the IJSBA World Finals take over the lake!

Sunday on Lake Havasu
Kawasaki's Daulich, Farthing win Pro Ski, Pro Runabout 1200,
Yamaha's Fiujisama grabs Pro Freestyle at
22nd IJSBA WORLD FINALS
Sea-Doo's Lagopoulos along Kawasaki's Skelton and Barr
capture gold medals in Pro-Am classes

LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ (October 12, 2003) -- Kawasaki racers Steven Dauliach in Pro Ski and Dustin Farthing in Pro Runabout 1200 along with Yamaha Masao Fiujisama in Pro Freestyle captured the Pro Gold Medals Sunday as the 22nd International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) World Finals of personal watercraft racing concluded here Sunday. The eight-day event was held on Lake Havasu.

For France's Dauliach and Japan's Fiujisama, it was their first IJSBA Pro World Championship while Farthing, of Port St. Lucie, FL, won his fifth world title.

Winning gold medals in the final Pro-Am races of the eight-day event were: Eric Lagopoulos, Longboat Key, FL, in Pro-Am Runabout 800 SuperStock on a Sea-Doo; Janelle Barr, Renton, WA, in Pro-Am Women Ski on a Kawasaki and New Zealand's Kelle Sketon in Pro-Am Women Runabout on a Kawasaki.

Dauliach qualified first on Saturday in Pro Ski, then won the first 10-lap moto and earned his crown with an assist from a Chris MacClugage miscue in the second. Using a two-moto format, the tiebreaker was the finishing position in the second moto. Daulich finished first in Moto 1 and trailed MacClugage throughout the deciding Moto 2. MacClugage grabbed the holeshot in Moto 2 and appeared to have his eighth IJSBA Pro World Championship locked up until he missed a log jump obstacle on the course during the seventh lap.

"I am so happy, so grateful, so tired and so excited and I almost don't know what else to say but thank you to my great team, my incredible Kawasaki, and even to Chris a little," said Dauliach as he celebrated his triumph at the water's edge. "I don't know if I would have caught Chris or not, but we already had a great race going so I knew we would be close at the finish. I thought I saw Chris miss the log jump, but when I crossed the finish line, I didn't know for sure that I was the IJSBA World Champion."

MacClugage, finished a frustrating event with the bronze in Pro Ski, behind Dauliach and Las Vegas' Rob Flores, who earned the silver on a Kawasaki, and the silver behind Farthing in Pro Runabout 1200.

Farthing earned his gold with a 2-1 finishes in his motos.

Featuring nearly 1,400 entries from nearly 39 U.S. States and 34 nations, the IJSBA World Finals is the premier PWC racing extravaganza in the world.

Racing was held for the fifth straight year on the grounds of the Crazy Horse RV Resort and Campground.

In Pro Freestyle, Japan's crowd-pleasing Masao Fiujisama defeating a stellar field after a special tiebreaker program against four-time IJSBA World Champion Eric Malone. Malone, Duncansville, Pa., and Fiujisama tied with 48.8 scores each after their two minute programs in the regular portion of the competition. In the deciding 1-minute tiebreaker programs, Fiujisama received a 49.0 score on a Yamaha from the panel of international judges while Malone received a score of 48.5 for the silver medal on a Polaris.

2001 IJSBA World Champion Alessander Lenzi of Brazil, who won Saturday's qualifying program, earned the Bronze medal with a score of 48.3 on a Yamaha.

Team USA won the IJSBA Nation's Cup, awarded to the country whose top riders record the best finishes in the world championship classes. The USA has won for the fourth straight year but needed a tie-breaker to pull it out this year. England, with it's best showing ever at this event, was second with 300 points, followed by France with 269, Japan with 234 and Canada rounded out the top five with 232.

Logopoulos was third in the first 10-lap moto in Pro-Am Runabout 800 SS, but roared to the top spot in the second to secure his first IJSBA Pro-Am World Championship. The silver went to Thailand's Nungskol Thanettrakool, who won Moto 1 and was fourth in Moto 2 on a Sea-Doo. With 5-2 moto finishes, the bronze medal went to Chris Heinrich, Buena Park, CA, on a Sea-Doo.

In earning her first IJSBA Pro-Am World Championship, Barr rode her Kawasaki to the top spot in both 8-lap motos while second in Pro-Am Women Ski went to Denver's Kelly Stuhr-Kantola with 3-2 finishes on another Kawasaki.

Japan's Yuki Kurahashi went 2-3 on a Kawasaki to earn the bronze.

Three year's after winning her first IJSBA IJSBA World Championship in Pro-Am Women Runabout, Skelton dominated the class this weekend winning both qualifiers on her Kawasaki after qualifying first.

