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Scott Hyke
11-04-2006, 08:32 PM
Hi to everyone out in the great(soon to be)white north. We have been meeting with the folks who help us to bring P.W.C. racing to your local lakes,rivers,and ponds, and i must say the dates are plentiful... so with that said we will shoot for the best places.

We have to work out a couple of dates and new sponsors for an old Lake Michigan race site. (Racine or Zion)cross your fingers. Both are great places to have races, one is the old world tour stop.(the largest crowd ever outside of the world finals. Zion,1987)
I will post a tentative schedule on the web site A.S.A.P.

I dont know if the cash is around for us to try for a National event in our neck of the woods, we will do our best to see if it can be done. Remember to thank all the people who sponsor our sport. Call them to personally thank them and buy there products!

No other sport in the world can compare to Watercross. You can't be afraid of water, you can't be afraid of handlebar to handelbar racing, and the track you're trying to race on keeps changing while you ride on it. I like to compare it to going through whoops sections and having them turn sideways on you in the blink of an eye. It takes more to race on the water than dirt. Watercross;Flat out the toughest extreme motorsport going. Best part about it,you can crash at 55 and get back on,no bones broke,no parts on your ride bent, twisted or wrecked. The best place to pit, under the sun, at the beach.

I would also like to take a moment here to thank all of you who competed in the Great Lakes Watercross 2006 Race Series and to congradulate all of you who went to Nationals. Great Lakes Watercross was well represented there, you guys did an awesome job!
Congradulations as well go out to those of you who represented your Country as well as your Region at World Finals 2006. I will look for all the new top ten # plates in Wisconsin this year.
Thanks to all, Scott.

ski hauler
11-08-2006, 09:37 AM
If you are looking at Racine Aug 17,18, and 19 has a state wide Harley-Davidson Rally in Racine at Festival park on the lake. Thought you might need to know this.

cane700
11-08-2006, 11:42 PM
If you are looking for another Lake Michigan Venue, might I suggest Michigan City, IN. It used to be a stop on Jacque Bryants tour a few years back It's a busy area in the summer and a great race sight with tons of lodging. I'm not sure if that would step on anyones toes in MI or IN but It's another option if you want big lake venues.

Scott Hyke
11-12-2006, 01:51 PM
Hi everybody,we have tentative race dates on the web site. The only one set in stone would be Aug 4 & 5 @ Pleasent Prairie Family Days. Uke's Dirt store will be our sponsor for that.
Sheboygan Yamaha will again be the sponsor for the Sheboygan race weekend, the exact date is still up in the air. Would like to see it late in July or August,for water temps,waves and hotels.
The La Crosse race will be working a possible site change. With Steigers Power Sports as our sponsor. The race date may also change.
We are looking for a major sponsor for the Lure Inn site so that we may continue to race at that site.
Still working on the Zion or Racine race site sponsor/race date.
Stay warm see you all soon, Scott.;)

Chopper
11-13-2006, 01:54 PM
You might want to schedule around the Can-AM Cup in Mid July as that is usually a big draw for racers. It would also be nice to not have any or very minimal conflicts with the Michigan side of Region 6 along with Region 9.

livingspeed
11-13-2006, 11:50 PM
If you guys want a big venue again down town chicago. Scott, I recommend contacting DGY Motosports in Downersgrove IL and Highland Yamaha about for help on setting something up. If you were to get a race down on North Ave Beach in July sometime or August, look to see thousands of spectators on the beach and on the water. Seem's to me a hot spot like that would draw some good attention to our region.

livingspeed
11-13-2006, 11:52 PM
*DGY motorsports, sorry for the wrong spelling

cane700
11-14-2006, 09:43 PM
Not an easy task. If you could pull off a race at North Ave Beach, you would single-handedly put jetskiing on the map. That beach is packed with thousands of young athletic types that need to discover jetski racing. Thats where they have the womens pro beach volleyball competition every year, theres an outdoor bally's fitness right there on the beach. You've got Castaways right there which is a great bar & grill also right on the beach. All the best night clubs and restaurants in the city are a short distance away. Zion and Racine don't come close.

If you play your cards right in the city of chicago and people enjoy themselves it could become a major and regular annual event. ..cough... national tour stop... cough cough... Huge.

just my 2 cents

livingspeed
11-14-2006, 09:56 PM
It would not be easy but like you said cane, it would put jetskiing on the map, Scott you would be famous! :D I would seriously think about this one Scott and if you need any help let me know, I'm more than willing to drive to anywhere in the Chicago Land area to meet up with you and possible promoters to make this become more than just talk...

Scott Hyke
11-18-2006, 10:19 AM
Livingspeed, e-mail me your phone #. I would like to look into this some more. scott. mstrjetski@hotmail.com

GB-GMAN
11-21-2006, 10:11 PM
Hey scott,

I have to say this tentative #2 schedual better. It works better with the boys placement. I'm hoping to have Devin race a few also!! Junior 10-12 and Tricky still 13-15 Juniors

livingspeed
11-26-2006, 03:02 AM
Hey Scott I emailed my number to ya just checking to see if ya got it ok.

~nick

ski hauler
12-02-2006, 07:51 AM
Scott did you get my e-mail with the Racine dates

gloveski
12-02-2006, 06:53 PM
Hey guys! nice web site. I have a pretty big group of riders I put together last summer from some old motocross crews. We will be racing region six or at least can am next year. I am trying to put a free ride event together right now on the big lake. Grand haven is a sick spot and it is premium for a PWC event you should do a race there. I have a web page to promote my event, check it out. www.jetskihard.com It is still under construction but when its finished it will be a good place to check out some west michigan action.

Ride Hard!

Greg

ski hauler
12-05-2006, 01:43 PM
the rule changes for 2007 are summerized on the IJSBA web site

livingspeed
01-03-2007, 08:07 PM
Hey Scott, My father called the guy to get the number of the guy who is high up in the city of chicago. I should be hearing back from him this week. Ill keep you posted