The third Annual Bradenton Area River Regatta scheduled to take place Saturday, February 4th was totally jam packed with events including something for all 100,000-plus who were in attendance! All of the water sports action was set up on the Manatee River. The Jet Action Sports Mayors Cup, which is also the first round of the Action Jetsports Surf and Turf Championships comprised of five classes, was a big deal taking place on the water in the midst of all the other festivities. It featured Runabout Enduro Stock, Ski Stock and GP. And Sport Spec and GP.
All of the happenings at the regatta sounded super fun and exciting with close to 100,000 people expected to show up and watch everything go down from Flyboarding, Wakeboarding, Jet Ski Freestyle, Extreme Pogo, concerts, 5K run, fishing tournament for the kids, fireworks, and many more activities and it was free to attend! All you, the spectator,needed was a portable chair and some money for food and drink since a beer garden and food vendors were offering provisions.
Formula 2 Boat racing was even on the schedule along with a “grudge match” on personal watercraft between Uva Perez and Carlito Del Valle. Perez and Del Valle are the two fastest racers in the world and each rider was given three passes under a radar gun. Of course, the big news was Perez’s shattering of the world speed record on a turbocharged Yamaha FZR at 118MPh. That must have been fun to watch.
The 2017 event was sponsored by Abaco Sunglasses, Action Jet Sports, Blosion, Eco Reco Scooters, Jet Pilot, PWC Muscle, Pro Rider Magazine, Sea Doo, and Yamaha.
