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Multi World and National Champion Frenchman Nicolas Rius was spotted in Havasu Fitness training after his recent accident. Rius suffered an incredible crash during a routine speed run and testing of a racing Runabout. The result was 10 rib fracture towards the back. According to Kay Sykes report on Today’s News-Herald Nicolas starts his training early in the morning with weight lifting and cardio exercise and in the evening he is working on his core strength doing mixed martial arts. Nicolas plans to race Pro Ski Open in order to claim the $30.000 prize money and possibly Pro Runabout too, depending on his physical condition. Rius has not practiced on the water yet but he plans to return in full mode next week (3rd week of September).

Wednesday, 31 August: Jeremy Poret’s hopes of regaining his Ski F1 World title hang precariously in the balance after suffering damage to cruciate knee ligaments during a crash at the French Jet Ski Championships in Avignon. Poret, 23 from St Maximin in France, who won the World title in 2009 now faces a desperate race to get fit in time for the final two races of the year at the UIM Aquabike Grand Prix of China in Liuzhou on 4-5 October, and is, remarkably, now facing a similar injury crisis that cost him the title last year, missing the last event of the Championship and losing out to his brother Mickael. The Frenchman heads a trio of his countrymen and has led the standings since the season-opener in Doha, Qatar and holds a comfortable 31-points advantage over Jean-Baptiste Botti, with Christopher Courtois in third place and Mickael Poret in fourth. The Team Spirit rider has proven the stronger and more consistent of the French quartet, and whilst he and Botti have taken three wins apiece in Qatar, Sardinia and Corsica, Poret has also finished second three times to win each Grand Prix. Should Poret fail to make it to Liuzhou, the race for the title looks to be a two-way fight between Botti and Courtois, but mathematically brings Poret (M), Nachette Armillas and Emanuele Balzer into the equation, but it is Botti who holds the whip hand.

Read the latest news about King’s Cup 2011 race, the cash prize money, rules and regulations and basic information on the pdf file by clicking the attachment sign.

View and download the Entry Form on a pdf format for King;s Cup 2011 race, by clicking the attachment sign.

Japanese Pro Runabout Champion who also managed to finish second in GP Runabout last year at the IJSBA World Finals plans to come back this year in Havsu with a new set up on his Ultra. Last year his Ultra was equipped with a Rotrex Supercharger with water cooled oil cooler. This year his team built a similar concept but they used an HKS Supercharger which is made in Japan, is much for efficient and more reliable according to Hajime Isahai. His race crafts features new black paint job with custom lime flame graphics.

Saturday 27 August, Cowes - Russell Marmon (Christchurch, Dorset) and Duncan Johnstone (Fareham, Hampshire) clinched the Elite 300 class and AM 200 class titles respectively at Egypt Point in Cowes this afternoon, Saturday, 27 August, during the penultimate round of the 2011 P1 AquaX Championship. In choppy conditions, albeit under reasonably pleasant skies for most of the day, Kawasaki 300 Ultra rider Marmon extended his unbeaten streak to eight race wins from eight for the season with a pair of unsurprisingly dominant performances. The opening half-hour race, Moto One, was curtailed around five minutes earlier than scheduled due to ever-roughening waters but Marmon’s skill, speed and endurance were clear to see as he rocketed away from pole position. In Moto Two, on calmer seas, the championship standard setter was again imperious. “Great, good fun enjoyed that”, said the Elite 300 Champion, “It was tough today, I couldn’t see where I was going…but you have to keep the nose down and read the conditions. I am a little tired because I had a baby three weeks ago so I haven’t been getting much sleep!” Second place in the headline class of AquaX went to fellow Kawasaki mount Richard Cable (Dridlington, Bradford) in both Isle of Wight outings while Ben Vine (Bicester, Oxon) rounded out the Elite 300 podium on each occasion. Yamaha FX160 rider Duncan Johnstone finished second in AM 200 in the opening race of the day, his first defeat of the campaign, but that was still enough to seal the title. Championship newcomer Andy Steel (Southampton, Hampshire) starred to claim victory on his AquaX debut on his similar Yamaha ski and, as a fellow member of the Solent Skiers Club, the win over Johnstone was particularly sweet. Steel said: “I came out to give Duncan a run for his money, we are best of friends and ski all the time in the Solent so we’re used to these conditions. We ski all through the winter, we do this every weekend. Unfortunately he beat me but I am extremely happy to come second overall.” In race two, Johnstone returned to winning ways with his seventh victory from eight starts while Steel finished second to cap a very strong weekend and Steve Robinson (Hedon, Humberside) took third to add to his earlier rostrum in the opening encounter. “I knew it was going to be close”, commented Johnstone, “I kept looking behind me but I wasn’t pulling away from Andy he was always just there. I do prefer it rough, but it really was quite rough today. It levels it all out and it comes down to stamina and riding style. It was gruelling out there, you just had to hold on and hope for the best.” Paul Attiwell (Abingdon, Oxford) raced his Kawasaki Ultra 250 to a pair of fine wins in the AM 300 class, his third and fourth on the bounce after an equally strong weekend in Plymouth last time out. Another AquaX newcomer, Polish national Lucas Kliatkowski (St Albans, Hertfordshire), gave chase well though and delivered a fantastic showing en route to a brace of second places. “I wanted to head out the front for the first few laps, which I did, the weather conditions were getting worse and changing all the time so it was hard to open up the ski and really go”, explained Attiwell, “I sustained loads of damage to the ski, smashed the hood, and the faring cover came off. You’re consistently reading the conditions out there – the weather played a big part in the results.” “I don’t think I shall be able to walk tomorrow, it is good there is a bank holiday so I can recover!”, added Kliatkowski, “At my local Herne Bay in Ramsgate I’m the local nutter who goes out when it’s really choppy, I think that has been good training for me!” Mat Shipley (Seaford, East Sussex) finished third in race one ahead of erstwhile points leader Dave Huddleston (Milton Keynes) and Stuart Steel (Paignton, Devon) while in race two, Steel made it onto the podium ahead of Shipley and Huddleston. In terms of the provisional AM 300 points standings, Attiwell has moved seven ahead of Huddleston with Shipley currently in third place. Albert Dock in Liverpool will host the final round of the 2011 P1 AquaX Championship just a fortnight from now, over the weekend 10/11 September, where the UK’s premier Jet-Ski racers will again provide top class sport alongside the competitors from the P1 SuperStock powerboat racing championship.

