Pensacola Beach, Florida Committs to a Three-year contract with Pro Watercross
Pensacola Sports Association/Pensacola Beach, Florida has committed to a three-year contract with Pro Watercross, and will host the opening round of the 2017 season. Pensacola has been one of the tour’s favorite stops for athletes, and thousands of fans lined Pensacola’s sugar sand beaches and crowded the pier over the turquoise waters for the Tour’s 2016 […]
Team Twangled Product Demo Day
An awesome Saturday and a great turnout for team Twangled product demo day. Last fall, in 2015 we begin the first product demo day for team Twangled riders. Last year the 2015 Backie Chan was the featured product to be seen and tested. This year the team was meeting for its annual team Twangled product […]
Havoc Fallout Maiden Voyage
Below please enjoy a short video of the Havoc Fallout making its maiden voyage. Powered by an 850 cc DASA motor, MSD Analog Total loss, Dual 48 mm carbs, and a 148 mm setback pump – it was a blast to ride!
IJSBA Releases New 2017 Ski Stock Rules – Allowing 2017 SX-R
During the World Finals this week, the 2017 Kawasaki SX-R was unveiled to no surprise. However it’s size and weight did shock many of the current ski racers. The IJSBA has already updated their Novice Ski Stock rules to accommodate for the new watercraft. It will be interesting to see if the adoption is high, […]
Wreaking Havoc
Twangled, the makers of the Backie Chan and Brawler jet ski hulls, has done it again. Twangled has acquired all of the molds and assets relating to the world famous Havoc hull. A prototype version will debut at this year’s Pro Watercross World Championships in Naples, Florida – September 21-25. We are in […]
The Brawler is Back
We are pleased to announce that the once popular Brawler freestyle jet ski hull will be making a comeback. Originally designed by Nick in Thailand, the Brawler made its way to the US in 2012 after being purchased by Rage Composite Works. Now the Brawler will soon make its journey from NE Pennsylvania, to Chicago, […]
2016 US Watercross Tour
Scott Hyke has released the dates for the 2016 US Watercross Tour – formerly the Great Lakes Watercross Tour. June 11 & 12 Lake Petenwell – Rome, Wis. July 16 & 17 Lake Petenwell – Rome, Wis. August 6 & 7 Lake Petenwell – Rome, Wis. August 27 Lake Michigan Freeride / Surf Moto Race – Kenosha, Wis. September […]
Test Riding & Breaking In Kyle Burtka’s Backie Chan
This weekend I had the chance to take my brother Kyle’s ski for some break-in and test riding after its fresh rebuild. Kyle’s build started with a Black Backie Chan Rush hull weighing in at 76 pounds. Powerplant: 850 cc SS DASA Racing – red Fuel Delivery: 48 mm Full Spectrum carbs Boyesen reeds Braap Werks […]
Cold Water Riding checklist
With the first freeride of the year, Daytona 2016 past, a lot of people are itching to go riding regardless of weather conditions. Here in the Midwest it has been a mild winter, snowboarding season has hardly even touched upon us. For some jet ski season is right around the corner, for others the season […]
Backie Chan Unveil New Products for 2016
As the 2016 year unfolds, following winter, Backie Chan has unveiled the newest product releases to its jetski hull division. Backie Chan now produces three different varieties of the custom backflip jet ski hull to choose from. Each of the three hulls offer a different material schedual to choose from when ordering a custom Backie […]