This release has just arrived from the Water X/ Grays Harbor Watercross group. It includes a fill sized poster image which is pretty nice to get and will be interesting to see how we can integrate it into the new website's graphic functions. The full press release is below along with results. Grays Harbor Watercross returns to Elma, Washington, in August.
Round 3 & 4 2017 Recap
If you didn’t attend Rounds 3 & 4 of the Water X series in the Northwest located at the beautiful Vance creek park in Elma Washington, you missed out! The weather for the entire weekend was incredible. Temperatures reached near triple digits both days making for some good times in the beautiful and sunny northwest.
The weekend of racing started out with the Water X crew leader Blake Corning and head Course Marshal John Bonkowski setting up an awesome and technical course using the entire lake. Riders from all over Washington, Oregon and Idaho showed up to compete and earn series points towards the Water X series championship as well as qualifying to compete at this year’s IJSBA World finals competition in Lake Havasu Arizona later this year. Day 1 consisted of Race coordinators and event organizers Monte Hughes and Suri Hughes getting all of the riders signed up and setting up the motos for the day. There were a total of 12 separate motos. Each Moto would run 6 laps twice each day with the exception of the Pro/Am ski GP class that ran 10 laps per moto. The riders in the northwest are a very fast group of riders with consistent top placers at world finals every year. Many of the fastest northwest racers were in attendance including notable riders like Curtis Pitman, Ryan Mifflin, Craig Thortenstien, Carson Hughes and Scott Benson. There were also a lot of up and coming junior riders like Trinity Klecker, Faith Lindgren, Cole Mcintyre and Kenya Ocosta.
The competition was pretty fierce in nearly every class which made for some really fun racing and some great races to watch. With technical course that required a lot hard turns in both directions, it certainly made things pretty interesting. If you made a mistake, there was someone right behind you ready to swoop up your spot. Being technically consistent was key as many riders discovered throughout the weekend. It was an exciting and fun weekend of racing that put smiles on racers and spectators faces the entire weekend.
We are already looking forward to the final rounds of the Water X series that will be coming up the weekend of August 26-27th. If you have not attended a race in the northwest yet, I suggest you make your plans now and get up to Washington to attend some world class racing at an amazing venue. You better bring your best because you’re going to need it if you want hang with the racers in the northwest. Bring your friends and family and come race with us in August!
The Water X team would like to send a special thank you to all of the sponsors and of course to all of the racers that made this event and series possible.
Result
WATER X Race Results Overall
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Race #1
Pro-Am Ski GP
Place Race # Name
1 3 David Redinger
2 723 Curtis Pitman
3 33 Carson Hughes
4 222 Craig Thorteinson
5 28 Ryan Mifflin
6 152 Cadan Kirkpatrick
Race #2
Runabout
Place Race # Name
1 191 Mike Reynolds
2 72 Greg Moyer
3 556 Bill Cox
4 33 Eddie Edwards
Race #3
Veterans
Place Race # Name
1 124 Scott Benson
2 927 Mark Hintze
3 222 Craig Thorsteinson
4 311 Dan Lindgren
5 243 Wade Durbin
6 550 Seth McNeil
Race #4
Amateur Ski Open
Place Race # Name
1 33 Carson Hughes
2 152 Cadan Kirkpatrick
3 311 Dan Lindgren
4 5 Stephen Butler
Race #5
Novice Ski Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 48 Nathan Lesh
2 124 Alex Benson
3 696 Trevor Brown
4 161 Trinity Klecker
5 77 Cole McIntyre
6 151 Kenya Acosta
7 311 Faith Lindgren
Race #6
Pro-Am Ski Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 124 Scott Benson
2 3 Curtis Pitman
3 152 David Redinger
4 438 Klete Kinser
Novice Ski Limited
Race # Name
1 33 Carson Hughes
2 550 Seth McNeil
3 696 Trevor Brown
Race #7
Juniors 10-12 Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 77 Cole McIntyre
Junior 13-15 Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 48 Nathan Lesh
2 161 Trinity Klecker
3 151 Kenya Acosta
4 7 Dayson Olson
5 311 Faith Lindgren
Race #8
Vintage Open
Place Race # Name
1 312 Andrew Priest
Vintage Ski 550
Place Race # Name
1 11 Jordan Smith
2 21 Jayson Zialcita
3 436 Seth McNeil
Race #9
Vintage X2
Place Race # Name
1 18 Ethan Pedersen
2 312 Andrew Priest
Race #10
Runabout Beginner
Place Race # Name
1 9 Taylor McDougal
2 7 Melanie Mayberry
3 566 Dawn Ferrell Cox
4 33 Eddie Edwards
Race #11
Women's Ski
Place Race # Name
1 152 Trinity Klecker
2 124 Alex Benson
3 151 Kenya Acosta
4 311 Faith Lindgren
Race #12
Beginner Ski
Place Race # Name
1 77 Cole McIntyre
2 3 Andrew Priest
3 227 Taylor McDougal
WATER X Race Results Overall
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Race #1
Pro-Am Ski GP
Place Race # Name
1 152 Curtis Pitman
2 222 Craig Thorteinson
3 28 Ryan Mifflin
4 33 Carson Hughes
Race #2
Runabout
Place Race # Name
1 191 Mike Reynolds
2 556 Bill Cox
3 72 Greg Moyer
Race #3
Veterans
Place Race # Name
1 124 Scott Benson
2 222 Craig Thorsteinson
3 927 Mark Hintze
4 550 Seth McNeil
5 311 Dan Lindgren
6 438 Klete Kinser
Race #4
Novice Ski Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 48 Nathan Lesh
2 161 Trinity Klecker
3 124 Alex Benson
4 77 Cole McIntyre
Race #5
Amateur Ski Open
Place Race # Name
1 33 Carson Hughes
2 550 Seth McNeil
3 5 Stephen Butler
4 311 Dan Lindgren
Race #6
Pro-Am Ski Lites/Stock
Place
1 124 Scott Benson
2 438 Klete Kinser
3 3 Curtis Pitman
Novice Ski Limited
Race # Name
1 33 Carson Hughes
2 550 Seth McNeil
Race #7
Juniors 10-12 Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 77 Cole McIntyre
Junior 13-15 Lites/Stock
Place Race # Name
1 48 Nthan Lesh
2 161 Trinity Klecker
3 7 Dayson Olson
4 311 Faith Lindgren
Race #8
Vintage Open
Place Race # Name
1 312 Kelsy Priest
Vintage Ski 550
Place Race # Name
1 11 Jordan Smith
2 436 Seth McNeil
3 21 Jayson Zialcita
Race #9
Vintage X2
Place Race # Name
1 18 Ethan Pedersen
2 312 Andrew Priest
3 X2 Nathan Lesh
Race #10
Runabout Beginner
Place Race # Name
1 9 Taylor McDougal
2 566 Dawn Ferrell Cox
3 7 Melanie Mayberry
4 33 Eddie Edwards
Race #11
Women's Ski
Place Race # Name
1 161 Trinity Klecker
2 124 Alex Benson
3 311 Kelsy Priest
4 312 Faith Lindgren
Race #12
Beginner Ski
Place Race # Name
1 77 Cole McIntyre
2 227 Taylor McDougal
3 161 Kenya Acosta
4 3 Kelsy Priest
5 7 Dayson Olson
6 48 Ethan Pederson
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