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Japanese ace Shotaro Kokubun not only dominated the Heat race in Pro Ski GP clas bit also shoe to everyone else out there that he has come in the USA to win the World Title. Pictured passing Toshi Ohara at the triple log jump and heading for the win in his class.

Another world title in his pocket. He rode in a class of his own in a very smart way showing that you do not need only a fast watercraft to win a moto but having the brains to do so. He won both motos in Masters Ski Open and he secured another world title.

Reiterer official race report: 24-25.09.2016, Shanghai China. At the third stop of the ABP World Championship, Jeremy Poret came into the event with a great points lead over the rest of the field. Defending World Champion Kevin Reiterer knows he has to be perfect to catch up with Poret in the title hunt after scoring no points due to a breakdown earlier this year. “I feel confident coming into the event. I know we still have a long way to go till the end of the year but the only thing I can do now – score the maximum amount of points to wheel in my competitors”, says the Austrian. With starting second in both motos Kevin had a great base going starting to pressure the Spaniard Nacho Armillias every lap around. Nacho had small technical issues in both motos and had to give up his place to the 24 year old Austrian. With only 11 points behind Championship leader Poret, Reiterer is within reach of the overall lead and jumped into second of the overall standings after coming into this event as 4th. “I am blessed with this win. We still have races to go and Nacho was on point this weekend. It showed the team and myself that we still have work to do. But we have some changes in mind for the upcoming race and looking forward to improve on our performance in Liuzhou.”, explains defending World Champion. Round four of the UIM-ABP Aquabike World Championship takes place in Liuzhou, China on 3-5 October. Contact www.kev-racing.com for more photos/videos and results.

Canadian ace Mike “Klipper” Klippenstein wins in a class of his own the third and final round of Hot Products Triple Crown Offshore series. On board his R&D Turbocharged Yamaha FX SVHO Klippenstein recorded a stunning 55min53sec by covering the distance of 55miles from Dana Point to Seal Beach & Back. Klippenstein is the only Yamaha rider who ever won all three Rounds of Hot Products Triple Crown Offshore series. No other Yamaha rider has ever achieved such an accomplishment in those race series, therefore, Mike Klippenstein makes history for R&D and Yamaha. Click the attachment to view the complete race report and race results of the event.

A perfect run for the young rider who rode in a class of his own in the night slalom of Shanghai and took the win ahead of the Poret brothers. An amazing accomplishment for Stian and his new ride ProForce.

Sunday, 25 September, SHANGHAI (China): The quartet of James Bushell, Kevin Reiterer, Emma-Nellie Ortendahl and Rok Florjancic each completed the win double in their respective categories to take overall victories in the UIM-ABP BUND Holding Group Aquabike Grand Prix of Shanghai. Britain’s James Bushell was simply uncatchable, outclassing and outpacing a world class field in Runabout GP1, leading from start- to-finish to take his first Grand Prix title of the year, and winning by over 30 seconds. “It looked easy but it wasn’t. I saw Yousef chasing so I had to push very hard in the early stages,” he said. “To take my first heat wins and the GP win is great. In the first two rounds I didn’t have too much luck. I broke a prop in Italy and then had more issues and fell off in Spain. But from where we were at the beginning of this weekend with all the problems with the bike it’s an amazing turn round. At one point I thought I’d be heading home. But in the end it all came together.” Bushell was never challenged and showed the field of 18 a clean pair of heels from the green flag, today’s result boosting his title chances as he moved to within six points of leader Yousef Al Abdulrazzaq.

Multi National and World Champion Chris MacClugage recently announced to Jetskiworld.gr that he will compete on a Kommander K1 in Florida this weekend and on Kommander K1R (two-stroke) in Thailand. However, he will appear in Havasu and race in Pro Stock Runabout.