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Recently we found out that multi National (USA) and World Champion Chris MacClugage will compete on Riva Racing prepared Yamaha this year. There is no official announcement yet from Riva Racing or MaccRacing at the moment until both parties will finalize their cooperation and deal. MacClugage used to race for Riva Racing back in the nineties prior switching to Factory Kawasaki Jet Ski Team.

Franky Zapata, Julie Bulteau and Valerio Calderoni made it two wins out of two to claim overall victories in their respective classes, Runabout, Ski Women’s F1 and Freestyle - to bring to a close a spectacular first ever weekend of UIM World Championship Aquabike racing in the Qatari capital Doha. Read the full report and view the results by click the attachment sign.

French riders dominated the opening heats of the Qatar Aquabike Grand Prix, winning three out of the four categories, with Franky Zapata coming from behind to win in Runabout, Jean-Baptiste Botti and Julie Bulteau leading from the flag to win their respective races in Ski F1 and Italian Valerio Calderoni turning it on to win the Freestyle event. Read the complete report of the first Heat and the results by clicking at the attachment sign and viewing the PDF file.

UIM Aquabike World Championship set for Spectacular Season-Opener in Qatar. Wednesday, 9 March, DOHA (Qatar): The 2011 UIM Aquabike World Championship is set for a spectacular season-opener, with 74 competitors from 13 countries gearing-up for this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix in Doha. Heading the list of stars that will compete in the four different disciplines - Runabout F1, Freestyle and Ski F1 for both men and women. This year the UIM Aquabike World Championship embarks on its 17th season, with the world’s best and most exciting riders battling it out for eight World titles at seven events in Qatar, Italy, France, China and Guadeloupe. A single-event Championship shoot-out will see the titles decided for Runabout F1 Slalom and Ski F1 Slalom for both men and women, with arguably one of the most spectacular and demanding events on water, the ‘Karujet’ Rally Jet World Championship, an endurance race around the ‘butterfly’ island of Guadeloupe, run over four days. The first of three days of action kicks-off on Doha Bay on Thursday afternoon with free practice. Pole Position qualifying takes place on Friday morning followed by Heat 1 of Ski F1 for women and men, Freestyle and Runabout F1. On Friday evening the top eight riders from the morning’s qualifying session from each category will compete in a special show, held under lights on Doha Bay, in Parallel Slalom in F1 Ski and Runabout and Freestyle. The second and final heats of all categories take place on Saturday afternoon.

The February 10th-11th hold the 3rd round of the United Arab Emirates championship in Abu Dhabi. Once again, Steven got 1st in front of his teammate Omar (#76) and Ludovic Caumont. This week end February 25th-26th 2011, the 4rd round of the Championship hold in Fujeirah. Steven won the 2 motos in front of Caumont, Omar and Reiterer. Actually, Steven has 60 points in advance on the championship, that gives him a comfortable leading position on the championship, 3 rounds to go. Steven Dauliach and Omar Al Rachid with Team XBJ racing obtain impressive results: 8 moto and 4 rounds, 7 time hotshot (5 for Steven and 2 for Omar) and 8 moto win (7 for Steven and one for Omar). Steven Dauliach thanks all his sponsors: XBJ racing, SHOEI, SPY, STRAWRUBBY...

On February 26, 2011 the 7th Annual APBA Hot Products Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 Team Endurance Race took place in Lake Havasu with a great success. 48 combined stand up and runabout PWC’s entered the race making the race very competitive. I would like to personally thank Jim Russell and the entire staff at DSM Events for their unprecedented success in orchestrating this event. Without people like Jim Russell and Ross Wallach, I doubt we would enjoy such flawlessly carried out events. Shawna Thorton and her scoring team once again did a outstanding job of keeping track of all 48 boats.Eric Rudedog Graff for all his time and support I want to personally thank each and every racer that participated in this very special seventh annual event. Without each and every one of you and your teams, this event would not happen. It is only through the gracious generosity of our sponsors that we are able to provide such an extensive selection trophies, awards and promotional items and prize money,s. We all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to our event sponsors: SCOTT SAITO HOT PRODUCTS YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION USA, INC.- WALT'S MOTORSPORTS – SEA DOO BRP - HYDRO TURF – RIVA MOTORSPORTS - R&D BILL CHAPIN GLEN DICKINSON SPY GOGGLES– CLAWSONS MOTORSPORTS – MOTUL - DISCOUNT TIRE - - HOT PRODUCTS - JETSKI MECHANIC.COM - PWCOFFSHORE.COM - LONDON BRIDGE RESORT –SPEED ENGERY–SBT - KOMMANDER – IND - LOOTER PRODUCTIONS - SPAR PLUMBING – JETPILOT – NGK –COACH T.S BARBQUE– LAKE HAVASU ACQUATIC CENTER TECH ONE LOOTER PRODUCTIONS MOTUL E TIME IT. My Special thanks go out to my fellow Team Follmer riders, Tony Beck, Niky Goudreau and Lark Schmitt for finishing strong on our Factory R&D Team Follmer Yamaha FZR.S. Most importantly, I’d like to thank the Team Follmer pit crew for their phenomenal ability to consistently make our pit stops flawless. Top all the Stand Up racers a big con grats to you all. Many sacrifices are made to insure that this event endures. This event is near and dear to my heart and I sincerely appreciate all of the racers and their families that sacrifice the time and money to support this event in memory of Mark Hahn. It is only through the support of all of you, that this event continues to grow and be successful. I know Mark is proudly watching from above. I’m sure it was Mark who decided to shake things up this year by kicking up the 15-30mph winds on race day. He made it challenging yet exciting, the legacy of Mark Hahn will never be forgotten. I look forward to seeing all of you next year at the 8th annual ABPA Hot Products Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 Team Endurance Race on February 25, 2012. Very truly yours, Mike Follmer

Kern, Sanchez and Hagest were the winners of the Stand Up class. They managed to put a reliable package and ride consistently through out the whole race and completed 17 laps, i.e. 170miles. They were very close with Fetke-Hardenberger-Youn that finally finished second. A great achievement under those really tough water conditions. The Stand Up guys never had a chance to seat down and have a rest during the 10mile lap in comparison with the Runabout riders that they were resting for a while at the calm side of the course.