Its always fantastic to have new sponsors each year, and its our pleasure to announce that Farnley’s Jetskis Auckland have jumped on board to support the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4. Farnley’s Jetskis are now a dealer for Krash Industries and will be stocking their parts and accessories. Make sure you have chat to James and the team at the event. For more info check out www.farnleysjetskisauckland.com.

Great news for the event. Rotoma ITM have signed on board for the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4. Its fantastic to have their support. If you’re in the market for building materials, big or small, then call them. Good on ya ITM!!!

Yeow… Random Performance is on board again!!! Just fantastic to have them back for the fourth year running and always a pleasure. Based in Victoria, Australia, RP offer a wide range of product and accessories for your water scooter and couple that with some friendly advice its a one stop shop. You can contact RP through FB or via their website at www.rpcrew.com

With the national public holiday for Waitangi day drawing to a close here in New Zealand its an opportune time to welcome back NZ’s own freeride parts supplier to the Yamaha Festival of Freeride 4. KP Parts has a wide range of affordable and essential parts for your freeride ski. You can check out the range of product at www.kp-parts.com.

Krash Industries have just dropped this dope video of their riders, and the essence of the sport, from footage shot at the recent Daytona Freeride. Which make it perfect timing as well to welcome them back as a sponsor of the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4. Krash Industries have been involved since the inception of the FoF and have always supported the event generously. It is awesome to have their continued support. Krash is one of the major brands of aftermarket freeride hulls and composite accessories. You can check them out at their website www.krashindustries.com or on their FB page Krash Industries

Enjoy the video….

The purveyor of everything Blaster is on board for the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4. 701 Industries is back again. They have been with the event since its inception and their continued support is greatly appreciated. Dave will be back as well with his huge array of products to showcase so make sure you check out what he’s got going on!! Check out 701 Industries at www.701industries.com.

They’re back again. Otago Personal Watercraft (OPW) have jumped on board as sponsors of the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4. Otago Personal Watercraft are a specialised, one stop personal watercraft shop based 20mins from Dunedin. Steve and Deanne Amende have been an integral part of the South Island freeride scene and its great to have their support. You’ll be able to check out Steve’s new Falcon hull at the FoF4. For more info you can head to Otago Personal Watercraft on FB or www.opw.co.nz

Oh yes… We are back !! It is extremely exciting to announce that the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4 is on in late Feb 2016. It really does feel like just the other day the planing started on the first FoF at Sunset Beach. The FoF4 will be returning to Karioitahi Beach and the Auckland Jet Sport Association (AJSA) is proud to be hosting this event once again.

The 2016 event will be on Friday February 26th and Saturday February 27th (with Sunday Feb 28th as a backup for horrendous conditions). With the overall success of the last 2 FoF’s it is a no-brainier to return to Karioitahi Beach. So make sure you get this into your diaries asap and organise your leave early.

Once again Yamaha New Zealand are back on board from the get go with title sponsorship of this, the 4th iteration, of the FoF event. We simply could not do it without them and their support since the beginning has been amazing!!

There is plenty more information to released over the next few months and we’ll post it up as soon as it is available. Entries will be available to anyone and everyone and we hope to see everyone again from last years event and some new faces. We encourage anyone participating, or interested, in freeride to come along and enjoy riding with others of all experience levels.

We can’t wait to see everyone back again for the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 4. New Zealand’s Premiere Surf Freestyle event!!

The AJSA

It’s been just over a week and a half since the Yamaha Festival of Freeride 3 came to a close and only now are we getting back to a sense of normality. Another cracker of an event in which we surpassed our own expectations once again.

A massive thank you to Brendan and the team at Yamaha Marine NZ. We simply could not have put the event on without your support. Once again Yamaha were the first sponsor on board and that support really makes life a lot easier from the get go.

The contribution to the event from our major sponsors this year was fantastic. Otago Personal Watercraft, 701 Industries, Krash Industries, Supreme Blast & Paint, Rogers Boatshop, and Rapid Radio we sincerely thank you for your backing of the event.

There was the ever generous support of KP Parts, Random Performance, NZfreeride, Thrust Innovations, MB Fabrications, Motul, Air Time Products, JetManiac, HuckIt, ProRider Magazine and JetPilot. All of these sponsors made sure you had some awesome product and swag to choose from at the prize giving. As with every year, there are so many events on these days and for the event to be chosen and supported by the above is very humbling.

To all the participants of the FoF3 – thank you so very much for supporting the only free ride event in New Zealand. We are so lucky to have such a fantastic location to hold the event. Most of you had a long way to travel so we appreciate you making the effort to support the event. A huge thank you to Pierre Maixent for finding the time to come to NZ and experience the FoF. We hope you enjoyed the NZ hospitality.

A special thanks to Reece and the team from Rogers Boatshop for the, once again, delicious BBQ that they provided during the event. Thanks also to Red Bull for their support of the event, ensuring everyone was suitably energised with wiiings to go big.

A massive thank you to Simon le Comte for making time to come from Australia to NZ to support our event with his specialist water safety skills. It makes life so much easier when you have an experienced, and qualified, individual dedicated to marshalling. Thanks also to Jack Burton, who once again selflessly provided his ski for marshalling duties, was running about getting gear ready prior to the event, and was the first there on the beach each morning. And also again, a massive thanks to Pauly Paul for all his help in sussing out a lot of the gear we used on the beach. Also big thanks to the Marine Medics team for being there both days to make sure we had the appropriate medical cover.

To all the others that have contributed to the event thank you so much. You know who you are. Thank you to everyone that chipped in with setting up, running, and packing down the event. Awesome stuff and was very much appreciated.

Finally, something special has been put together by Guy Mac to capture the essence of the Yamaha NZ Festival of Freeride 3. A huge thank you to him for turning around such a fantastic event video in such a short space of time. Also, Craig Patterson, thanks so very much for coming out with your epic drone that had provided the most unbelievable footage. Very very jaw dropping stuff.

Make sure you go full screen, HD on, and plenty of sound. Enjoy, and remember to “Support those that support the sport”.