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First day, at 15.30pm, was the last race of the day. It was a Close Course race of 20min duration. Uunfortunately with just 2 minutes of race, the last champion, Jean Bruno Pastorello suffered an accident. He was assisted by the local ambulance and then they took him to the hospital. He did not suffer any damage and he did not brake any bones. He was really worried about his physical condition but thankfully he is fine. The only thing that is uncertain at the moment is whether he will enter the race again tomorrow.

Once all the pilots where inside the water, they stood in front of their crafts with the keys in one hand and they had to lift that hand. The flag was raised and then put down and this was the official start of the race. It was a rainy start; Pastorello put himself quickly in the first positions followed by Sylvain and Mathias Casa. The race was an Off Shore of 30 km to a waypoint and a new off shore of 30km back. For the ones that stayed here, we saw just the start but 1.30hs later we returned with the fiscals to get the final positions and to receive the winner of the second off shore. The Brazilian people were all excited and waiting too for the pilots. A new edition, the Jet Raid Brazil 09, had begun. Like it was said on the Pilots Conference, since 8.30am, pilots started to fill their jets with gasoline, they also finished with some details (for example: stickers) and started carrying their jets to the entrance of the beach. Read the results of first leg at www.jetraid.net

Do you enjoy the sun, surf and sand?19 to 24 April 2010 visit Bundy to the Border. The Jet Trek is a fun-filled adrenalin packed adventure on personal water crafts. Participants will experience amazing coastline, excellent food, fun-filled themed nights and fabulous entertainment as we navigate our way through an amazing course. There is always a Serious Side. Like the Bash & 4WD, the Jet Trek is staged by Variety Queensland to raise much needed funds to assist bringing about an improved quality of life for children in need throughout Queensland. Variety Jet Trekkers raise money for special children by not only having fun on the open water, but also visiting a number of different schools along the way and experiencing first-hand how rewarding it is to fund raise. Funds raised by these adrenalin junkies are utilised to purchase mobility and educational equipment for individual children and facilities, Sunshine Coaches, and Liberty Swings for communities. For more information and to register to participate in the Variety Jet Trek 2010, phone Erin on 07 3367 6996 or email mailto:erind@varietyqld.org.au.

Fountain Valley, CA- November 10, 2009 Promoter DSM Events President, Jim Russell and Event Promotional Director Mike Follmer are excited to announce that our title sponsor HOT PRODUCTS USA in conjunction with the support of their manufacturers and vendors, has secured for the 2010 APBA Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 PWC Race a cash prize purse of $6,500. Scott Saito, President of HOT PRODUCTS USA said “this is an outstanding achievement and I am extremely excited to see all of the support from our manufacturers and vendors to support our sport and this great event. This is just one of our many goals in the process to rebuild our sport along with making this the premier endurance race in the Personal Watercraft industry. Mike Follmer added “once again, this is a tremendous step in the continuation of building the best endurance race in the world.” An anticipated field of over 75 national and international race teams will have a chance for bragging rights and for the first time in the history of the event, prize money will be awarded. The purse will be paid out to the top five overall finishers and top 3 overall stand up finishers. The sixth Annual “World’s Longest Continuous PWC Race” will be held on February 27, 2010 from Crazy Horse Campground in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Contact: Mike Follmer, Phone: (714) 241-9600

There is no need to say more since the particular race is becoming more and more popular and attracts athletes from Europe, Asia and Down Under. Click at www.wwgp.biz/ to read the latest details.

Multi National and World IJSBA champion Nicolas “the fighter” Rius found the opportunity to speak to Kawasaki’s Jet Ski Racing manager Joe Heim at Body Beach. Nicolas was interesting to the future plans of Team Green. I wonder why? Meanwhile, Joe Heim was focused on Craig Warner doing the final testing prior the main Pro Runabout Open event.

Most people believe that Rick Roy’s FS-1 and FS-2 Ski’s are absolute freestyle boats. Though, those two models were originally designed for everyday rider that wants to have fun on the waves or around a buoy course without having to spend a fortune. This year Rick Roy competed in Pro Freestyle at the World Finals in order to prove that these boats are easy to ride and still a good rider can perform in top level of freestyle competition. Today (19/9/09) Roy revealed to us that he got very excited on performing in front of a crowd and he plans to return in Pro Freestyle competition on a special, hard core Freestyle craft next year.