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The premier event of the 2011 UWP-IJSBA Watercross National Tour, the Super-Cup of Watercross in Panama City Beach on Saturday, May 14 with the EVP Beach Volleyball Tour. Over 3,000 spectators are expected to head to the beach that weekend to see elite athletes compete in the watercross racing and volleyball. Panama City Beach FL known for its emerald-green waters and white sandy shores, Panama City Beach is ideal for travelers seeking a quintessential beach vacation filled with fun. Located in the Northwest region of Florida and spanning 27 miles of beachfront along the Gulf of Mexico, the REAL.FUN.BEACH. destination offers affordable fun year-round with a wide array of land and water recreational activities, a blossoming culinary scene, new shopping and entertainment options, and much more. For more information, call 1-800-PCBEACH or visit www.visitpanamacitybeach.com The UWP-IJSBA Watercross National Tour has established a national pro- Watercross Racing, attraction and travels to ten key markets across the country from May to September. The UWP-IJSBA has established a national clearance with Comcast Sports Network and will produce eight, 30 minute TV shows that reach over 86.2 million viewers over 40 states per airing. Grassroots efforts by the organization assist regional and local athletes. Learn more at www.uwpinc.com Register for the Tour at http://www.uwpinc.com/race_registration.htm

Recently we have been informed from France that there is a new concept in Jet Ski Racing, the JETCROSS TOUR JX, which is only for stand ups. Back in 2008 there was also a class only for X-2’s with minor accessories which attracted the riders. More than 100 pilots attended the first race which got positive feedback and in general it was a great organisation. These were the Classes: Ski Promo F2, Ski Promo-AM, Ski Women, Ski Veteran, Ski Junior and Freestyle. Read more about it at www.jetcrosstour.com and watch the video at http://vimeo.com/23312177

The 3rd Annual Dana Point to Avalon Offshore Race presented by Sea-Doo & Sea-Tow sanctioned by the APBA was a tremendous success despite one of the roughest races in the history of the Triple Crown series! Congratulations to Craig Warner #1 Corona, CA Monster Energy/Kawasaki on the overall win and 1st in Pro-Am Open with a time of 1 hour 10 minutes and 55 Seconds. 2nd Place went to past Triple Crown Offshore National Champion Mark Gerner with a time of 1 hour 15 minutes and 35 seconds. Rounding out the podium in 3rd overall and in the Pro/Am Class was Eric Hardin #5 Anaheim, CA on his Kawasaki Ultra 300X crossing the line just 10 seconds behind Gerner with a time of 1 hour 15 minutes and 45 seconds. Story weather conditions, low visibility, moderate to high swells all made for a rough race that really tested the racers and equipment from start to finish. A big THANK YOU!!! to all of the sponsors that made the event possible: Sea-Doo, Sea-Tow, Kawasaki, Dana Point Jet Ski, Dana Point Shipyard, Mike Follmer Specialties, Gemmell’s. Click on to the attachment sigh to read the results.

This particular SX-R has been prepared by Steve Webster for Two Times Pro Runabout Open IJSBA World Champion, Craig Warner. It features special Monster Energy Kawasaki graphics and a triple 1200cc engine prepared by Kommander himself. Warner had informed us two months ago at Mark Hahn 300 that he was planning to race Ski’s this season and he was practicing three times a week for his new goal. According to Webster, Craig Warner will race a Bullett Racing 2nd Generation SX-R hull with a Kommander Ind. triple 1200 Kawasaki engine at this first event at Parker. We already know his determination and we wish him best luck.

Steve Webster owner of Kommander Ind. is truly addicted to Stand Ups and he has to give more to Sport as long as they exist. Recently informed us that he plans to put his team in to the Triple Crown races of APBA and the first Round will be held at Parker, Arizona were Kommander Ind. Team will show up with four 1200 SX-R’s. Webster was working hard on this project since autumn and his goal was to produce a 200hp package out of the triple Kawasaki STX engine. Take a closer look at the new graphics that the Team’s race crafts. According to Webster those graphics cost $350 per kit. You can choose any color and can add any sponsors you would like. It sounds very cool. We hope all the best for his riders.

Dubai, round 6 of 7, 2011 UAE JetSki championship. April 16. The race was held a day after the first 2011 RedBull Xfighters in Dubai, on a great spot right by Burj Al Arab hotel, on the open sea offering good waves for hard conditions. Steven Dauliach got the Holeshot in Moto 1, in front of Caumont and Omar Abdulla. Half way, Omar broke his hull and had to stop. Steven got first in front of Caumont and Reiterer. In Moto2, Steven got the holeshot again, putting Reiterer is second place. Reiterer passed Dauliach and later Steven passed him again for the lead. Reiterer crashed and he finally finished third, with Caumont in second and Steven Dauliach on top of the podium again. A great race for the Team XBJ : Omar won in Ski Limited and Steven in Pro Ski. Unfortunately Omar has lost his second place for the third one in Pro Ski class because of his DNF. Pro Ski team XBJ won so far 10 of the 12 motos races and had 11 holeshots. Final round will hold in Abu Dhabi on April 12 and 13.

Team Kawasaki Factory Jet Ski Racing is still trying to figure out what went wrong to the new 300X, the one that Craig Warner raced at Mark Hahn 300X last February. Meanwhile, the Green Team has already informed as that plans to race on two other Off-Shore Endurance events. Actually, Craig Warner will race the Dana Point to Oceanside and the Long Beach to Catalina race this summer. Team Kawasaki Factory Jet Ski Racing is working hard to develop its own version of Endurance power package for the new Ultra. We wish them best of luck in the near future events.