New Zealand’s Sam Harvey is ready to defend his world championship personal watercraft (PWC or jet-ski) racing title at the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) world finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, which start on 3 October.
Harvey, a marine retailer in Howick, Auckland, rides a Sea-Doo® PWC and won the Pro Runabout Open title – a class for modified PWCs – in 2009. This victory marked the first time a New Zealander had won a world title in PWC racing and was Harvey’s first world final win after competing at the prestigious IJSBA world finals every year for the past ten years. Harvey’s success was particularly notable as it represented the first time a non-American entrant and also one not backed by one of the major PWC manufacturers won this hotly-contested professional class … Details