Personal Water Craft Racing

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If you love water, motorbike racing and the act of combining two good things to get one ultimate good thing, save time by putting the two passions together and get yourself into personal water craft racing. What’s the difference between a personal water craft and a Jet Ski? Not a lot really. A Jet Ski is a just a specific brand (Kawasaki) of personal water craft. Popular brands include Sea-Doo and Waverunner.
There are three main events in personal water craft racing.

Watercross
Watercross is pretty much motocross on water – a closed course race with water craft riders all pitted against one another. Riders start in a side-by-side gate like motocross. Speed and technique are crucial elements in the watercross races where ramp jumps and other obstacles are incorporated into the tightly buoyed circuit.

Freestyle
Freestyle is the most extreme of the events, designed to highlight the athletes’ acrobatic ability on their water craft. Competitors’ routines consist of a series of choreographed tricks usually performed to music and judged by a panel of judges.
Popular tricks include: aerial barrel roll, yellow submarine, kilowatt flop, and bull doggin’.

Endurance
Endurance events are the long distance races designed to test both the reliability of the water craft as well as the stamina of the athlete. Also known as offshore racing, racers compete head to head or in multiple laps through the designated course. Race lengths usually vary and can often allow for refuelling stops.

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