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On Sunday afternoon, right after second moto of Pro AM Women Ski Limited Emi and Mminoru Kanamori found some time to rest away from the spectators and enjoy the titles that both won along with their friend Don Baynes. Don was the Race Holder of Emi almost every year at the World Finals as well as on 2008 that she got hr first World Title. He missed the event last year and Emi unfortunately did not gain the #1 plate that is why he promised her to be present at the race this year. We look forward to see them again united and strong next year.

Read the recent press release and view the new Mark Hahn 300 poster under the Features Section.

Most people even the Havasu spectators may not know what actually happened to two times IJSBA World Champion, Factory Kawasaki rider Craig Warner and did not show up on Sunday at the two motos of Pro Runabout Open. Warner had already qualified on Saturday morning by riding in a class of his own Team Kawaki’s STX-15 Supercharged. Though, on Saterday afternoon seeing the weather becoming rougher he decided to cancel his early date qualification and run the LCQ moto on the new, update of the STX-R. A loose exhaust tube was enough to made him stay away from the first four finishers and he ended up watching the race as a spectator. Part of racing is the factor of pure luck and for second year luck was not on his side. Though, Team Kawasaki was lucky enough to get the World Title of Pro Runabout Open back with Dustin Farthing.

Farthing got the title back for Team Kawasaki after a brilliant ride in the rough conditions that proved that the Kawasaki hull has an advantage under those conditions. He takled the waves better than anyone else. Last years World champion Sam Harvey did his best to defend his world title but luck was not on his side. Farthing rode his new Supercharged Kawasaki Ultra with great style and kept it safe in second moto. Team Kawasaki is the only pwc manufacturer who has won 4 world titles with a four-stroke engine.

Frenchman Jean Baptiste Botti he was struggling the last three years in Havasu and he had some unlucky moments. This year he had done his homework better than anybody else and he managed to clinch his first ever IJSBA World Title in Pro Ski Open. He won the first mot and he played it safe in second which was enough for taking the glory and the title back home.

Minoru and Emi Kanamori won two IJSBA World Titles for Team Kawasaki. Mimoru won Pro AM Ski Stock Lites class and his wife Emi won Pro AM Women Ski Limited. Emi won both motos featuring great consistency by riding her Kawasaki SX-R with a strategy in the Havasu rough water conditions. This is the second World Title for Emi that simply showed that age does not matter in personal watercraft racing…

Havasu spectators may not know this guy from Middle East but in Europe and World wide is well known for his experience and good results in F1 H2O Racing and Class 1 Racing (we saw him in Greece driving in a class of his own his very fast Victory Team boat). On board his very fast specially prepared race craft from Franco Dettori Nader Bin Hendi proved that he can withstand the pressure of Sam Harvey. It is nice to see new faces winning a World Title and we wish him the best in his future career in personal watercraft racing.