The 2008 Queensland State Titles will be held at Corcoran Park, Grafton NSW on 7 & 8 June 2008.

Corcoron Park is the same venue that this year's nationals were held at and is a fantastic venue for both racing and spectating.

To all you southerners, the challenge is on to come and show us what your made of!!!

For a copy of the race format and an entry form please go to www.skiracingqueensland.com.au

Entries close on 28 May 2008

This is the first full calendar month since we started LetsTalkSkiRacing.com so I thought I would take the time to tell all the users how the month has gone, what has happened to the site and what we are looking at going forward.

Firstly I would like to thank all those people who have joined LetsTalkSkiRacing.com we now have 115 members! An amazing number after just one month! We have people from all over Australia and we also have a few people from England and a smaller number from the US. Thanks in large part to SkiRace.net and waterskiracing.com (Ski Racing Victoria).

Another thing that is interesting is we have now had about 1500 people go though our site! at an average of around 99 people per day!
Have a look at the stats at http://LetsTalkSkiRacing.com/stats.html

I see people are starting to use the Forums but we still haven't really got into using them yet.

I had been asked for Classifieds but no one seems to have tried it out yet... don't know why but I'm sure it will happen soon.

Our International News Section was added a few weeks back thanks to SkiRace.net (This is simply their News feed)

We have had updates on all the resent ski race. Thanks to Roger for his on going support to this Website.

I heard that LetsTalkSkiRacing.com was also mentioned on stage at one of the races.... Would be good if someone had a video of it (I'll put up a hall of fame for shameless plugs if someone has it)

I have heard that there is some problems with emails activation codes but have tried a few times to get those people in question to send a reply back to me so I can activate them to no avail. If you are one of those people could you please get in contact with me via webmaster@letstalkskiracing.com and I will endeavour to get your login working. I will start deleting members who haven't been active for two months...

Another innovation is the teams section where teams are able to register their team get an email and also write articles and a like to show off their team and what they have been up to.
So far only three teams have taken up this offer. I hope some other people give it a go...

I would like to add other things to the site but I'm starting to run out of ideas. The only thing I have left to add is an FAQ section which I'll be looking at in the coming weeks. It just takes sometime to compile so it maybe a few months to get it all going. If you have any ideas on what I should be adding please post it in the forums.

Also if your a budding reporter please feel free to click the contribute link and write your own article to give some more flavour to the site.

If you know of sites which are valuable to the ski racing community please add them to the links it's very easy to do!

If you know of events that are happening please add them to the Calendar so everyone else knows about it!

The Mildura 100 again proved to be one of the most popular races in the calendar, with big crowds turning out over the long weekend. Victorian team Hellbent again showed the way, taking out the Dash for Cash and the Race, making it a clean sweep of everything on the Murray (and nearly everything else). Blazen and Wildfire out of the NGR stable took second and third outright respectively.

Social class again showed some fantastic racing, with records continuing to tumble – when will these crazy people realize it’s just not right to ski so fast on those little sticks? In Unlimited social, Illusion got the win and the hat trick for the rivers, resetting the record at the same time – these boys look near unstoppable unless someone steps up and puts out a challenge. Spuddy did well to guide Merc Force into second ahead of the Sonic Crew. In Moc social, Twisted took the win, the record and second outright in social, with BJ and Robbie, closely followed by PCR and Running Riot. 6litre saw a change on the podium, with Bandit taking the win, with the two Craigs, Followed by Vegemite and Full Noise. Dave? Where are you? Smoc showed just how competitive this class is with No Rules, Stalker and 4 Play N Racing taking 1,2 and 3 all within 20 seconds of each other. Zigs showed that there isn’t much he can’t do, by piloting the little force into first. Stock 6 litre saw the Clog win over Wasted Nights, while in 2.5/5.2 Kane It, lead in The Inspector and Streaker Boats. B L Marine took the win in Womens, with Lesley and Steph out the back, over Smokin Injun with Elise and Shaz, and Toe Cutter Caron and Fiona. Juniors saw All Fired Up lead in Ballistic and then Heat with the boys, and Aftershock take out the girls.

Saturday afternoon and the big boys come out to play. Hellbent took the win, with Stoppy and Zigs missing the record by 3 seconds, only 1 second infront of Stinga – how close is that! Blazen took third with Pidgeon and the Liability. These three boats all broke the five minute barrier, unbelievably fast racing! The Invitational again saw the top two boats separated by only a second, with Mickey G and CT taking the win behind Fastcash over Kane and Chris with Elm Street. Brady and Rory taking third behind Sudden Force. All these young guys are flying, makes you feel old and slow!

In Vets it was Hazy taking the win and the record with Robbie and Peter, beating Out of Control and Kamikaze. Interesting to note that the top 4 Vets all broke the 6 minute mark in the dash – just goes to show you don’t always get smarter with age…Senior Social saw Toey As take the win in front of Temper and 4 Play.Taddies had the team of Stock Broker with the Hammond’s taking the win over Raicey with the Gordon’s and Phoenix with more Hammonds out the back. Disable showed some cracking pace, with Heat and Jus Walk’n both breaking the record to beat out Toe Cutter and Gangster.

