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At 11.30am, the race of the day was started. It was a navigation of 85km taking most of the time. Good news was that Jean Bruno Pastorello was able to race without any problem. Just like yesterday, the day was not helping, it was all cloudy, strong winds but without rain. Pilots helped themselves taking thier crafts to the beach. Bertioga`s Marine helped creating an area for the pilots and their jets to be separated from the people. They close this area with tapes and cones. The first pilot that leaved the shore was the one that was last on the classification. They left the beach one by one. During the 85km, they must go through 5 natural points and the race finished at Bertioga`s beach. The race took 2 hours to be completed and there weren`t any accidents caused. The races of the afternoon were suspended by the director Bruno Casa because the climate still don`t help, too many waves (really dangerous) and too many people at the water, swimming and surfing. These people at the beach don`t understand that they must move from the area of arrival so he decided to suspend this afternoon races. The jets are being clean up and re-fill with gasoline. All results are already uploaded on www.jetraid.net

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.