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Champion Powersports

Brian Baldwin's jet ski repair shop in Denver, North Carolina, which a local paper says he decided in 2008 to open, and whose backing a Sea-Doo blog credited on his 2012 race craft.

The BaddJet shop lists Champion Powersports as a vendor. This page is the archive's record of what the documents say, it links to no product and prints no price, and it follows the same rules as every other company here.

• a year printed above a fact on this page
• a year printed above no fact

Printed above the facts, 2012 to 2015 and 2024. Printed above none, 2016 to 2023.

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On the race sheets

2012 · Likely

BRP's Sea-Doo OnBoard blog reported on 24 July 2012 that Brian Baldwin took the Pro Open win at the Virginia National of the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) aboard his Champion Powersports backed Sea-Doo RXP-X. This is the maker's own post.

Sources: Sea-Doo OnBoard 24 July 2012

2024 · Likely

The Watercraft Journal's report of 16 July 2024 on the second round at Michigan City of the 2024 SBT P1 AquaX season prints Champion Powersports fourth in its team points table after that round, with 214 points. The archive reads this as the same business from the name, an inference.

Sources: WCJ P1 AquaX Michigan City 2024

The business on record

2013 · Likely

Lake Norman Publications' profile of 19 April 2018, written from an interview, says on the founder's account, as the paper relays it, that Brian Baldwin decided in 2008 to open a jet ski repair shop in Denver and that in 2013 he moved the shop, Champion Power Sports, to larger quarters in Denver, where he handles PWS and ATV repairs and sales. The archive reads Champion Power Sports as the same business as Champion Powersports from the owner and the town, an inference.

Sources: Lake Norman Publications 19 Apr 2018

2014 and 2015 · Likely

In The Watercraft Journal's interview of 16 July 2014 the magazine's question says that when he is not racing Brian Baldwin spends his time at Champion Powersports, and asks how he came to own and operate his own business; he answers that he set out to provide a competent repair shop for his area. In its interview of 28 October 2015 he says he works at his jet ski shop Champion Powersports in Denver, North Carolina. The answers are his own account.

Sources: WCJ 16 Jul 2014 Seven Deadly Questions; WCJ 28 Oct 2015 Seven Deadly Questions

Elsewhere in the archive

• History chapter: The aftermarket: shops, dealers and teams
• Event: IJSBA National Tour
• Event: P1 AquaX
• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Organisation: P1 AquaX
• Era: The rule book years
• Era: Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

What the archive has not read (2)

• No state registry record for Champion Powersports is held (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).
• No held document names the riders scored for the Champion Powersports team in the 2024 table (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-19).

Documents cited on this page

• Lake Norman Publications 19 Apr 2018 (lakenormanpublications.com): Brian Baldwin: World Champion Jet Skier (Lake Norman Publications, 19 April 2018), Lake Norman Publications, 2018-04-19; editorial, medium. A local newspaper's profile, written from an interview, so what it says of the shop is the owner's account as the paper relays it. Only the sentence on the shop is held.
• Sea-Doo OnBoard 24 July 2012 (web.archive.org): X-TEAM TUESDAY: Snyder and Baldwin give Sea-Doo 1-1 win in Pro Stock and Pro Open at Virginia National (Sea-Doo OnBoard, 24 July 2012, Wayback capture), Sea-Doo OnBoard (BRP), 2012-07-24; manufacturer primary, medium. A maker's blog post on the 2012 IJSBA Virginia National, read from a Wayback capture of the blog's tag page. It is the maker's own account of its riders' results; the round's sheet is not held.
• WCJ P1 AquaX Michigan City 2024 (watercraftjournal.com): Farthings Bookend Podiums at P1 AquaX Round 2 In Michigan City (The Watercraft Journal, Jessica Waters, 16 July 2024), The Watercraft Journal, 2024-07-16; editorial, medium. The trade magazine's report of Round 2 of the SBT P1 AquaX 2024 Series at Michigan City, Indiana, closing with a table headed "Team Points as of Round 2" that lists eleven teams with their points, among them Farthing Racing, MACC Racing Monster Energy, Champion Powersports, Snyder Built RIVA Racing and RIVA Racing. Medium for the table as the magazine printed it; the series' own standings page is not held. The held copy keeps the date, the line naming the round and the table only: the rest of the article is not copied.
• WCJ 16 Jul 2014 Seven Deadly Questions (watercraftjournal.com): Seven Deadly Questions With Brian Baldwin (The Watercraft Journal, 16 July 2014), The Watercraft Journal, 2014-07-16; enthusiast media, medium. An interview in the magazine's question series. The questions are the magazine's own words; the rider's answers are his own account and are attributed wherever a record uses them.
• WCJ 28 Oct 2015 Seven Deadly Questions (watercraftjournal.com): Seven Deadly Questions With Brian Baldwin (The Watercraft Journal, 28 October 2015), The Watercraft Journal, 2015-10-28; enthusiast media, medium. A later interview in the same question series, published after the 2015 World Finals. Its questions are the editors' own; the answers are the rider's telling and carry his name in any claim.

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“Champion Powersports”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/key-figures/companies/champion-powersports/

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