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Grand Prix of France - Ghisonaccia, Corsica, 3-5 June 2011. Medori thrills home crowd with heat 1 win. Saturday, 4 June, GHISONACCIA (Corsica): Ghisonaccia’s local hero Francois Medori gave his home crowd the win they wanted to see, storming to victory in Runabout F1, on an afternoon of spectacular racing which French riders dominated, winning all the opening heats of the Grand Prix of France. The Poret brothers made it a family affair in Ski Division F1, with the World Championship leader Jeremy Poret leading home older brother Mickael, Porto-Vecchio’s Jean-Baptiste Botti preventing a Poret one-two-three, finishing ahead of the youngest brother of the Poret racing dynasty, Morgan. For the second Grand Prix weekend in a row, heat 1 of Runabout F1 turned into a nightmare for both Cyrille Lemoine and Franky Zapata; Lemoine forced to come back to shore on the opening lap with a problem - but rejoining the race to finish down in eighth place but salvaging valuable points - with Zapata breaking down and stopping on lap nine after leading from the start. Romain Stampers struck a psychological blow in the Freestyle show taking his third straight heat-win over the flamboyant Italian, Valerio Calderoni.

Trey Frame wins the US Open of Watercross Pro-Am Runabout Open Class. We got off to a very fast start on Sunday morning in Montgomery, AL for the US Open of Watercross. The temperatures were well into the 90's and the humidity was close to 100%, but every rider was focused on the second stop of the tour. In the Pro-Am Runabout Open class things got dicey in moto 3 with the Yamaha Dean's Team RIVA racing Dustin Charrier getting together with the National Guard powered number 21 of Trey Frame in the hole shot. Frame on his Blackstar powered Yamaha was able to hold his line and made a break for it, finishing on top of the box. At last year's US Open of Watercross Frame broke his leg during the Pro-Am Runabout Open, which made this year's win even sweeter - finally grabbing the US Open Champion title. Claude Clayton on board his Sea Doo shook off a poor finish in moto 1 and used consistency to post a number 2 finish. Defending national champion Erminio Iantosca ran his Judge Motorsports Kawasaki to a 3rd place finish.

Chris MacClugage wins the US Open of Watercross Pro-AM Ski GP. In the Pro-Am Ski GP class the G.O.A.T. Chris MacClugage had a rough run in moto 1 but rebounded and took his Monster Energy Macc racing rig to a first place finish. Jimmy "Neutron" Cebulski was inspired by the birth of his baby four weeks ago and worked his Hydrospace hull to a 2nd place finish. After a moto 1 win Rick Sherker had a breakage and was relegated to 6th in moto 2, but he rebounded in moto 3 to salvage a third overall.

From the opening ceremonies right into the pro classes, first up was the Pro Runabout Open. Claude Clayton from Tupelo, MS got the nod from the computer and had gate choice and he decided to take the spot closest to the tower and that worked out well for him. He pulled the holeshot and led three laps with Flyin' Brian Baldwin and Dustin Farthing in tow. By the end of the second lap "El Diablo"" had dispatched Baldwin and set his sights on Clayton. ""Tweeker"" did his best to hold off the Monster Energy Kawasaki of Farthing but eventually the Judge Motorsports tuned rig was just too much for Clayton and he slid back to 2nd position. There were a few swaps for the 4th and 5th position which turned out to be where the battle really raged. The National Guard Yamaha of Trey Frame battle for several laps with the number 81 of Eric Francis and their hard work paid dividends because both Clayton and Baldwin missed buoys and that put Frame and Francis in 2nd and 3rd respectively in the final moto 1 standings. Dustin Farthing steered clear of any mishaps and finish solidly in 1st on his Monster Energy Kawasaki."

In Ski Division F1 Jeremy Poret took full advantage of heat 1 winner Jean-Baptiste Botti’s miss-fortune, after the Frenchman was forced out of the race, stopping on lap six having opened up a ten second lead. Poret swept into the lead, 35 seconds clear of the chasing pack headed by Christopher Courtois and Mickael Poret; the duo following Poret to the chequered flag to complete the top three. A win in Runabout F1 for Francois Medori over yesterday’s heat 1 winner Mattia Fracasso gave him the Grand Prix title, with his countryman Jeremy Perez completing the podium after a second top-six finish. In Freestyle, Roberto Mariani and Sebastien Tchernia found themselves outclassed by the discipline’s two showman Valerio Calderoni and Romain Stampers, who both turned on the style with an array of tricks, Stampers turning the tables on the flamboyant Italian, taking his second win of the weekend and Grand Prix honours.

These are the three most important persons that made the dream of Akropolis Jet Raid come true. Greek multi National champion Akis Malouchos, the CEO of Akropolis Jet Raid Manos Pannousis who has competed in the past for ten years in Jet Raid and has won it two times and Course Director Bruno Casa. The trio was very successful with the overall results and success of the first ever European Jet Raid and they are already heading on preparing the next Akropolis Jet Raid.

The talk is all about the rider from Luxemburg who competed at Akropolis Jet Raid with great success the first two days until his FZR hull cracked on third day morning putting an end to all his hopes for a good overall finish. Rainer Cohnen was approached by the inflatable boat “Crazy Banana” where Rainer popped in order to minimize the weight on his boat. His FZR was lifted on CEO’s of Jet Raid Greece yacht, Mano Pannousis, where Rainer watched from the there the rest of the race. He hope to see him at the next Akropolis Jet Raid and to supply us with more Luxemburg made beers…