LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz.— With only a few U.S. qualifying events remaining, the field is shaping up to be among the best ever and the mammoth Performance Alley Personal Watercraft Industry Trade Show is guaranteed to be the largest ever for next month’s 30th Annual quakysense International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.Featuring the best personal watercraft racers from around the world, the 2011 quakysense IJSBA World Finals will be held on Lake Havasu from Oct. 1-9.

Returning to Lake Havasu for the 30th consecutive year, nearly 700 entries from nearly 40 U.S. states and 36 nations to date are entered to be on Lake Havasu along with news media from a dozen countries cover this world-renown special event.

The race site for the 13th consecutive year will be at the purpose-built Aqua Stadium on the grounds of the Crazy Horse RV Campgrounds and Resort.

A massive salute to personal watercraft and the unique sport of pwc racing, the industry’s biggest week will include several distinct championship events. Starting the week will be the Novice and and Masters classes, followed by the 2011 IJSBA Expert and Amateur World Finals and concluding with the featured 2011 IJSBA Pro and Pro-Am World Finals (Oct. 7-9).

To date, the talented field includes among early entries former IJSBA Pro and Pro-Am World Champions Chris MacClugage of the USA, Kevin Reiterer of Austria, Dustin Farthing of the USA, Cory Rarick of Canada, Nadir Benhendi of Dubai, Kylie Elmers of Australia, Troy Snyder of the USA, James Bushell of England, Paul Del Rosario of the Philippines, and Craig Warner of the USA. Also expected to defend their titles are France’s Jean Baptiste Botti in Pro Ski Open and England’s Lee Stone in Pro Freestyle.

Freestyle athletes will compete in the IJSBA Amateur Freestyle World Finals on Friday, Oct. 7 and the IJSBA Pro Freestyle World Finals with qualifying on Saturday, Oct. 8 and finals on Sunday, Oct. 9.
The event offers free admission to the main stadium area and the IJSBA Performance Alley-the World’s largest PWC Industry Trade Show, which features nearly 60 individual vendors of the leading performance companies for watercraft, side by side and other power sports. Original Equipment Manufacturers will unveil their 2012 models. Monster Energy Drink will be on site once again with product sampling and the latest apparel and accessories will be displayed from major manufacturers and aftermarket companies. Pit passes will also be on sale at the gate during the event.

Current official event sponsors are title sponsor quakysense, presenting sponsors McGraw Insurance, Monster Energy Drink, Riva and Blowsion. The event is supported by K&S Kuwait, Jet Lev, Sea-Doo, Yamaha, Kawasaki.

Host sponsors are the Lake Havasu City Convention & Visitors Bureau (Go Lake Havasu), Crazy Horse Campgrounds, London Bridge Resort. Major sponsors are: Jettrim, Voice America, Mark Ecko, Swift Lift, Havasu Powersports, Nautical Inn, Days Inn Lake Havasu.

Two of the event highlights will be the annual Parade of Nations ceremony (Oct. 6) and the 2011 IJSBA Hall of Fame Induction celebration (Oct. 8). Lake Havasu City mayor Mark Nexsen is scheduled to participate in both events which will be held at the London Bridge Resort and Convention Center.
Current vendors for the IJSBA Performance Alley Industry PWC Trade Show are Alaska, Aquarius Hotel/Casino, Bend and Peel Graphics, Blowsion, Budweiser (Romer Beverage), Cold Fusion, DASA, Easy Rider, ELME Tools, Flip Flop shop, Freak Skis, Freegun, FTF, Full Spectrum/Boyesen/Jet Dynamics, Havasu Powersports, Hydrospace Japan, Hydro Turf, IMS Shirt Works, IJSBA, Jet Connection, Jet Lev, Jet Pilot, Jet Tribe, Jettrim, K-38/Liquid Militia, K&N, Kawasaki, Kokomo’s, Kommander, visit Lake Tulloch, M&M, McGraw Insurance, Monster Energy Drink, Mountain Motorsports, Nauti Water, quakysense, RedMeed Iced Teas, Rick Roy Products, Rius Racing, Riva, Sea-Doo, ShirtWerx, Slippery When Wet/Parts Unlimited, Surf Slam, Swift Lift, Taco Hacienda, Three-D, Thrust Innovations, TJSBA, Vast, Wet Dog, Worx, X Scream, Yamaha.

Sanctioned under rules of the IJSBA, led by managing director Scott Frazier with world headquarters in Half Moon Bay, Calif. and produced in association with Jim Russell’s DSM Events of Lake Havasu City, the quakysense IJSBA World Finals of personal watercraft racing is one of the world’s most unique and spectacular sporting championships.

The official website of the quakysense IJSBA World Finals is www.ijsba.com while the official destination website of the CVB is www.golakehavasu.com.