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World known, Multi World Champion Tera Laho, is coming back to the racing scene, and will most probably raise the level of the already high competition, in the Pro Am Ski class. Officially she announced her come back to racing during the World Finals in Havasu, though she did not mention whether she will compete in National and Regional series or if she will just appear at the World Finals. At the moment, she has announced that she will compete on a Yamaha under the tent of Rius Racing. Nicolas Rius is trying to put some sponsors together in order to bring Laho to the last round of the European Championship, in Paris.

A great opportunity to discover a surprising and charming country! No Runabouts and only one class for skis, open to all riders including juniors and Ladies and Free Style of course! Do you already compete in front of 100.000 spectators? They are waiting for you, if you compete at the second G.P. of Russia in the city of Tver, 120 miles from Moscow. We will take 20 riders in Ski and 6 riders in Free Style, only one must: you must be in good mood! The Russian Association will pay for each pilot plus one person for each rider: Plane travel from Brussels to Moscow and return, Hotels,Visas, Transport of the skis, Travel from Moscow airport to the hotel and race site. The only thing you have to pay is your food and drinks! What to do if you are interest: Send me ASAP a photocopy of your passport and also one from the person that will be with you, the brand and Hull Identification Number from your ski.Also, I need to know if you want to take a toolbox or spare parts, I need all the details for the custom, very important! Send by fax or e-mail to: Fax: + 32 2 253 74 86-E-mail; info@jetskivanheers.be . The Russian Olympic Comitee will send an invitation letter to the embassy from your country and you can pick up your visa. See the pics on www.aac-jetskiracing.com

According to the coordinator of the European Championship of EJSBA,Yves van Heers, there will be a slight change on the calendar. Yves recently announced that “The race that we plan to do in England is cancelled, but we have found a new venue for the same date, it will be held at Crikvenica in Croatia. I have done some races in Croatia in 2005 and I tell you, it is a wonderful country, and not as far away as you imagine, Crikvenica is only 200 km from Italy. Last week, with my friend Dalibor Turkovic, I visited the city of Crikvenica and I was very surprised, we meet the Mayor of the City and he promised us all what we needed to make us happy. You can find all the details about Crikvenica by logging in to: www.tzg-crikvenice.hr

The European Tour of personal watercraft racing kicked off in Spain. Last year’s European champion, in Ski Ladies, the French Dujardin was unlucky since she finished 3rd behind Richardson and the British Barsby. Last year’s European champion, in GP Runabout, the Frenchman Zapata, was unbeatable in the class, and were he managed to win all, three motos aboard his new Sea Doo. The Spanish Puerta got the 2nd place on the podium in front of the French, Pons. The competition was intense in the GP Ski category were the riders kept changing places until the end of the race. Rius was the only one who used an engine under the new Modified rules, whilst the Kawasaki team suffered from mechanical failures during the chrono tests. The overall winner was the Italian Monti, in front of Rius and Dauliach (pictured).

According to the recent announcement of Yamaha Europe, Nicolas Rius will compete only in Ski class this season, aboard his race prepared Super Jet. His team has not made any official announcements for this decision, though the correspondent from Yamaha Europe informed us that Rius will be appearing in Runabout class in the future, when Yamaha have available a competitive watercraft. In other words, Yamaha is developing a new four stroke engine and a sportive hull, with superb overall performance…

Double world champion, Steven Dauliach, won the main event of the Pro Ski class at the Indoor Jet race in Belgium. The particular class had the most entries from any other class. The big attraction of the event, Nicolas Rius, did not race, for reasons that were not referred to the public. Frenchman, Teddy Pons climbed to the top of the podium after a remarkable race debut, winning in a class of his own, the Open Runabout class. The Frenchwoman Dujardin was ahead of the pack in the women’s class, were she finished first ahead of Goundreau and Jacobs. Additionally, she ended up fifth in the men’s Pro class.

The second round of the National Championship has taken place at the Chalkoutsi, Attikis, which was organized be the Hellenic Powerboat Association. Winner of the Pro Runabout class was multi champion, Akis Malouchos, ahead of Kampaflis and Sachinidis. Malouchos, additionally, he won the Pro Ski class rather easily. Durudakis climbed at the top of the podium of the Runabout Stock, while Lambousis and Malamatinis took the other two places. The second moto of each class was canceled due to the severe weather conditions. The Hellenic Powerboat Association has not announced yet, where the third round will be hosted.