www.ravenracingvideo.com Jet Boat Racing the Salmon River in Riggins Idaho. The music is by Saints of Silence. Every third weekend in April race boats hit the Salmon River. This race event has been going on now for over 25 years. This was the first race of the 2009 jet boat racing season. Racers traveled as far away as Canada, Oregon, Washington, and California. The town of Riggins Idaho hosted a number of events that weekend. The had the annual BBQ, Toughman competition where anyone could get into the ring, put on a pair of boxing gloves and see who was the last person standing. The boats are made entirely out of aluminum. The engines range in horsepower from 360 horsepower to a whopping 600-800 horsepower. There speeds range from mid 80s to over 100+ mph. The safety features on these boats include 5 point racing harnesses, rollbars that are made out of chromoly steel, Some boats even use halon extinguishers, The drivers arrive on Friday to preview the rivers and look for the fastest race lines possible. They are not allowed to do this in their race boats though. The racers must use a personal pleasure boat or get a ride in a preview boat to run the course. Drivers must also try to remember where those fastest race lines were come Saturday. When the races get under way these jet boat racers must run a total of six legsthrough the river course. Three of those legs are down-stream and three are ran upstream. The racers do not race each other rather they are racing a clock …
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wtf is with all the gay music in your videos
Posted on the 09 video too,, This is some cool stuff!!! gives a hole new meaning to the term “HOLY CRAP”….
I live near Lake Tahoe, where would the closest race be to me and when???
Hmm, can I buy a ride?
“KEEP IT STIFF!”
salmon river…. @ 1:39 you’ve been nocked by an angel
thats why he he is racing 16 his boat is number 16
Makes sense I suppose, lol.
Excellent!!!! vous êtes trop fort les ricains!!! en FRANCE, il est impossible de faire ces races. Trop de bruit!!
Continuez!!!
Eric (FRANCE)
the white boat is his.
They use to run a driver, throttleman, and a navigator back in the early 90′s now they just run a driver and navigator.
Are most boats set up for pilot / throttle man crews, or is it one driver and a navigator?
Always great videos man. That white and red boat must be a top dog because he’s in almost all of your vids.
great vid , always good
much better nav lines that time
two thumbs up boys
Makes you miss Riggins already
Great video 5*****
Gee, Jesse….you really like skipping down through Timezone like a flat rock, don’t ya ?
awesome video i love the boats….i Have a 40ft hustler fiore
Gotta add, that as a driver, this one seems more to the point than the other Riggins video, I liked it a lot.
Nice Chris! Wish we had gotten you better video to work with, but you seem to be able to take scraps and sticks and make something pretty damn good out of it anyway. I think next year we’ll just take an old Polaroid over and see what you can do with that!
Seriously, each one is better and better, I am amazed.
AWESOME!!!! Jets Rule!
I live for jets, however I would love to go for a dig in one of those monsters.
Stay safe and have fun.
Great footage,Top vid 5*
Alan.
sweet video.