Our first winner of the year didn’t come from the racing side of the weekend’s competition but from the Hydro-Turf Freestyle Competition. Jason “the Destroyer” Stoyer built on his stellar performance Saturday and easily took the win. Stoyer used a borrowed boat on Saturday but on Sunday he had his own rig and he launched quite a few back flip variations along with a huge under flip that he landed flawlessly. Jeremy “Parr Diddy” Parr tried to match “the Destroyer”, but Parr was also on an unfamiliar boat and came up short on his signature trick, the Pinwheel, and had to settle for 2nd. Parr Diddy declared “we’ll get him next time!” Michael Ratti showed why he is a former amateur national champ and put up a rock-solid performance on his way to a 3rd place finish. Make sure you check out the latest from Hydro-Turf!
In the Ski GP class Chris “The G.O.A.T.” Macclugage capped off his return to the national stage with a sweep of all three motos. Macclugage won in convincing fashion and there is no doubt everyone else will have to elevate their game to catch the Factory Yamaha rider. The defending national champion in the Ski GP class, Rob “Flo” Flores had his share of difficulties this weekend, including a mechanical issue that forced him to use his stock boat in the open class, but he was still able to salvage a second overall and keep himself right in the thick of things in the chase for a national title. Jimmy “Eats World” Wilson had his own set of issues and ended up riding a boat decked out in pink, but that didn’t deter the Hurricane Racing rider from getting a podium finish on the first weekend of the year. It was a great opening round on the UWP-IJSBA Watercross National Tour and we are looking forward to the U.S. Open of Watercross in Montgomery, AL on Memorial Day weekend. Become a fan on FaceBook at uwpinc.com and check your local listings for the national television broadcast of this race on the Beach Sports Network.
The Pro-Am Runabout Open class was filled with carnage and going into the final moto the top three positions were still up for grabs. However once the flag dropped for the start Dustin “El Diablo” Farthing wasted no time making it clear he would be a force to be reckoned with all season. Erminio Iantosca was able to take the holeshot and hold the lead for the first lap, but Farthing got under “The Boss of Watercross” on the first turn of lap two and never looked back, lapping the entire field en route to his first overall win of the season. Brian Baldwin rode consistently in all three motos and was able to sneak past Iantosca for the second spot on the box and the defending national champion had to settle for 3rd aboard his RIVA Racing powered ride.
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