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Manou Cherisi experience an issue with one of the water hoses of his Kawasaki prior reaching Sounio on his way to Kythnos Island. He was forced to stop in the middle of nowhere in order to repair the problem and continue his racing effort. The assistant boat of the race support program approached him but he had almost fixed the hose and he followed the other racers.

Moto 2: All riders started from Dokos Island to go to Porto Helli. However, they had to use their extra 10 liter can of fuel prior to make it. Greek rider Tomaras was left out of fuel since he had lost his refuel tank. The order in which riders saw the chequered flag played significant role to the overall points. Prior leaving from Porto-Helli riders will complete a 15 lap oval race. Βαθμολογία μέχρι Πόρτο-Χέλι 1.Chassier-46 2.Vincendeaux-41 3.Malouchos-41 4.Pastorello-40 5.Ioannidis-31 6.Manu-30 7.Breton-29 8.Martin-26 9.Vidal-22 10.Alain-22 11.Illiopulos-21 12.Tsounis-19 13.Tomaras-16 14.Gonzalvez-16 15.Lamy-6

Jean=Bruno Pastorello, four times winner of Akropolis Jet Raid and multi National champion of France and World Champion too, helped David Chassier of team Race Spirit to put all the stickers on his race craft. He showed that he is a real sportsman and how he keeps alive the Race Spirit in the community of personal watercraft racing.

Frenchman David Chassier was going htrough a complicated puzzle. He had to put all the new stickers of his race boat in an order prior fitting them on it. Tricky project however he managed to go through it.

Akropolis Jet Raid is on its way to start next Monday, 8th of June in Athens, Greece. Thirty plus riders from Europe and North America have placed their entry forms for 5th consecutive year. Riders will cover a total distance of 1315km in 5 days. It is a very demanding race and the winner will receive a unique trophy as always. The Hellenic Jet Sports Boating Association with the cooperation of Jet Raid Greece are already setting up the whole event and the Paddock Area. Pole of attraction is no other than Jean-Bruno Pastorello who has won the title 4 years in a row. Will he continue his success? National Champion of Greece, Akis Malouchos has been twice on the podium. Will he make Pastorello’s life difficult on the crystal clear blue waters of the Aegean Sea? The event starts on Monday with the Technical Inspection of the race skis and the rider’s equipment.

Phil Pope scored three wins in three motos at the first round of P1 AquaX Championship series in U.K. Phil Pope metioned “Perfect start to the season for the PPR P1 edition Yamaha 3 starts 3 wins. The new PPR P1 Edition took 3 wins out of 3 at the opening round against a full line up of Kawasaki machines. The ski worked perfect in the open rough conditions the drive and speed brill, we took the first race with half a lap lead from second placeΤhanks to all my sponsors, Yamaha, Jet Porda, RNR, Hydro turf, Aysha Rensink, My Protein, IPD. Bring on round 2.” Read all about his unique set up on his Yamaha FX SVHO in the exclusive story published in the Features section.

Saturday June 6th in Blythe, The Gary Hart Memorial Day Ride and talk story's about our friend Gary Hart. (We all have many) amongst other fun things planned for the day. However, we all have lots of respect to Gary. So make sure you will be there.