History
Jetsprinting as an organised sport originated in New Zealand in 1981, and events were originally held in the same natural braided rivers that had inspired Sir William Hamilton to develop the jetboat, but when the sport was introduced to Australia in the mid-1980s permanent artificial courses were used—and this is now the norm even in New Zealand.
A fiercely contested Tasman championship has now led to a three way world championship (with the introduction of the sport to the United States, under the auspices of the Union Internationale Motonautique). The host nation rotates between New Zealand, Australia and the U.S.A
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