Riva Racing is back on board for 2008

I am pleased to announce that I have once again been picked up as a Riva Support Rider for the 2008 Racing season. Riva is one of the largest powersports dealers in the world. They are located in Pompano Beach Florida and also have a huge ammount of products that can be purchaced online. One unique feature to their online store is the Original Parts Finder for just about every company you would need. So check out www.rivaracing.com for all of your parts and service needs!

Palmer Back on top of the Box

Yeah,

It's winter time again, that means it's time to follow up with what's going on in wintersports these days.

Shaun Palmer has done it again. He won every heat race and the finals at the Jeep KOM Snowboardcross race this past sunday. You can get all of the details: Here

In other Palmer Related news, I have been able to get my hands on the new Palmer Honeycomb IV snowboard for the season. It's claimed to be the lightest board on the planet and so far It's been a pretty sweet ride.

Some Short Videos To Help With The Winter Blues

These videos came from www.motocross.com and are part of the Godfrey Channel
Some sweet Mountain Bike Crashes: http://www.motocross.com/videos/v/nctv_downhill_mountain_biking-5721.html
Playing in the snow with Horsepower, makes me want to buy a sled and move to the mountains to play!:http://www.motocross.com/videos/v/nctv_moutain_madness-5482.html
Toilet Launch: http://www.motocross.com/videos/v/toilet_launch-4204.html

Nitro Circus!

Thats all, you may continue with your day & thanks for stopping by!

2007 IJSBA World Finals

After further though, I decided to head to the World Finals afterall... Mechanical issues with the engine none the less. But it was a great trip. Since I have gotten into this sport I have not missed the finals, I probably never will.

Huge Thanks to my Supporters for the 2007 season.

I'd like to thank my sponsors and supporters during the 2007 racing season.

Skat-Trak, for the awsome handling & hookup of my ski.
Riva Racing, for the killer parts.
Steiger Power Sports, for more killer parts.
No Fear, for the sweet board shorts and t-shirts.
Z Force, for the endless advice and help with tuning and machine work.

Now onto the people:
Rachel, for dealing with all the crap that comes with a racer!
Reggie, for being the coolest little dachshund a person could have as friend / pet!
My Grandmother, for dealing with me and helping me more than anyone could ever expect!
Branden, for the hook-up on the new lid, lever, and gloves!
My Mother, for dealing with me.
Brad, for letting me test and train on his ski at various points through out the season!
LP, for the hook-ups and sweet room in Havasu.
Nedra Atwood, for being the most knowledgable passionate person I have ever known about this sport.
The Great Lakes Watercross Crew, for keeping racing alive in Wisconsin!
Everyone Else that wants nothing more than positive growth for the sport of Watercross!

If I can think of others I'll add you too! Thanks again!

Nashville Blues

Yeah,

So my season came to and end in Nashville, TN much like it began... Not Good at all. Typically I am a lot more positive than I will be in the following paragraph or so, bear with me as there will be more positive things to come.

So in two words: Nashville Sucked! Well for me at least. I arrived on thursday so I could tune the ski in and get settled in. The ski tuned in great and bla bla bla... I did not have anything going on friday so I headed out to the local Moutain Bike Trails known as Hamilton Creek. These were some awsome trails, if you are ever in the area with your bike go there and ride both the 3 mile intermediate loop and the 7 mile advanced loop. On saturday morning I had practice for Am Ski Open, this went well. My quaifier was the second moto of the day. I headed down to the line and noticed that my ski was running like crap. There was nothing I could do about that now though. I did about 1/2 lap and pulled in so I could maybe get my skis issue figured out. Well I worked on it until 10:00 PM that night with no results. I have the thank the following for their help along the way of trying to fix the machine though: Bill Haig, Jerry Schmit, Rick Kantola, EB Sommers, Steve King, Zack Genrich, and others. Collectivly none of us could figure out why the ski would not run right, and it is still not running right. So Am Ski Open was a total wash, and nothing could be done about it. I had Expert Ski Limited the following day, and still had no ski. Thanks to Brian Drake (The Drake StAr) I was able to use his ski. I had to replace the O-Rings in the pipe on that ski so I missed practice. DrakestArs ski is good, but it is not the same as mine so I had some handling issues to get used to. I did horrible in my quailifer, then missed a the Finish Buoy in the LCQ penalizing me 2 finish positions and moving me one spot out of the main event. Basically the entire weekend was a disaster. I still have to attempt to figure out the issue with my ski, and fix it. I am pretty discurraged at this point and am deciding to throw in the towel on the World Finals.

The other positive of the trip was being able to see people I have not seen in a year and socializing with everyone including the Number 1 Fan of Watercross Nedra Atwood!

Now it is time to regroup & reload the bank account, and parts supply for the 2008 racing season. I plan on coming back better prepaired and faster than every for 2008. I also plan on adding at least one more ski to the stable as a practice / backup ski in case this ever happens again.

Stay tuned for updates on the IJSBA 2007 World Finals as at the very least I'll be talking to people on site so the racing action can be recaped!

APBA Watercross Nationals

This weekend will be the APBA Watercross Nationals in Nashville, TN. I'll be headed out later today. Check back next week for results!

-Josh

Pictures From The Great Lakes Watercross Tour Rounds 7 & 8

Here are a couple pics from the weekend taken by Linda of the Great Lakes Watercross Tour Staff