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