riders and team that will be there in Thailand. We will be back next year!"""

Here are the results for the 2012 IFWA WORLD TOUR after 4 stops.

Joe Caldwell on "Spitfire," and Becky Sternadel on "Nuff Said" on their Lucas Oil Drag Boat World Finals 2012 qualifying runs. According to Joe Caldwell “Worked great. I am at .825 with lots of hull in the water. See had to lock the nozzle at 5 degree because the worn trim cables were causing the nozzle to move up and down at high speed causing a bad bounce. that run in the picture was 10.97 seconds at 89.7 mph. If we can get more lift there is an easy 4 to mph in it.” Photo courtesy Mark Clemons from FB.

Five times IJSBA World Champion, Dustin Motzouris raced at the World Finals this year and he brought a 1-2 overall finish in GP Ski and Pro Ski Open. He has been practicing with a four-stroke and two-stroke watercraft and he has stated that he is better prepared than any other season. His sponsors this year at the World Finals were: Fast Powersports ,Sea-Doo centre, Kommander Industries, Burn,Wethered designs, Shoei,z-craft , tm trucking. He was the fastest and more consistent rider in the class and the great results are his only proof.

Pro Ski Class riders have to complete three motos this year and the third one was the toughest for all riders. Brice Lopez got in the lead however the title was played between Dustin Motzouris and Steven Dauliach. Motzouris was after Lopez and he did his best to pass him but in this tight course it was very difficult to make such a move. Rius slow down a bit and let Dauliach to pass in third place in order to give him a chance to hunt for the World Title. This generous move of Rius soon paid of for Dauliach since he caught up with Motzouris and Dualiiach made his final move in the log jump. Lopez finished first in 3rd moto however Dauliach won his 4rth IJSBA World Title in Pro Ski. Dustin Motzouris who already won GP Ski had to settle for second overall.

Roc “The Helicopter” Floranjic finally won the IJSBA World Title in Pro Freestyle after perfecting a great routine. The guy introduced the helicopter trick two years ago however the “Racing Politics” which took place did not give him a chance to win. This year he managed not only to outperform himself but also to give the first IJSBA Freestyle World Title to Rickter, the company which is heavily involved in to manufacturing Freestyle hulls and ready to go boats. A great success for Rick Roy’s company as well as of all his Team-mates that got involved in to this new project of Rickter XF-S Ninja hull.