300/440/550 1988 & 1990 Havasu pic's

[Polish jet pilot]

great stuff, great bikinis... cool to see onoly Kawis... only 1 SN..

 

[gorilla]

yes, the noen color's were very bright !!!
but added to the fantasy of the mind.

gorilla

 

[BU1LD]

Does anyone have pics of Victor Sheldons 91 boat with the IRS fuel injection system? Or even any boat at all with the IRS efi on it?

 

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Sorry, I didn't go that year (I would have had taken pix). The whole IJSBA thing started it's downward spiral soon after that. Damn couchers.... Those pro guys and crew chief's kept the engine covers on those boats tight, (no peeking at the top secret,edge of tech stuff).

 

[BU1LD]

I know what you mean...

Like this sneaky little photo of Sheldons engine in the pits. Tuning his efi system.

...Must have had good zoom and no one was looking

 

[swanny]

bump for some more pic's.

i found these that made my day.

chris "crash" williams blowing up the balloons. old school freestyle !!!
art + brenda burns "NOW" chambers +1 on the line in pro womens ski.
another pic of one of my gorilla boat's before it got wet.
dawn "mad dog" woods another pro women racer's, she is a real wild one on and off the closed course !!!
wonder what she be doing now ???

and the last pic is from the tikki bar-lounge.
many good memory's with the bucket's in there !!!

anybody else got some memory's to post ???

gorilla

classic!!!

Once in a great while I mention "Crash" and no one knows who I am talking about- I should have figured you knew him. Remember that three hundred dollar Buick he used to show up with towing that 10k ski? Lodi Nor Cal finals 89 nobody could touch him.

thanks for the pics- Wish I had some from the days. Did you know Mike Melby?

 

[swanny]

I know what you mean...

Like this sneaky little photo of Sheldons engine in the pits. Tuning his efi system.

...Must have had good zoom and no one was looking

All the big money boats had efi- back then it was $3,500. Back then you had to have two boats to race cause the 440 class was huge too! Mod was king but they all raced a lot.

Stock, super-stock and mod - that was it nothing else. Should have stayed the same.

 

[BU1LD]

Anybody else got some pics of the efi systems that were around back then?

 

[gorilla]

swanny, i remember chris "crash" williams.
we are grammer school class mates.

and that buick was in fact a 69 gold oldsmobile 4dr that a guy name steve davidson owned.
his nickname is the geek !!!

ohh the good old days of jetsking.

jonnyx2 found a pic of me at the finals in 99 doing my lap.



and some more pic's of las vegas.

those freebie racks are all over las vegas.
anybody looking for some fun can just get it for free !!!

gorilla

 

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Here's a recent discovery (old S-VHC tape) of the GORILLA in action. It is right after Jeff Jacobs kicks butt in a Pro Mod heat.

If you listen closely you can hear the announcer say " The Gorilla Strikes Again".

Hey Gorilla...have a little trouble pulling out of that tail stand?? (heavy banana suit) That motor was buzzing hard! Your boat sounded good!

 

[kawi440]

Does anybody know what kind of ride plate/intake grate combo was most used in the racing tour in the early nineties?

 

[gorilla]

nice one flash !!!
that's a different angle from the one my buddy john has from the dock.
that was glenn bothwel the race director that hit the water.

that was also my 440 s/s i got 2 place overall on in legends in 1990.
my mod blew a waterbox that year.

thanks for the memory's !!!
keep em coming !!!

gorilla

 

[sflsurfrider]

that video

i wish i could get that 2 minutes of my life back.

 

[BU1LD]

All the big money boats had efi- back then it was $3,500. Back then you had to have two boats to race cause the 440 class was huge too! Mod was king but they all raced a lot.

Stock, super-stock and mod - that was it nothing else. Should have stayed the same.

Swanny,
Did you know anyone that used those efi systems? Just wondering how you knew the price thats all? And yeah... thats damn expensive! Wasn't a brand new ski back then like $1999.00?

 

[Wetracer]

1991 Vintage WF T's

Check out what I found in the closet. They are for sale here.
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/52991 Mike

 

[PrickofMisery]

Links no longer work????

 

[SuperJETT]

The pics are here (old gallery system doesn't work but the files are still there)
http://www.x-h2o.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10110/

 

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Still Alive...
I was wondering where they were stashed...Thanks SuperJETT!

 

[Charlie_Hustle]

This is the most AWESOME thread on the X! Good stuff!!! My riding partner out here Kris Burke tells me stories about back in the day all the time.

 

[jetski9010]

I wish jet sking would get this big again.