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The new rider of JFC Team, Frenchman Michael Poret is the fresh blood of personal water craft racing in Europe. He competes in the Pro Ski class and he has already finished among the first 4 in the two races he has participated. He finished 2nd behind his team mate in the first round of the French Tour and in 4th place in the 1rst round of the European championship. He trains hard according to his instructor Pascal Barriac. Hopefully we will see him at the World Finals too!

Young Frenchman Jean Baptiste Botti is still the rider to beat in Europe. Competing in the French National Championship in Pro Ski he has won in a class of his own from the first round, ahead of his team mate Michael Poret and last years World Champion Brice Lopez. His domination has continued to the French Endurance series where he won the first round on an Ultra 250X ahead of Cyrille Lemoine and Julien Grenet. So far he has been unbeatable in every race he has participated.

The number one rider of JFC Team and runner up of the Pro Ski World Finals, youngster Jean Baptiste Botti was the overall winner of the GP Ski class at the first round of the European Tour. Starting off, Botti won the pole position during the chrono finals. The he continued by winning easily in a way the first two motos as well as the third one at the end of the second day. At the scoring table Botti is ahead of his former team mate Dauliach, Lopez, Poret and Rius.

Junior World Champion of the 10-12 class, Brandon McMillan (USA), will be in Mirandela: Brandon and his older sister Lauren will compete with us in Mirandela, so European Juniors beware; this kid is not a novice! He is a respectable rider although his of young age. Last year he has shown a great motivation and skill at the World Finals. This young kid will show a lot more of his class in the future.

Hydrospace Sales manager Thomas Breuss visited Japan recently in order to get a deal with Japanese rider Masaharu Takanoshita. According to Thomas Breuss report, Takanoshite will race this season in Japan and at the World Finals on board of a kited Hydrospace S4 in Pro Ski Superstock.

This is not a production SuperJet made by Yamaha but the new race craft of multi world champion Nicolas Rius. He will compete with the particular SuperJet at the European Tour as well as at the World Finals in GP class. According to Rius Racing chief mechanic Christophe Girello the new craft utilizes a new 900cc engine. The team uses the same carbon hull that produced last year, though it has a new graphic design. For the time being Girello will not announce more of the tech specs of this craft but he assured as that is has a remarkable acceleration.

The IJSBA is pleased to announce two special World Championship classes at the 2007 quakysense World Finals. The IJSBA will be inviting the world’s top Runabout and Ski competitors to enter two special classes. The classes will allow modifications to the guidelines of the EJSBA’s GP Class. Eighteen riders will be invited for Runabout GP and twenty riders will be invited for Ski GP. Riders will enjoy a 90% payback in these classes which will each comprise of one qualifier heat and two motos. Qualifiers will take place on Friday, October 12. All motos will take place on Saturday, October 13. Ιnvitations are available to highly skilled Expert and Pro class racers only. If you are interested in participating in these classes, please send your resume to info@ijsba.com and title your email “GP Class Application.” All invitations will be finalized by July 1, 2007.