2020 NZ Jet Boat Marathon - Matukituki River

2020 New Zealand Jet Boat Marathon.
Day two - Legs 3 & 4 on the Matukituki River in New Zealand.
What follows is some of the racing action from the viewpoint of a chase helicopter and the on-board cameras of John Derry and Mike Pooley.
Both John and Mike are racing in boats powered by Jet Engines and capable of 130+ mph.
While there were 4 legs raced on this particular day - We didnt get video footage from all of the cameras on all of the legs. So this clips details the interesting parts of the first two legs in the morning.

[@ourfamily1115]

Awesome footage. Thank you for sharing.

[@levimurcer9520]

Gotta be awesome on that glass water

[@AlexA-nx9bf]

Fantastic video, great boats

[@toddrohrlach8336]

Who said Kiwis can't fly. Just insane nav work.

[@TheButlerNZ]

When I was younger I watched a video of a powerboat flipping as a cameraman leaps out of its way.. and I was thinking... if they had cunnards like the Russian concord they could teeter on flying and really go... 30 odd years later...