I wish you guys could come to the Chesapeake, I can't wait to race a 300X. With the way I have been beating EVERYTHING else. I am 6' and weigh 210 lbs. Just raced a 2009 Seadoo RXP-X 255 hp and beat it 5 skis outta the hole and at 1000' it was 15 skis- that guy was stunned, the look on his face was priceless. Anyway, I started with a 215 hp ski, now it is 300 hp and have a little more invested then a new 300 X, my ski will run 76 mph all day long and once and while 77-78 mph,Jerry Gaddis personally talked to me about some changes and I did them. So I'm sure the Kawaski is fast but until I get beat by one I'm not buying the fact it can beat me, because I see where I am on the food chain here and now. You can say oh I got monster mods, but remember what I started with 215 hp. Thats all for now I will let my ski do the talking with a video when I come against the 300X As far as big water is concerned I don't do off shore racing beacause of a bad knee from a car accident