Renee Hill, Riverside, CA, claimed the silver medal with 2-2 finishes on a Sea-Doo while the bronze went to Dawna Boggs, Livermore, CA, on a Sea-Doo.

In the battle of the manufacturers for IJSBA World Championships, Kawasaki won 10 crowns this week while Sea-Doo earned six, Yamaha five and Polaris one.

Sanctioned under rules of the IJSBA, of Foothill Ranch, Calif. and produced for the first time in association with Desert Steel Motorsports of Lake Havasu City, the IJSBA World Finals returned to Lake Havasu for the 22nd consecutive year. It was held in the shadow of the original London Bridge on the offshoot waters of the Colorado River.

The IJSBA and the Lake Havasu Tourism Bureau completed the fourth year of the current agreement to bring the internationally-televised event to Lake Havasu. Again producing the television show is Southern California's Impact Media. The first domestic telecast will be at 2 p.m. (PST), Nov. 9 on Speed Channel.

Title Sponsor of the 2003 IJSBA World Finals was the Lake Havasu City Tourism Bureau.

Co-sponsors of this year's IJSBA World Finals were Kawasaki, Yamaha, Polaris and Sea-Doo. Associate Sponsors are Budweiser, Bud Light, and Beach House.

Special thanks from the IJSBA and DSM Events were extended to Personal Watercraft Illustrated, the May Agency, Cycle News, Loco GoGo Restaurant, Ramada Inn, Sun State Equipment, Rental Service Corporation, KJJJ (102.3 FM) and KNPR (9.80 AM).

For more information, contact DSM Events at 928.855.2208 or visit www.dsmevents.com.

The official website of the IJSBA World Finals is located at www.ijsba.com.

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IJSBA WATERSPORTS

LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ -- Top finishers from Sunday's Pro, and Pro-Am classes for World Championships in the 22nd International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) World Finals of personal watercraft racing. With Class, Position, Hometown, Manufacturer, (Moto Finishes).

Pro Ski (10 laps per moto)--
1. Steven Dauliach, France, Kawasaki (1-1)
2. Robert Flores, Las Vegas, Kawasaki (3-4)
3. Chris MacClugage, Fullerton, CA, Kawasaki (2-8)
4. Sean Workman, Escondido, CA, Kawasaki (9-6)
5. Jeff Troegner, Newport Beach, CA, Kawasaki (6-9)
6. Davy Gustafsson, Finland, Yamaha (4-13)
7. Victor Sheldon, Vista, CA, Polaris (15-3)
8. Ludovic Caumont, France, Polaris (14-5)
9. Dustin Motzouris, South Africa, Kawasaki (18-2)
10. David Lojewski, Davis, CA, Yamaha (8-12)

Pro Freestyle (Score, maximum 50 points)--
1. Masao Fiujisama, Japan, Yamaha (48.8, 49.0 in runnoff)
2. Eric Malone, Duncansville, Pa., Polaris (48.8, 48.5)
3. Alessander Lenzi, Brazil, Yamaha (48.3)
4. Rok Florjanic, Slovenia, Yamaha (48.0)
5. Nobuyuki Mochizuki, Japan, Yamaha (47.3)
6. Fumikazu Watanabe, Japan, Yamaha (46.8)
7. Josh Lustic, Melbourne, FL, Kawasaki (46.2)
8. Yukio Honda, Lake Elsinore, CA, Yamaha (44.8)
9. Brad Lustic, W. Melbourne, FL, Yamaha (44.3)
10. Gary Burtka, Chicago, Yamaha, (44.3)

Pro Runabout 1200 (12 laps per moto)--
1. Dustin Farthing, Port St. Lucie, FL, Kawasaki (2-1)
2. Chris MacClugage, Fullerton, CA, Kawasaki (1-2)
3. Gimmi Bosio, Italy, Sea-Doo (3-4)
4. Kenneth Ritchie, Fullerton, CA, Sea-Doo (7-7)
5. Kane Cahill, New Zealand, Yamaha (5-9)
6. Nicolas Rius, France, Yamaha (13-3)
7. Rick Kantola, Denver, Sea-Doo (14-6)
8 . Ermino Iantosca, Naples, FL, (9-11)
9. Timothy Miller, Waco, Texas, Yamaha (6-15)
10. Eric Lagopoulos, Longboat Key, FL, Kawasaki (10-12)

