Upstate Watercraft Promotions, Inc (UWP) was found in 1996 as one of eight regional tours located in northeastern part of the USA or better known as “Region 8” through sanctioning of the International Jet Sport Boating Association (IJSBA). UWP in 2009 partnered with the IJSBA to produce the UWP-IJSBA Watercross National Tour, as a starting point to revamp watercross racing across the country.  

UWP’s mission is to promote the positive image of Personal Watercrafts (PWC) by communicating and

educating International Jet Sports Boating Association members as well as all PWC enthusiasts on the fun, safe, responsible use of PWCs.This includes, navigational and local boating laws, which we encourage all riders to obey the local, state and federal regulations. UWP promotes organized and supervised PWC events in a professional manner. All of our events are sanctioned by the IJSBA which serves as an international governing and sanctioning body for Personal Watercraft (PWC) racing.

Sure, this sounds formal but the basic premise of this is important! UWP-IJSBA National Tour is the featured national tour of the IJSBA.  The tour brings together the finest professional and amateur athletes in the watercross, in the most fan friendly venues in the United States; beautiful beaches, extreme racing on technical and challenging closed courses, great payout, warm sun (hopefully) and lots of fun! These are the things that make the UWP-IJSBA National Tour the biggest, best watercross racing events in the world!