Sunday Morning saw glorious conditions, and Hellbent and Stinga set out to take full advantage of them, with both boats tearing down the river in search of the record. Hellbent arrived at half way 15 minutes and 44 seconds later, an unbelievable leg, and setting themselves up for a shot at the record on the way home. The next boat to halfway was Blazen, after Stinga encountered trouble just before halfway, with Wildfire in third, just twelve seconds up on Mirror Image. The return leg saw another perfect leg for Team Hell, to take the win and the record, a phenomenal effort. If I’m right (and I may not be), I think that gives them the win, and the record in every race they’ve finished this year – unbelievable! Blazen did well to pick the pace up coming home and cement 2nd, Griffo showing that this will be a Force to reckoned with. Wildfire came in for a solid third with Jimmy and Lock Down doing well out the boat. While Team Hell continue their dominance and continually show their professionalism, NGR must be congratulated as well – two of the top three boats is a massive achievement. Unlimited was again blisteringly quick. With the top 5 boats beating the existing record. Fastcash winning over Hazy and Top Gun. 8 Litre was another record breaking win to Sportspage, towing Steve Rowe and Jamie Oliver, over Super Slak and Wayward. Moc was another win for Twisted, giving Chris both social and expert for the weekend, beating in BL Marine and Running Riot – the Merc’s given the Rude’s a bit of a touch up here at Mildura to turn the tables on the last couple of races. 6litre saw Kryptonite battling engine problems to still take the win with Brad and Marko, over Mojo and Kamikaze. Smoc was all Lab action – Little Man winning over Test Lab and 4 Play N Racing. F2 saw Lethal take the win over Thundernuts with Smoken Mirrors in third. In the ladies and it was ORSM taking the win again, backing up their Robinvale victory, Emma and Lee beating out Kylee and Tania behind Prime Time after the cyclone suffered some waste gate issues and the Noizworks team taking third not far behind. Under 19’s saw the Elm Street boys take a tumble on the way up and open the door for Bulletproof to take the win, Brycey and Cunningham hanging on out the back. Elm Street recovered for 2nd, with Frantic in third with Ringo and Jesse. In the under 19 girls, it Was Tayla and Melissa taking the win behind Tons of Fire, with Ring of Fire and Tickled pink taking the minor places. Junior boys saw the Hoggins/Brown combination come through for the win and I think the record with an outright placing of fifteenth! Spontaneous and All Fired Up taking second and third. The Subbies saw Lloyd and Clinton take the win behind The Sting for the lads, and Crystal and Brooke win with Hit and Miss for the ladies.

Full results (accurate) can be found on the mildura website (http://www.milduraskiclub.org/) and photos will be coming to RMI images (http://www.rmiimages.com.au/).

In what was ultimately a sad weekend with the loss of Peter Eagle, the Robinvale 80 was a huge success. Weather conditions were warm and the water was flat, allowing records to tumble in a variety of classes and some great racing to occur. Mark Cranny, Damo Matthews, Stoppy and Zig again showed that they are an incredibly professional, and incredibly fast team by taking the race outright in record time, with Stinga and Blazen taking second and third.

Saturday morning saw the social classes take to the water and more records falling. The team of Illusion showed that their southern 80 victory wasn’t lucky by taking unlimited social and the record, great work boys. Bulletproof from Qld came through for second, with Cunningham performing strongly on the small ski (after he got the starts), and Merc Force taking out third, big Spuddy showing his old boy how to drive the big blue force. Unlimited outboard social saw Twisted and Petty Cash both under record time, with BJ and Robbie behind twisted taking the win, and Running Riot taking third with Glenno and Dan the Man out the back. 6litre social saw Kryptonite taking the win, the record and second outright for social – not a bad haul considering Dave was dealing with the boat issues. Second and Third were taken by the crews of full noise and vegemite respectively. Smoc social again reset the existing record, with Evinrude Racing taking the win and setting the new mark over Kaned-it and 4 play n racing. 2.5 social saw kane-it-again take the win over streaker boats and strapp on. The ladies showed they weren’t scared to break some records as well, with Team SBR, towing Jacqui Cadden and Emma Carson taken the win, B L Marine in second, and Gotta Go in third. Stock 6litre was a very close run class, with The Clog taking the win by just 9 seconds over Untamed and Sumrnuts in third. Under 16 boys Social was another record, with All Fired Up with Jarryd Tannenberg and Ashley Johnson taking the win, Cinders and Still Crazy second and third. Sitting on the bank watching these young guys come in, I’d be starting to get concerned if I was running unlimited social, don’t think it will be too long before these boys are up there with. Under 16 girls Social saw the crew of Black Ice take the win, with Aftershock following closely behind. Again 60mph was the biggest class, and it was Hydraulic taking the win, and another record. Matchus was also under the record, and Crisis, after leading to halfway, came in for third after getting a penalty for being excited on the way home.

