Started my racing, heck – even my stand up riding career in general, on a stock class 2011 Kawasaki SXR 800. Took 10th place in the only race I was able to ride at my first IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona in Women’s Limited Ski. Not too shabby for a stock class ski and only riding stand ups for 6 months! The poor SXR would not start on the line for the second race so my top 10 contention was over.

Rewind to the early days – my husband bought a 2015 Yamaha Superjet the day after we rode my SXR 800 for the first time. At first I did not like the Superjet. It was just too different than the SXR and I did not have enough skill to swap back and forth from ski to ski.

Fast forward to installing Blowsion Destroyer front sponsons, a mat kit, shortened the pole, handlebars and steering, and rear sponsons on the Yamaha Superjet – I fell in love. The Superjet steered from the nose rather than the Kawsaki SXR’s style of steering from the rear, and it was more predictable. Boy that Superjet could carve a corner!

Sold the SXR, my husband bought a ProForce (Build Part 1, Build Part 2) and I took over the Superjet.
Took the stock engine (still had carb chokes – yikes) Superjet to World Finals in 2017 and managed to earn a 6th place finish in Women’s Limited Ski.

In 2018 the IJSBA stock class was dominated by the new four stoke Kawasaki SXR 1500cc. My little two stoke 701cc Superjet was out powered so Lites class it was!

I’m not a master builder or ride by any means, but my husband and I had a great time learning the ins-and-outs of building a working Lites class ski including:

Installing 760cc cylinder and pistons
Removing carb chokes, drilling EPA needle stops, and rejetting
Exhaust insert
Impeller
Older Superjet nozzle
Water routing

Sadly due to health and life issues we did not make it to the 2018 World Finals and eventually sold the Superjet in the winter of 2018.

Despite the sad ending, the Superjet lives on with a local junior rider and we learned some valuable skills to put towards the next project!

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IPD Graphics is a big name in the watercraft and offroad world for good reason – high-quality full-color graphics available in die-cut and full-color printed vinyl.

Interested in learning how to install your new IPD Graphics on your ski? Watch below and be sure to check out the article on The Watercraft Journal here and some more install photos on the IPD Graphics install on the ProForce Part 2 Build article.

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