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Minoru Kanamori chief mechanic and R&D man of Factory Team Kawasaki has worked extensively with Bill Chapin in order to set up a new turbo powered Ultra 310R for Craig Warner. This is Warner’s Pro Runabout Open boat. Photo courtesy: Glenn Dickinson of R&D

Tommy Bonacci owner of Bomber eyewear clinch another world title by scoring the most points in the Sport Spec class. He is a smart rider and he knows very well how to deal with faster watercrafts in the course. Congratulations to Bomber.

Canadian superstar Mike Klippenstein raced in Pro AM Ski Limited Class and he won in a class of own. As he mentioned it was a very good race for practice. Mike was running in all kind of problems since he had blown his Open boat engine and spent lots of time on wrenching and fixing his boat. However, you should never underestimate him He never gives up if the checkered flag has not dropped down.

This is not happening. It is outrageous. I have been attending GP and MotoGP races for 25 years and I have never paid for a Press Pass. Now, I have just been informed from a friend that IJSBA charges $50.00 for a Press Pass this year. It is unbelievable. We have been informed that this one incident and it did not happened to other joyrnalists. However, it should be the same for everyone. It does not happen to any other sport. Not even in F1 powerboat racing or F3 or Class1. The sport does not exist anyways and if foreign journalists that pay minimum $3.000usd to cover the event for a week stay at their homes nobody will know that World Finals even exist. The Havasu residents have not noticed that there is any racing going on the last 4 years... Photo courtesy: Angel Mazur McHenry

Young rider from Belgium, Quinten Bossche wins Pro Ski Lites after an absence of 5 years from the World Finals. He explains his emotions and happiness in his own words “Yes, I did 2nd in first Moto I was leading the race when I made a mistake in the course which ended up costing me the first place to Nycolas Olivin who was very fast! 2nd Moto went much better holeshotted the pack on my yamaha superjet and won moto2 and the title! It was a very hard race and I was having a lot of stress, I have been waiting for this moment for 5 years and I might have been putting too much pressure to myself... Everyday, I learn more and more. All of this wouldn’t be possible without my parents and sponsors: Robby jet, Kommander industries, Burn industries, Bardahl oils, Ketchonaise graphics, Piranhapainting, Scorpion helmets, Jettrim, Prowatercraftracing and Wheelieworld.” Photo courtesy: Frederic Schnaebele

Canadian ace Mike Klippenstein is always on very fast equipment and this year is no exception for Mike. We have been informed that he has prepared and new set up for his super-fast stand-up. A bigger turbo that will enable the boost pressure to be set higher (we do not reveal the limit...) and brand new 16 vein pump (huge one). Will he holeshot in the Pro class and be ahead of the pack? We will found out in two days...

Phil Pope and Thomas Porda along with the crew of Jet-Porda Racing (from Germany) proceed to the final set up of the turbo-powered Yamaha FZR. Fine tuning of the launch control system and minor settings to the sponsons (The team tested two different sponsons) finalized the overall Havasu spec set up. The team will pit at the Official Yamaha Factory camp of Dean’s Team. Among many racers who saw Phil Pope testing one of them, multi time National and World champion Nicolas Rius expressed his interest on racing in the future with Jet-Porda Racing and its turbo-powered Yamaha. Photo courtesy: Jet-Porda Racing