The big boys came out to play for the Dash for Cash in the afternoon, and it was Hellbent taking the win in a blistering time, Stinga in Second only 2 seconds behind, and Blazen in third. Chief were a bit unlucky, only finishing a couple of seconds behind Blazen, but having the motor go pop before the final straight. The smoke coming out of the motor didn’t look good across the line, but Shippy sure looked fast!

In the Invitational Dash, it was Mickey G and CT behind Fast Cash taking the win, just edging out Sportspage and Temper. The Junior Dash saw Aiden and Ben taking the win in a very smart time over Adam and Brock behind the Drainer, and the crew of the Sting in third.

In veterans it was another win to Hazy, with Peter Hunter and Rocking Robby Weaver. What is wrong with these old boys??? Are they ever going to slow down? Second, and only 8 seconds behind, was Kamikaze and third went to Under the Hammer taking third. Senior Social saw Gav and Crusty again take the win, these boys know their stuff, no doubt. Toey As took second, and Pure Filth took third. Senior Women Social was up next, but you’re a game person to tell any of these ladies that they’re ‘senior’. First went to Jo and Lesley behind Petty Cash, second went to Noizworks, and third went to The Massey Machine. Disable was up next, and a great effort from all these teams to complete the course in good times. First went to David Marshall behind Jus Walk n, Second went to the Smoke N Mirrors team and the crew of Gangster rounded out the three.

Under 10’s saw the little tackers out there, with Sam Perry behind The Witch leading the way, Lachlan taking second and Curtis taking third. The girls saw Jade Groves behind Stalker taking the win in a faster time than the boys! Great effort Jade. Second went to Chloe Muus, and third to Brooke Hammond behind Phoenix.


Sunday again saw great racing and record breaking. Again from the front in an unbelievable time was the crew of Hellbent – how good are these boys? Not only are they the quickest crew around, Zig’s popped the biggest bunny hop of the weekend leaving half way! (or was it just unavoidable bouncing over boat roll?) Stinga followed them in another blistering time, Grunt and Boon doing a great job out the back, and the Blazen crew rounding out the three. Stouty showing a lot more form on the ski then he did that night!

The Unlimited boys also showed great form, with all three place getters under the existing record. Temper taking the win, with Gav and Ash, Top Gun in second with Jared and Craig, and Hazy taking third with Peter and Trent.

Eight litre was next and the crew of Exertion came through for the win, followed by Outlaw then Ganster. Hard luck for Sportspage who led to halfway, but failed to finish.
Six litre saw Kryptonite lead to halfway only to have Dave park it 30 metres into the duckweed coming home. Hope the recovery goes well mate – but next time look out for Lex’s fend! Kamikaze took the win With Rod and Col Senior out the back, Synthetic following in second and Danger Zone taking third.

Moc saw the record fall again, with both Ace Racing and Twisted under the existing record. Ace taking the win fairly convincingly over Twisted, with Petty Cash taking third.
In Smoc, all three place getters were under the existing record, with the two evinrudes of Stalker and Envinrude racing leading the way, Grovesy certainly has Stalker cracking. Little Man did its bit to keep the Mercury dream alive by taking third.

Women’s saw some great racing. With less than a second separating the two top teams at halfway. Great racing. Coming home ORSM stepped up to take the win, with some of the best observing ever witnessed, towing Emma and Lee out the back. Cara and Bethany closely following in second, and the crew of the Jury taking third.

Under 19’s saw the Elm street boys take the win in record time, Chris and Kane are skiing unbelievable and this race was another credit to them. Ringo and Jesse took out second with Frantic, and the Grave Danger team took third. In the girl’s, it was Zoe and Tegan taking the win, with Corrine and Angela following for second.

Stock 6 litre saw Pure Gold take the win , with Noel and Jason Cartledge out the back, beating home riverdance and the Clog for the minor placings. 5.2 litre saw Bad Influence take the win over Predator Racing.

Formula 2 saw the Thundernuts team take the win over Flamen Senile and Mojo 2. In 2.5 Streaker Boats managed to turn around the social placings and put kane-it-again into second this time, with High Roller taking third.

Under 16’s saw Sonic, with Riley Jones and Jordon Easton take the win, Followed by All Fired Up with Jarryd and Ashley and the Drainer with David and Brock. The girls saw The Witch take the win with Madison and Cody, Nicole and Chelsea take second behind Pest and Samantha and Nicole behind Aftershock take third.

Under 13’s saw Longshot, Korrupt and Top Toy fill the boys, and Tribal take the win with the girls.

60mph was again massive, and it was Hydraulic, Glued and Screwed and Matchus beating out the other 4 million boats in the class. Great to see so much interest.

All up a successful weekend, although a few casualties, and a fantastic lead up to mildura in a fortnight.