With most tours announcing schedules early this year, as covered in The Watercraft Journal’s earlier posts, things have been somewhat quite on the race front for the last couple weeks, but a few announcements lately by East Coast Watercross have caught our eye, and we want to make sure WCJ readers are up-to-date on all the 2025 SBT East Coast Watercross Lake Alfred jet ski race weekend tea.
At ECW, all the talk is about the tour’s first Florida race at Lake Alfred on Feb. 21-23. There have been pretty constant updates regarding the event, and you can check out the ECW website or the Facebook Event Page for more details, but highlights include:
- This event is a test run to see if this is a viable event for ECW to do as a winter series in 2026… full lines will help determine the future of this race!
- Sponsors are still being accepted: contact [email protected]
- ECW will be offering an experimental class with the blessing of the IJSBA and are excited to try out the WX1050 and Junior WX1050 class in lieu of Ski lites and four stroke ski lites classes… they will be adopting the American Jet Sport Association rule book for this class for the race weekend in Lake Alfred, Florida.
A tentative course map is now available – including a Joker bouy!
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Steve Hotchkiss is offering a sponsor deal to all superchicken racers that want to come race. The first three racers that pre register (and show up to race) the superchicken class will have their entry fees paid in full for Saturday!
- Staybridge Suites Winter Haven – Auburndale will be the host hotel. Details available on the website and Facebook page.
- Mikey Young will be on the mic at the 2025 SBT East Coast Watercross Lake Alfred jet ski race weekend Feb 21-23. He will be joined on the mic by ECW’s own David Anderson and Mike Remar may join in!. Also, Nadia Zarnowski is coming out of retirement to score for the event!
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