The AJSBA Pro Watercross tour has officially come to a close with last weekend hosting the final round along the shores of Sans Souci in Botany Bay, Sydney. Saturday racing was a welcomed change from the usual Sunday event format and racers and spectators were treated with superb weather and ideal smooth conditions.

Masterton entered this final round with a healthy 200 point lead, so his aim was to set focus on utilising the large points advantage to test both settings and limits for upcoming world championship races in the USA and Thailand. In typical racing fashion, four laps would be the only testing time Masterton would achieve. A broken rocker arm saw his ski stop on the front straightaway resulting in a Moto 1 DNF. “It is pretty ironic actually, this was an ideal situation to test all our new parts and different combinations for the world titles. I will just have to finish testing through the week, not much can be done about it now.”

For the remainder of the day James rode a back up craft to help secure the points and overall championship number one plate. This is James fourth Pro Runabout title, which sits nicely along side his 2007 World Championship.

Next round on the calendar is the infamous IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona USA on October 4-12.