The time had arrived, winter in California. That means one thing to Freerider Taylor Curtis “big storms equal big waves.” That was just the case last December when a massive swell was forecast to hit the Central Coast and we were not going to miss it. By Dana Curtis

Just offshore about 10 miles from Taylor’s home is a special wave that is down right knarly with the right conditions. This wave needs a least a 12-foot swell to break and as predicted they were calling for an 18ft plus swell, Taylor was pumped. Anxiously awaiting the morning to come so we could get out there at first light. The alarm went off at 5am. We headed down to the marina and had a chilling ride out; it was about 32 degrees that morning.

Arriving on the spot there were about 4 tow teams already they’re scoping the scene, just watching the wave. The barrel was spitting and looking pretty cold, heavy and mean, but that is just what Taylor’s driving force is. Taylor has been watching and riding this wave for years and has wanted to get in that barrel but has thought the penalty of a mistake would be too dangerous. Getting tube time in this wave meant putting yourself on the line and he was going to push the limit further than he has gone before. No one else was surfing yet so Taylor took the chance to ride the beast.  His thought on the day was to do no jumping and just try and surf ride and get as close to inside of the barrel as possible.

When 14-year-old British Amateur Freestyle Champion, Jack Moule, entered the World Finals for the first time, he kept this day-to-day log of his time at Havasu.

Tuesday 13th October
Fly to Las Vegas. We arrive at our hotel in Havasu about 8 0'clock tonight. Lee, Dan and Darren are all in the pool so I leave Mum and Dad unpacking and jump in with them. We practise our backflips and dives! Steve Bushell rings Mum and tells her that James is riding my ski in their pool (I think Mum believed him…Lol)

Wednesday 14th October
Breakfast with everyone and then we head off to the Bushells to collect my ski and say hi to everyone on Team GB. The weather is boiling and everyone is really happy! Dad and me head off to Body Beach for a ski whilst Mum stays sunbathing at the hotel pool. Lenzi, Jason Stoyer, Pat Bogart and Rick Roy are all out skiing and we have a great time! Then later, Mum drags us shopping before dinner – there's loads of great gear in the shops out here!

The past 20 years have seen some beautiful women grace these pages. There has been glitz, glamour, and a hideous amount of pink lycra. Luckily for you Spicer has been through the archives and picked the 20 hottest Jet Skier&PW babes.

This really was an irksome project. Can you imagine it? Day after day, pouring over pictures of beautiful women. Magnificent bottoms, stunning jubblies, and more camel toes than the Sahara desert. This kind of work could turn you blind.
Hoochy-koochy-mummas from all over the PW world. There are some girls from Brazil (actually, make that A LOT of girls from Brazil), there are some models from the Yamaha and Sea-Doo launches, there are some from the HydroTurf calendar, and there are some of our very own British beauties.
Now on the off chance that any of you have objections to this article, I want you to know that we conducted a thorough online survey (jetskierforum.co.uk), and 94% of voters wanted this article to run. So, for the six per cent out there, our apologies, but seriously - grow some hairies.

The following women have either been involved in personal watercraft racing, advertising, or modelling. All of them have appeared in Jet Skier&PW magazine at some point over the last 20 years.

Right, so here you have it - the top 20 Jet Skier&PW babes of all time . . .

World class waves, crystal clear South Pacific Ocean, and warm tropical breezes. The French Polynesian Islands have so much to offer, as Dana Barry discovered when she went to Tahiti with free rider Taylor Curtis.

Going to Tahiti is somewhere Taylor and I have always wanted to go, but it was just a far off painted picture in our minds until last year at the Daytona Free ride in Florida when we met fellow friend and free rider Alexandra Grossiord. It just so happened that she was from Tahiti and was more than happy to help us set up a trip for the time of our lives! From that moment and for the next nine months we were determined to do all we could to make sure we did not pass up the opportunity.