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Is There Anybody Out There?
May. 14, 2009
By Justin

PWI Booth at OC Boat Show
WATERMARKS ONLINE:

Is There Anybody Out There?
Spend a Quiet Weekend at the Orange County, CA Boat Show

Text by Kevin Shaw
Photography by Justin "Mad Dog" Stannard
First of all, I seriously need to get better at this whole "every other week posting" thing. For those super rare few who look forward to these updates, I do apologize for my tardiness in posting. Blame it on our month-to-month printing schedule. It's got me running circles.

Anyways, posted above is a shot taken from the first-ever Personal Watercraft Illustrated boat show booth erected for the Orange County Boat Show in Anaheim, California. Since attendance numbers were so low that the event organizers very kindly avoided my questions when asked what the body count was over the three days, I'm going to go out on a limb and say it was 11. If you think I'm joking, take into light that this picture was taken at 2pm on Sunday.

Wanting the most amount of draw as we could muster, and after a thorough wax and cleaning job, I wheeled out a brand-spankin'-new Honda Aquatrax F-15X Turbo (it's full Christian name) and a 2009 Kawasaki SX-R800 Jet Ski. The skis were a good idea and brought in some very interested persons, especially given that we had two items that neither of the two dealerships (Hahm Motorsports and Bert's) had on display.See, stand-up skis aren't for sale in California due to its archaic two-stroke powerplant. The Honda, on the other hand, is restricted in sales for only select "Powerhouse" Honda dealerships. So, that being said.....

--This is an exerpt from Kevin Shaw's Watermarks Online editorial. For the full story, simply click here to access the PWI forums.



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