The world's greatest Watercraft Freeriders and Racers are descending once again to the ocean beaches of Pacific City Oregon for this year's top US PWC surf event, which combines the second round of the IFWA Freeride World Championship Tour with the IJSBA Freeride World Cup and Motosurf Western Championship. The Surfslam is held at Tierra Del Mar Beach access located just north of Pacific City, Oregon and is free to the public on this wide expanse of incredible beach. The Blowsion Surf Slam brings over 40 professional competitors from around the world competing for a cash purse and points towards the IFWA World title and competing for the 3rd Annual IJSBA Freeride World Cup. Joining them will be some of the best PWC racers in the world who will display high speed turns through a grueling buoy course all while being challenged by the Pacific Coast's always unpredictable waves. Returning this year to compete will be UK Pro Ski Champion Jordan Fielder as well as US Pro Freerider Ross Champion and current IFWA World Champion Pierre Maixent from France. Pro and Amatuer Freeride competitors will compete in a head to head double elimination format. A panel of professional judges will score them 50% for their wave surfing and 50% for their aerial maneuvers. The IJSBA, in its support for the IFWA, will award the winner of this round with the IJSBA Freeride World Cup. The infamous Oregon Pacific Coast surf will boost freeriders over 20 feet in the air while performing surf combinations featuring multiple rotation backflips, Madonna rolls, Superman backflips, inverted barrel rolls, floaters, look backs, aerial re-entries and no handed landings. Spectators will also witness intense personal watercraft racing with the IJSBA MotoSurf Invitational. The top 20 Pro, Pro Am and Amateur wave racers in the country will battle it out in this challenging Oregon shoreline break. Racers will compete in a multi-moto format of several laps through a buoy course requiring a balance of maintaining high speeds while making split second strategic maneuvers around buoys and other racers while being utterly pounded by the intense Pacific Coast surf. This event is a weekend of non-stop surf and beach vibe action. The Freeride Qualifying will begin on Friday September 9th. Motosurf racing will take place on Saturday and Sunday Sept 10th and 11th. The main events will take place Saturday and Sunday from 8am-4pm. K&S Kuwait is proudly presenting the second annual K&S BIG AIR SHOWDOWN on Saturday with a $500.00 cash award to the freerider exhibiting the most amplitude in this must see contest of aerial throw downs. Rounding out the amenities of this action packed weekend is a vendor and sponsor beach display area with food and beverage offerings to add to the festival surf environment. With over three miles of open beach to launch from, be sure to bring your own wave shredding machine to carve up some of the famous Oregon Surf.