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Jetskis are personal watercrafts (PWC) developed commercially
since the early 1970's, typically using an indoor motor to
rotate a jet pump which in turn, rapidly and powerfully, force
water behind the vessel, creating the power to drive forward,
rather than driven by a conventional screw-shaped propeller. The
operator adopts a sitting, standing, or kneeling position. They
are mostly used for personal pleasure, often with
multi-seating plus skiers towing capability and are, also, very popular for
racing purposes.
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 The personal watercraft (PWC) concept originated in the 1960s when a
home inventor conceived and built his notion of a powered water ski.
Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), introduced a
watercraft in the late 1960s with limited success. This watercraft gets credit for being the first sit-down style PWC. In the early 1970s
Kawasaki Motors introduced the the first commercially successful PWC. In the mid-1980s
Yamaha Motor Corp joined in the manufacturing of PWCs. Shortly after,
BRP re-joined the market with their Sea-Doo
model.
PWC consumer magazines like;
Personal
Watercraft Illustrated and
Watercraft
World also began hitting the racks in the mid-1980s.
Sales of PWC
peaked in 1995
with approximately
200,000 units sold. Today's
personal watercraft are affordable family boats with clean, quiet,
fuel-efficient engines and no
exposed
propellers.
New off-throttle steering technology offers personal watercraft users
increased manoeuvrability when the throttle is disengaged. Manufacturers
have been outstanding in responding to customer's desire for
environmentally- friendly recreation, and
have created cleaner, quieter and safer personal watercraft.
More information
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The
International Jet Sports
Boating Association, located in California, is the
worldwide sanctioning body for personal watercraft competitive racing,
with
affiliate countries around the world
and has members in over 50 countries.
Apart from over 500 worldwide local events, the key racing series are the
Nationals Championships and the
World Finals
World Finals
are held in Lake Havasu City, Arizona in October every year, with racers
representing their country or region. See
schedule
and
past results
Quick Links
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News and Results.
ISJBA
Jetski
News
Calendar International
schedule from the ISJBA
See
National and regional for local events
Next major Event
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Jetski was kind of a "nickname" that Kawasaki
gave to their personal watercrafts in the early beginning and it became
a household name for it a long while. Later, Yamaha became famous with the
Waverunner and lately Seadoo, too, have become a household name for personal
watercrafts. Now, the general population refer to them using four different
names. The name used by the regulating authorities is personal watercrafts.
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Jetski Safety
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Improve with your Jetski |
through online coaching advice,
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know the background
Clayton Jacobsen
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Clayton Jacobsen II |
"the idea of a motorized watercraft
first hatched in the fertile mind of inventor Clayton Jacobson II in
the early 1960s while he was working as a banker, but also a
motocross enthuiast" |
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what
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Selling equipment - see classified sections of
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Blogs
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World or National coverage of
the wider scene through ezines etc |
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Personal Watercraft
Illustrated, ezine covering recreation and racing; clubs, message
board
WaterCraft
World a very popular ezine with colourful critiques and
comparisons of new machines, in-depth product evaluations, overviews of
travel destinations, and tech tips from towing to touring and extensive
event coverage of rides, rallies and races from across the country to
the World Finals in Havasu
Jetskier - a UK based
ezine, with wider coverage, covering where to 'ski', racing, training,
Forum,
dealers, tides, weather.....
Jetski
News the biggest and most precise, in international and
national, PWC news coverage
Jestski.com news,
gallery, forums, clubs (USA
and
International), race results
Sliding Glass. # Jetski, Surfing and Wake Boarding ezine with useful stories, events
articles ...
Ultra 250X: Kawasaki New Racer Home
committed to the Kawasaki Ultra 250X enthusiast and it includes
pictures, videos, specifications, articles and PWC resources related to
the new 2007 Kawasaki Ultra 250X jet ski, racing personal watercrafts
and PWCs in general.
PWC and life saving Yamaha extol the virtues.
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Australia
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UK
USA under development
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Safety Issues
K38 water rescue
and safety specialists
are committed to enhancing the occupational and
recreational use of the PWC (personal watercraft). Events, news,
newsletter, PWC rescue boat courses for law enforcement,
military, lifeguard, fire department and other types of professional
agencies
Personal
National Safe Boating
Council, NSBC,work to reduce accidents and enhance the
boating experience.
Northwest
Personal Watercraft Safety Project. promote the safe and responsible
use and operation of PWC and safe general boating education.
Safe Boating America State
Certification and Licensing for Boat and PWC Operators in New York, New
Jersey and Connecticut. Courses offered in boating and PWC Safety and
operation.
Racing and Recreation
APBA , the
American Power Boat Association
organises National Events . APBA PWR is the
premier provider of watercraft racing content in the world, providing a
fair and stable environment for competitors, and managing the commercial
development of the sport.
Waterfest -
2006 APBA Watercross Nationals sanctioned
by APBA. News, race information , qualifying, awards, results....
American Watercraft Association
(AWA); dedicated to promoting our sport and protecting our freedom to
ride by bringing together personal watercraft (PWC) enthusiasts from
around the country under a single banner and offering them a variety of
services and opportunities to enjoy this increasingly popular sport.
Boat Owners Association of The United
States BoatU.S
United States Watercross Racing
Association
Watercraft Industry Association
representing all five U.S. personal watercraft manufacturers--was
created to bring together companies that manufacture personal watercraft
(PWC) in order to promote safe and responsible operation of personal
watercraft and work with federal, state and local agencies which have
regulatory responsibilities for recreational boating.
Wave Junkies of Virginia Beach
local laws, forum, junki code.
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Canadian PCW - Jetski Home forum
Western Canadian Watercross
Association promotes and conducts organized Personal
Watercraft Racing in Western Canada; news, classes, schedules, events, standings, results, ridewr
profiles, links to courses and sponsors.
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Mark Hahn
Memorial
Havasu 300 |
This is a
stand alone race in the in the APBA National Team Endurance
Championship to honour Mark Hahn, who was a great ambassador for PWC
endurance racing in the United States. 5 team classes (1200
Superstock, 1200 Stock, 4-stroke PCW's, Superstock Ski and Women's)
race over a course of about 8 miles, 300 miles or 6 hours.
The APBA Endurance Record is 5 Hours 13 Minutes to
cover the 300 miles set at the 2005 event by Mike Follmer and Billy
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APBA
Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 - the World longest continuous race?
Entry Lists,
the course, news, previous race
details, awards, registration....
IJSBA
information; news, entry forms, awards
Coverage by
Watercraft World,
Watercraft. Illustrated, APBA
Racing
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Race Site of
the Jet Rams at Jet Ram Cove
Hall of Fame of Upstate Watercraft Promotions
Watercraft
Nationals - Waterfest 2005
Up State
Watercraft Promotions (UWP) promotes
the positive image of Personal Watercrafts (PWC) by communicating and
educating International APBA members as well as all PWC enthusiasts on
the fun, safe, responsible use of PWCs. This includes, navigational and
local boating laws, which we encourage all riders to obey the local,
state and federal regulations and organised events; classes,
recreational events, race schedules, entry forms, results and more...
Team Xtreme Jetskiing
build-ups, events, images...
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