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Pictured Below, R&D Racing sharing the stage after PWCOFFSHORE wins the the overall at the 2009 Mark Hahn Memorial 300 Mile National Championship Race 


The PWCOFFSHORE Racing WARRIOR AWARD:
The annual Warrior Award is awarded to the member of PWCOFFSHORE Racing that best demonstrates the core values of PWCOFFSHORE Racing.  They are integrity, a collaborative spirit, inclusiveness and being tenacious on the race course.  They demonstrate "Strength & Honor"  both on and off the race course.

2011 Warrior Award Winner:  Steve Friebe

 
Individual Race Club Members:  

John Belton, Redondo Beach, California.  PWCOFFSHORE Club Member since 2007 

Primary Race Craft:  2009 Kawasaki ULTRA 260X     John is a seasoned veteran of offshore riding and offshore racing.  Belton is the most experienced rider selected to be a PWCOFFSHORE sponsored rider for 2008.  John has been riding personal watercraft for 23 years.  Most of that riding has been in the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles, California.  Nick named "The Master" by his peers, John has earned the respect of those peers from hundreds of rides and countless hours spent on the ocean.  Simply put, John is a tremendous wealth of information for offshore riding and racing related topics.  Very few people know the Long Beach to Catalina channel as well as John.  As much as John likes to ride hard and aggressively, safety has always been a paramount concern for both himself and his friends on the water.  John also enjoys casual summer riding in the general Colorado River Valley area.   

 Race history / highlights are as follows:
July 2002:  Won very first Jet Ski race entered.  150 mile Team Endurance Race.
Aug 2002: 10th overall Long Beach to Catalina 
       2003:  Earned the #2 Plate for the BP Offshore Endurance Series
Aug 2004:  8th Overall Long Beach to Catalina
Feb 2005:  3rd Overall Mark Hahn 300
Feb 2006:  3rd Overall Mark Hahn 300
Feb 2007:  1st Overall Mark Hahn 300
Aug 2007:  10th Overall Long Beach to Catalina (broke the one hour mark with a time of 58 minutes). 
Feb 2008:  13th Overall at the 2008 Mark Hahn (riding with Tracy Malan) 
April 2009: 5th overall at the Dana Point to Avalon Offshore Sprint
Nov 2009: First stock craft to finsih at the Dana Point to Oceanside and Back Offshore Race

Given that John rides almost every weekend, he has made 600+ trips from Long Beach to Catalina and back.  Yes, no embellishment there, 500 round trips or the equivalent of 29000 miles or about 9 trips across the United States worth of Long Beach to Catalina Channel experience.  John has been an athlete his entire life. "I learned how to surf, sail, and swim all before I was 10 years old so I am very comfortable in the water".   John currently lives on his Sailboat in Redondo Beach, CA which further complements his "on the water" lifestyle.  

Personal Watercraft that John has owned in the past: 1985 550 Kawasaki JetSki, 1987 550 Kawasaki JetSki, 1991 550 Kawasaki Jet Ski, 1996 750 Kawasaki ZXi, 1998 1100 Kawasaki STX, 1998 750 Kawasaki SXi Pro, 2000 1200 Kawasaki Ultra 150, 2002 1200 Kawasaki 1200 STX-R, 2004 1200 Kawasaki 1200 STX-R

Current Watercraft John Owns:  2003 800 Kawasaki Jet Ski SXR, 2005 Sea Doo RXT, 2007 Kawasaki Ultra 250
Sponsors: PWCOFFSHORE.com, R&D, Hydro-Turf