Frenchman Raphael Maurin has been the most successful rider for Kawasaki since the four-stroke SX-R was launched in 2017. He won the Mark Hahn 300 along side with Jean-Baptiste Botti, last wear he finished in 2nd place at the IJSBA World Finals in Pro Ski Modified class and a few days ago he brought the 1500 SX-R on the 3rd place in Pro Ski GP. Also, last year he won the King’s Cup in Pro Ski GP on his 1500 SX-R. It is worth mentioning that Raphael was successful in to all those events on his oem Kawasaki hull (no lightweight deck or hull just using a lighter hood). This is very crucial if you bear in mind that this year he was the rider in top five finshers that he was not using an aftermarket hull. Those results give a huge credit to the oem Kawasaki hull and it crearly states that if the mechanic/tiner and the rider work progressively and the set up the hull properly they would benefit the best out of it. Photo courtesy: Jerome Bolla, Pastorello Team