Pro-Am Runabout 800 SS (10 laps per moto)--
1. Eric Lagopoulos, Longboat Key, FL, Sea-Doo (3-1)
2. Nungskol Thanettrakool, Thailand, Sea-Doo (1-4)
3. Chris Heinrich, Buena Park, CA, Sea-Doo (5-2)
4. Michael Goudie, New Zealand, Sea-Doo (2-6)
5. Frank Silva, Ft. Pierce, FL, Sea-Doo (7-3)

Pro-Am Women Ski (8 laps per moto)--
1. Janelle Barr, Renton, WA, Kawasaki (1-1)
2. Kelly Stuhr-Kantola, Denver, Kawasaki (3-2)
3. Yuki Kurahashi, Japan, Kawasaki (2-3)
4. Audrey DuJardin, France, Yamaha (6-4)
5. Hitomi Nakamura, Japan, Kawasaki (5-7)

Pro-Am Women Runabout (8 laps per moto)--
1. Kelle Skelton, New Zealand, Kawasaki (1-1)
2. Renee Hill, Riverside, CA, Sea-Doo (2-2)
3. Dawna Boggs, Livermore, CA, Sea-Doo (3-3)
4. Amy Green, Chino Hills, CA (5-4)
5. Stephanie Malocco, Hesperia, CA, Sea-Doo (4-5)

2003 IJSBA World Champions
PRO
Pro Ski Superstock-Steven Dauliach, France, Kawasaki
Pro Freestyle-Masao Fiujisama, Japan, Yamaha
Pro Runabout 1200 SS-Dustin Farthing, Port St. Lucie, Florida, Kawasaki

PRO-AM
Pro-Am Ski SS-Robert Flores, Las Vegas, Kawasaki
Pro-Am Ski Stock-Victor Sheldon, Vista, California, Polaris
Pro-Am Runabout 1200 SS-Kenneth Ritchie, Fullerton, California, Sea-Doo
Pro-Am Runabout 1200 Stk-Angelo Bertozzi, Italy, Sea-Doo
Pro-Am Runabout 800 SS-Eric Lagopoulos, Longboat Key, Florida, Sea-Doo
Pro-Am Women Ski-Janelle Barr, Renton, WA, Kawasaki
Pro-Am Women Runabout-Kelle Skelton, New Zealand, Kawasaki
Sport SS-Celio Vinicius, Brazil, Sea-Doo

EXPERT
Expert Ski SS-Jordan Fielder, England, Kawasaki
Expert Ski Limited-Jordan Fielder, England, Kawasaki
Expert Veterans Ski SS-Ken Reeves, Kennewick, Washington, Yamaha
Expert Runabout 1200 SS-Timothy Neff, Indiatlantic, Florida, Yamaha
Expert Runabout 1200 Ltd-Eric Francis, West Palm Beach, Florida, Kawasaki
Expert Runabout 800 SS-Pranom Kunjeng, Thailand, Sea-Doo
Expert Runabout 800 Ltd-Jayme Cheney, West Fargo, North Dakota, Sea-Doo

AMATEUR
Amateur Freestyle-Mike Brookfield, England, Yamaha
Amateur Veterans Runabout 1200 SS-KC Heidler, Laguna Beach, California, Yamaha
Amateur 14-15 Ski Stk-Lewis Goodchild, England, Kawasaki, Kawasaki
Amateur 14-15 Ski Ltd-Lewis Goodchild, England, Kawasaki, Kawasaki

NOVICE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Novice Ski SS-Todd Campbell Barnham, New Zealand, Kawasaki
Novice Ski Ltd-Todd Campbell Barnham, New Zealand, Kawasaki
Novice Ski Stk-Collin Carbaugh, Sumner, Washington, Kawasaki
Novice Veterans Ski SS-Eddie Tseng, Pueblo, Colorado, Yamaha
Novice Women Ski Ltd-Becky Cooper, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Kawasaki
Novice Runabout 1200 SS-Robert Judge, Lorain, Ohio, Sea-Doo
Novice Runabout 1200 Ltd-Donavan Brown, Fullerton, California, Kawasaki
Novice Women Runabout 1200 Ltd-Saranya Wainitra, Thailand, Sea-Doo
Novice Runabout 1200 Stk-Dennis Mack, Bethelem, Georgia, Kawasaki
Novice Runabout 800 SS-Brandon Zamacona, Diamond Bar, California, Sea-Doo
Novice Runabout 800 Ltd-Paul Gardulski, Wyandotte, Michigan
Polaris Novice Runabout 800 Stk-Ryan Spehn, Apopka, Florida, Polaris

MASTERS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Masters Ski SS-Dan Fitzgerald, Sylmar, California
Kawasaki Masters Ski Stk-Jack Bryant, Carmel, Indiana, Kawasaki

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