Most of the riders on the team - if not all - come from families that have moms, dads, brothers or sisters racing or coming out and supporting.” We have a couple riders that will run the amateur classes as well as the pro classes. “It’s a real good group of people,” Haig said. The Hurricane Racing team is comprised of just under 20 racers - ranging in racing class, age (the youngest rider just 16), as well as gender and nationality - coming from families involved in the sport. The Watercross World Championship, which offers free admission for fans at Sugden Regional Park, will continue through Sunday. Ski competitions ranging from age 10-5 and finishing with the amateur and pro freestyle qualifying competitions. The Watercross World Championships continue on Friday, starting with the Jr. Yes, I’m just a little tick off of the younger guys, but I’m still in the mix and typically I end up in a third, fourth or fifth type position.” When we go to most of the national tour races, there’s a battle up front. “When it comes to the pro class, I’m the old guy,” Haig said. Haig, 52, will also race in the Professional Class on Saturday. Haig, keeping true to his "Hurricane" moniker, finished first in Thursday’s Masters Ski GP Class race. Now 32 years into his professional jet ski racing career, Haig is the founder of Hurricane Racing, a 15-racer strong team that brought several of its riders to the Pro Watercross World Championship in Naples this week. “As we were racing they’d say, like ‘The Hammer is trying to make a pass,’ or ‘The Hammer is coming up in the rear,’ and they were were like, ‘We need a name for this kid.’” “The announcers would go crazy for ‘The Hammer,’” Haig said. The young expert-ranked rider, just a few races away from professional status, went up against world champion racer and mentor, Jacque "The Hammer" Bryant.Īs the two raced, Haig held the lead as Bryant trailed close behind, eventually beating the 2016 Hall of Fame inductee. In 1988, Bill Haig was 24 years old when he was dubbed with the moniker “The Hurricane.”
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