Do you guys think there will be any repeats of last year in the top classes>

Im gonna go out on a limb here and guess it will be someone on a Kawi... unfortuantly.

Rius has been doing great in Europe so..............

Dont get me wrong, I will definatly be rooting for Rius.... Cant think of anything I want more except for my own GPR to be crossing the finish line first in nov 1200 limited.
GP1200R-acer, are you going to be racing this year?

Since Mac isnt running around in the factory rig anymore and only has some kawi help and Darren isnt building motors...I would think this year could be owned by Rius.

At least in 1200....But dont know...will have to wait and see

I predict Rius on a gpr, and Rius on a superjet.
Hees been doing great over here in Europe, and even won one Moto on a Superjet when feeling really ill. (Collapsed after finishing 1 moto on his gpr).
Not to bad on a standup that has no factory develpoment since 1996
O yea, lets hope there are a few mor rxp bikes in Havasu.(Their not doing very well over here)

I wont be racing this year, but I booked my tickets today to go and watch. I would love to see Rius win on his GPR, but I still think Kawi will be in at least 1st and 2nd, (Dustin F & Mac). Even though Hudlund is not around, the technology that he came up with is....so they wont be any slower. Bosio wont be racing from what I am told.

1200ss cc Farthing
ski Mac
800ss Eric Lagopoluas

1200ss cc rius
ski rius
800ss rius

Mac is HUNGRY for victory and ANGRY for losing the only pro tour of 2004 for 2 points after clearly being the fastest.
So I predict Mac in pro ski.

Pro 1200 well I'd have said Mac too but Rius has a full season of racing pro 1200 (and a title) behind him this year and his GPR is faster than ever.
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If Farthing is going to be there, then I wouldn't count him out of Pro1200.

rius 1200
rius ski
hi is local in havasu hi know the water and hi deserve to be the world champion one more time

I am told MAC is FLYING on his 4 stroke Supercharged STX and taking turns with the throttle pined! It's going to be a great battle!! His new boat supposed to make like 400HP!! This well be my first world finals in real life.....It's gonna be great!!

I would still love to see Rius win!!

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Originally posted by GP1200R-acer:
I am told MAC is FLYING on his 4 stroke Supercharged STX and taking turns with the throttle pined! It's going to be a great battle!! His new boat supposed to make like 400HP!! This well be my first world finals in real life.....It's gonna be great!!

I would still love to see Rius win!!

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I would love to see some pics of this high horsepower 15F 4 stroke boat, can you take some when you get to havasu and posted them in the board?, thanks Ray

Rius takes first today in the pro 1200 !!!

Gooooo yama

Was it qualifying ... and who was in it???

Mac or Farthing....

Looks like Ruis won the second "slower" qualifier moto. Give them He!! Nicolas!

"France’s Dauliach, USA’s Malone and Warner top qualifiers In Pro Classes Saturday at 23rd IJSBA Dos Equis World Finals

Over 1,200 entries part of Dos Equis Desert XX
At Crazy Horse RV Resort & Campground

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz (October 9, 2004).—France’s Steven Dauliach in Pro Ski and USA’s Eric Malone in Pro Freestyle and Craig Warner in Pro Runabout 1200 were the fastest qualifiers Saturday, setting the stage for Sunday’s championship finals at the 22nd International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) World Finals of personal watercraft racing. The event is being held through Sunday on Lake Havasu.

Dauliach, who was also this year’s European Champion and the defending IJSBA Pro Ski World Champion, rode a Kawasaki watercraft in eight minutes, 36.38 seconds, the quickest time of the two, five-lap Pro Ski qualifying heat races.

Malone, Duncansville, Pa., a four-time IJSBA Pro Freestyle World Champion, maneuvered a Polaris to an amazing top qualifying score of 49.9 out of 50 possible points. Five of the seven judges awarded him the maximum 10 points for his one-minute, plus one wake trick, qualifying set.

Warner, Riverside, Calif., was actually third in his Pro Runabout 1200 five-lap qualifier on a Sea-Doo, but race officials penalized both apparent winner Dustin Farthing, Port Lucie, Fla., and runner-up Chris MacClugage, Baldwin Park, Calif., for each missing a buoy. Farthing’s time of 7:09.60 was the fastest of the two heats in Pro Runabout 1200 and the penalties moved Warner into the top qualifying spot.

Featuring over 1,200 entries from nearly 40 U.S. States and over 30 nations, the IJSBA Dos Equis World Finals is the premier pwc racing extravaganza in the world. IJSBA World Championship titles are being contested in 22 closed-course racing classes as well as Pro Freestyle and Amateur Freestyle. IJSBA National Championships were decided in 12 Novice classes during the first three days of the event.

Starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Crazy Horse RV Resort and Campgrounds, three Pro, the final three Pro-Am and the final two Amateur World Champions will be decided. The featured Pro Ski and Pro Runabout 1200 classes will run three motos on the 1.6-mile closed-course. The Pro-Am and Amateur classes will run two motos.

Also at stake this weekend is the IJSBA Nation’s Cup, awarded to the country whose top riders record the best finishes in the world championship classes. The USA has won every IJSBA Nation’s Cup this decade, although last year required a tie-breaker to defeat England while France was third.

General Admission tickets are $20 for Sunday. Pit passes are an additional $20 each Sunday.
Special IJSBA Super Passes, which include both a general admission ticket and a pit pass are also available at the gate for $40.

England’s Jordan Fielder won the other Pro Ski qualifying heat with a time of 8:46.07 on a Kawasaki.

France’s Nicolas Rius, who trains in Lake Havasu City and has six IJSBA Pro World Champion crowns, won the second Pro Runabout 1200 with a time of 7:37:44 on a Yamaha.
Second and third behind Dauliach in the fastest Pro Ski qualifying heat were Masaharu Takano****a and France’s Vincent Villat. Both racers rode Kawasaki watercraft.
Second behind Fielder in the other Pro Ski qualifier was France’s Brice Lopez, on a Kawasaki and Las Vegas’ Rob Flores was third on another Kawasaki.

After Farthing and MacClugage’s penalties pushed them back to eighth and ninth place respectively, credited with second behind Warner in the fastest Pro Runabout 1200 heat was Japan’s Minoru Kanamori on a Kawasaki and third was Thailand’s Chokuhit Molee on a Sea-Doo.

Behind Malone’s sterling performance in Pro Freestyle, Brazil’s Alessander Lenzi, the 2001 IJSBA Pro Freestyle World Champion, qualified second with a 49.0 score on a Yamaha, while last year’s Slovenia’s Rok Florjancic, the 2002 IJSBA Amateur Freestyle world champ, qualified third with a 48.6 on another Yamaha.

Finishing behind Rius in the slower Pro Runabout 1200 qualifying heat were Kenneth Ritchie, Fullerton, Calif., on a Sea-Doo and France’s Francky Zapata on a Kawasaki.
Leading the three Pro-Am qualifiers was Kuwait’s Ali Al Shamali, who was timed in 8:05.00 on a Sea-Doo.

Top qualifier in Pro-Am Women Ski was Japan’s Seiko Ozawa on a Kawasaki. Her time of 9:44.88 was less than three seconds faster than defending class champion Janelle Barr, Renton, Wash., who won the other Pro-Am Women Ski qualifying heat race in 9:48:47 on a Kawasaki.

Amy Green, of Escondido, Calif., won the fastest Women Runabout qualifying heat in a time of 9:44:88 on a Yamaha. "

From what I understand on the stream it's Mac, Farthing, Rius...

That Kawi 4 stroke sounds like its smoking.