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The young French rider Julie Bulteau is one of the best European riders. Therefore, Rius Racing gave her the opportunity to test ride the carbon hull Yamaha Super Jet. Julie got excited by the massive acceleration as well as the braking of the carbon hull. Chief mechanic of Rius Racing, Cristophe Girello, will provide some technical support to the young rider in Pro Am women’s class.

Six days prior to the Pro Ski race one of the top European riders, Frenchman Michael Poret, rider for team JFC, rode the Rius Racing carbon hull Yamaha Super Jet. After completing a few laps on the practice circuit Poret mentioned that this particular Super Jet was the best handling Ski he had ever ridden. He was surprised by its amazing handling at corners and its sharp response in turning. Still he will race for the JFC Team at the World Finals in Pro Ski class.

The famous Japanese rider and two times in a row World Champion Seiko Osawa will participate this year at the World Finals in Pro Am Class in order to defend her world title. According to mr Takahiro Tsujimoto of Ardath Inc (i.e. Speedmagic SE) Osawa will participate on a Kawasaki SX-R prepared by Speed Magic.

According to the recent report of Minoru Kanamori Team Kawasaki mechanic and R&D rider his wife Emi is being training hard and she looks forward to get on the line of the Pro Am class. Emi has shown in the past that is the only rider who can pass Seiko Osawa. Her Kawasaki SX-R will be prepared, as usual, by her husband who always experiments with tricky parts and innovating ideas.

The dynamic and yet mysterious Janelle Lund will be on the line of Pro Am in order to fight for the title in women’s class. In the past she had proved that even if she got a bad start she has the strength to ride through the field and clinch the world title. The last two years she had such a bad luck that left her with no hopes for a descent result. This year she comes stronger and looks favourite for the podium.

Multi National and World Champion the Floridian Dustin “King D” Farthing will not compete in Pro Runabout but in Pro Ski this year. For reasons that have not been stated yet Farthing will show up on kitted S4. The Austrian company has confirmed that this will not be factory support team, at least at the moment. Jetskiworld.gr is expecting some more information from Farthing according the particular change in his race plans. Stay tuned…

Two times World Champion in Pro Ski Class Dustin “The Motz” Motzouris is preparing hard for the World Finals. He will show up with the same team (as last year). Recently he got married therefore he is got less worries up on his mind at the moment and he is been training hard in order to fight for the world title. His tuner is experimenting with some new ideas that hopefully will enhance the SX-R’s top speed.