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San Clemente, CA. (BUSINESS WIRE), The Miami International Boat Show proved to be a huge success for PowerSki International Corporation and the patented PowerSki Jetboard™ Igniter 330™. This year, PowerSki International Corporation's booth was inside the main facility and featured not only their PowerSki Jetboards™, but also announced the availability of the Supertorque XT™ Marine Drive System as an OEM component for alternate applications. Designers of many of these small watercraft can't wait to try the Supertorque XT™ Marine Drive System for their own products' propulsion systems.
Powerski Jetboard™ Igniter 330™ Gains Sales Momentum at the Miami International Boat Show
 Combined with pre-paid orders prior to and during the show, PowerSki International has received over an estimated $5 million in orders. This $5 million represents approximately 950 units in sales/orders including, approximately, 500 fully prepaid payments for PowerSki JetBoards™ with the balance of 450 units as irrevocable letters of credit orders from overseas' distributors. Based on minimum sales goals for the first year, dealers' and distributors' contractually-committed orders are estimated at over 8,000 units. Revenues could reach an estimated $42 to $51 million in Powerski Jetboard™ Igniter 330™ sales alone.
To date Powerski has shipped approximately 130 Powerski Jetboard™ units worldwide. Due to low-rate production tooling, and the high price of small quantity piece parts, these early units cost Powerski, approximately, $12K to $15k each. This month, Powerski will be receiving the first Die Cast engines of the 12,000 engines on order from Daesung Fine Tec. Die Cast is a high-rate production tooling process that lowers the cost per engine. PowerSki has lowered the cost of goods for the entire unit's components using three factors; high-rate production tooling, large quantity purchasing, and lowered labor costs. These three factors allow PowerSki International Corporation to move into mass production with a potential profit in each new Powerski Jetboard™ produced.
Powerski International Corporation has also recently signed new distributors in several more countries, as well as new dealers across the US. These new members of the PowerSki team will be added to PowerSki's web site in the very near future.
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People were amazed by the Powerski Jetboard Igniter 330™ exhibit.
Powerski's booth stirred up lots of excitement at the Miami International boat show in Florida. |
| On display at the Miami International Boat Show, among some of the fastest racing boats in the world, the Powerski Jetboard™ Igniter 330™ generated its own aura of speed and performance. |
 Feb. 19th 2005, CONTROL from Univision Network shoots the PowerSki JetBoard™ in action at Jewfish Creek at Gilberts resort in Key Largo, Florida. CONTROL is a fresh and original magazine-style show that covers all the topics that appeal to the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. Hispanic market, its young adults. Hispanic young adults take “control” of the air waves every Saturday with the subjects, stories, and events that truly interest them, such as music, art, fashion, sports, fitness, health, and entertainment. In the ten years that it has been on the air, CONTROL has received 3 Emmy Awards for not only its innovative, state-of-the-art production techniques, but also for its impacting, positive message to U.S. Hispanic young adults.
Barbie from the CONTROL T.V. Series rides PowerSki JetBoard™ for first time.
Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN) is the premier Spanish-language media company in the United States and the fifth largest of all U.S. networks. Its operations include: Univision Network, the most-watched Spanish-language broadcast television network in the U.S. reaching 92% of the Hispanic population in the U.S. through its affiliate stations, and over 600 satellite-interconnected cable systems that have a national audience of over 7 million households. www.univision.com
Beyond Tomorrow Television Shoot
 On March 9th & 10th, 2005, BEYOND TOMORROW from the producers of the popular television series Beyond 2000 shown on the DISCOVERY CHANNEL, came all the way out from Australia to shoot the PowerSki Jetboard™ Igniter 330™. This is another very exciting opportunity for PowerSki International Corporation.
The show will be aired first in Australia in around mid-June. BEYOND TOMORROW is the cutting edge series that will change the way you think about your future. From the makers of the world's most popular science and technology program, Beyond 2000, this new series looks even further into our future to see what is now within the realms of possibility, showcasing cutting edge stories about the technology radically changing our lives and the medical breakthroughs saving our lives. The program will be filmed in locations around the world and in Australia, the magazine-style format is packed with amazing technological innovations and breakthrough scientific advancements, which are destined to change the way we live.
Break the science fiction barrier and take a journey into our future. BEYOND TOMORROW is hardwired to entertain the whole family.
The PowerSki Jetboard™ Igniter 330™ is the one and only of its kind, A True Motorized Surfboard.
PowerSki International Corporation's patented PowerSki Jetboard™ Igniter 330™ has achieved what no other company has ever been able to accomplish. It's a fully maneuverable high performance motorized surfboard that delivers the ultimate Surfing G-Force turn without the need for a mechanical steering device. Unlike personal watercraft the PowerSki JetBoard™ does not use a swivel-jet to provide directional control. Bob Montgomery, Inventor/CEO of PowerSki International Corp. states, “It's all about beauty, logic, design and balance. I knew from the start that to give a rider the real experience and thrill of surfing, it was necessary to place the center of gravity directly below the riders' feet. This is the only way a rider can fully extend their body, almost perpendicular, inches above the water at full speed and achieve a true G-Force surfing turn without any mechanical steering device. There are no steering devices on surfboards. A surfer simply shifts his weight, left or right, over the center of gravity to make a turn. That's what makes the patented PowerSki Jetboard™ Igniter 330™ the one and only of its kind.” (Refer to the physics of surfing). Bob went on to say, “What makes a stand up Jet Ski so difficult for a novice rider is the inherent instability created by an imbalance by design. A mechanical steering device, a swivel-jet, is placed behind the rider, the power plant, which obviously represents a good bit of the weight, is placed in front of him, couple that with a high placement of the center of gravity and that produces instability. When the rider turns the handlebars, it throws the rear end out from under the novice rider's feet sending the novice rider into a potential wipe out. The watercraft industry needed to create a “sit-down” personal watercraft in order to stabilize a novice rider in these sliding turns. Sitting down also lowers the center of gravity. The novice rider can now more easily control this slide-out effect while maintaining his balance.”
Chad Montgomery executing a cool flat water G-Force surfing turn only available with the patented PowerSki Jetboard™ Igniter 330™.
The Physics of Surfing
The sport of surfing has been around for hundreds of years. From the ancient Hawaiians on long, heavy wooden boards to today's surfers on new, light epoxy boards, physics has always played an integral role in this sport. Since waves have not changed over the centuries, the basic physical principles that apply to surfing have remained the same. This consistency has allowed the surfers of today to harness the physics to develop new board designs that produce a faster, more maneuverable ride.
Balance is one of the keys to surfing. The proper position requires the rider to place one foot toward the tail and the other toward the nose, straddling the center of gravity. Because one half of the rider's weight is on either side of the center of gravity, no rotation occurs and the board is balanced. The rider must place his feet evenly along the stringer to prevent left to right rotation. Deliberate left to right rotation causes turning. - By: Erin Grimley
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