What's S-1 World Wide

S1 is a slalom competition Yamaha Motor offers to all Waverunner riders around the world.
For the past seven years, S-1 WW has been providing lots of Kando and fun all around the world.
We hope that a lot of Yamaha WaveRunner Fans will enjoy WaveRunners and experience the profoundness of riding through S-1 WW in the future.

*What is Kando?
Kando is a Japanese word that captures the intense excitement and deep satisfaction people feel when they experience something of truly exceptional value. At Yamaha Motor, we seek to make Kando a distinctive benefit of everything we do by creating products and services that consistently exceed your expectations.

Summary of Slalom Rules for competition

Summary of Slalom

This is a competition on a course made up of a repetition of right and left turns. Participants compete in a time trial. (IJSBA certified course) By competing on the same course, you can also compete against past records and/or event records from other regions. Veteran riders take only around 20 seconds on this course but it requires a variety of WaveRunner handling skills. It is no exaggeration to say that the riders’ skills are concentrated in this short period of time.
In addition, when the competition is run properly, there is no risk of bumping into others on the course. This is very different from other races where riders compete on the same course at the same time.
With the correct operations framework led by an operations administrator, it is a competition that even beginner riders can participate in.
For more details, please contact your nearest regional organizer or Yamaha distributor.

The course

Competitions organized or sanctioned by the S-1 WORLDWIDE
Headquarters will use an IJSBA approved course of the SP-J4 type.