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Seadoo PWC covers are a funny topic amongst racers. Every racer I know wants a rad looking cover and goes to great lengths and expense to find these covers but very few will admit that it is a priority for them. When it comes to tournaments and races all of the competitors, including myself, are keen to get those covers off the machine and get the machine on to the water! A few months before the first race of the season, I mentioned to the race organizer that I was contributing to a seadoo pwc cover blog. Before long I got an email saying that an optional cover contest was to be held after the Saturday races and before the awards dinner.

A lot of racers are proud but quiet about their choice of seadoo cover. Most riders prefer to make their statements on the water. That said, I know amongst my closer racer friends that the look of their covers is very important and a source of unspoken pride at tournaments. I know that some of the better racers (with sponsor money) have new seadoo pwc covers for every season.

By Saturday morning no one had entered the contest. I reckoned it would be a last minute decision for many of the racers. After all, everyone needed to concentrate on the real reason they were at the tournament in the first place. I reckoned that once the competition was over the riders might be interested in a little bit of fashion fun.

Saturday afternoon I went to look for the organizer and when I found him I was told that no one had entered the competition. I was disappointed but not surprised. The competitors were standing around in small groups getting reacquainted and I noticed some small talk about the cover contest. Some of the racers were saying that they had no intention of entering the contest but if they were so inclined they would be sure to win. As the afternoon drew to a close the claims of having the hottest cover became more insistent. It was decided that relatives ( read: girlfriends, boyfriends, children or spouses) could enter the seadoo covers on behalf of the athletes.

Once family was permitted to enter, we got 4 or 5 contestants immediately. There was a clear sentimental favorite as it was presented by a dancing 5 year old. The custom details were vines and roses as the watercraft was based out of Roses Marina. The cover itself was a light green water resistant material with thick darker green stitching.

The seadoo cover contest was a lot of fun. I can see it being repeated at this competition year after year. Some of the competitors were taking about swapping covers with some of the international competitors at bigger events. This tournament has always been one of my favorites. As always, it was a lot of quality racing but this year it had the added twist of featuring custom designed seadoo pwc covers.