Key Figures · Racer

Mike Klippenstein

Won ski and sport classes at the World Finals in 1999, 2004, 2008 and 2015 on the association's held sheets, among them Pro Sport 785 SS, GP Ski and Masters Ski Stock.

1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018 (this page's records)
5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

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Titles on the record (7)

Each read off a results document the archive holds: a result sheet, or, for a season's title, the body's own champions grid or season table, with the name as that document prints it.

Results

1999 · Confirmed

On the 1999 sheet he is ranked first in Pro Sport 785 SS and fifth in both Pro Runabout 1200 SS and Pro Runabout 785 SS, on a Sea-Doo in the two runabout classes, and the sheet prints Canada for him.

Sources: 1999 World Finals results

2004 · Confirmed

At the 2004 World Finals he won Expert Ski Limited, taking both its slalom and its closed-course final, and Expert Veterans Ski Superstock, winning its closed-course final. He was fourth in Expert Ski Superstock and third in Pro-Am Ski Stock.

Sources: 2004 World Finals Expert overall; 2004 World Finals Expert slalom; 2004 World Finals Expert closed course; 2004 World Finals Expert Vet Ski; 2004 World Finals Pro-Am Ski Stock

2008 · Confirmed

At the 2008 World Finals he won Masters Ski Stock and Pro/Am Veteran Ski Limited, both by winning both motos, and GP Ski, and was ninth in Pro Ski Open.

Sources: 2008 World Finals results

2015 · Confirmed

At the 2015 World Finals he won Pro Am Ski LTD and was second in Endurance and in Pro Ski, listed for Canada and on a Kawasaki in Pro Am Ski LTD and Endurance.

Sources: 2015 World Finals results

2017 and 2018 · Confirmed

In 2017 he was fourth in Endurance Runabout Open and ninth in Pro Ski Modified and in Pro-Am Ski Stock, with race number 212 on both days, and in 2018 he was eighth in Pro Ski Modified.

Sources: 2017 World Finals Sunday results; 2017 World Finals Saturday results; 2018 World Finals race 19

1999, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2017 and 2018 · Likely

The archive reads his rows of 1999, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2017 and 2018 as one rider. The tie is his full name, Canada where a sheet prints it (1999, 2015 and 2017), and the ski classes he is listed in from 2004 to 2018. That reading is the archive's inference. His race number at 2017 is not part of the tie, because another rider carries the same number on that sheet.

Sources: 1999 World Finals results; 2004 World Finals Expert overall; 2008 World Finals results; 2015 World Finals results; 2017 World Finals Saturday results; 2018 World Finals race 19

Recognition

Likely

The association's hall of fame lists Mike Klippenstein among its 2008 inductees. The roster gives names only, so linking it to the racer on these sheets rests on the name.

Sources: IJSBA hall of fame page

Names as printed

MIKE KLIPPENSTEIN (1999 World Finals results); Klippenstein, Mike (2004 World Finals Expert overall)

Elsewhere in the archive

• History chapter: The IJSBA and the World Finals
• Event: IJSBA World Finals
• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Era: The makers and their machines
• Era: The rule book years

What the archive has not read (3)

• The association's champions page also lists him for Amateur Freestyle in 1991, Expert Ski Ltd. in 2006 and Pro Ski in 2007. The archive holds no result sheet for those years (checked 2026-10-05 against the sheets held for 1999, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the 2013 entry list), so none is a title here.
• The 2004 and 2008 sheets print no event or year in their text; both come from the addresses the association published them at (checked 2026-10-05).
• No machine is printed for him on the 2004 or 2008 sheets, and the makes the champions page gives for 2004 and 2007 are not confirmed by any held sheet (checked 2026-10-05).

Documents cited on this page

• 1999 World Finals results (web.archive.org): 1999 Skat-Trak World Finals, overall results by class (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 1999; sanctioning body, high. Overall results by class for the World Finals of 10 to 17 October 1999, extracted from the association's PDF. The extract lets the hometown and maker columns drift against the names in places, so only a name and the position printed on the same line are read as one row.
• 2004 World Finals Expert overall (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Expert classes overall (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Overall results for the Expert classes, as extracted text. Event and year come from the file's address.
• 2004 World Finals Expert Vet Ski (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Expert Veterans Ski overall (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Expert Veterans Ski overall results, as extracted text. (as 2004 World Finals Expert overall above)
• 2008 World Finals results (web.archive.org): IJSBA World Finals 2008, complete results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2008; sanctioning body, high. Every class of the 2008 World Finals with placings and moto results, as text extracted from the association's own PDF. The sheet prints no event title or year; both come from its address on the association's site.
• 2015 World Finals results (web.archive.org): Quakeysense World Finals 2015, revised final results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2015-10-19; sanctioning body, high. Revised final results by race, with make per rider, for the World Finals of October 2015. The 2013/07 in the address is an upload folder, not the year.
• 2004 World Finals Expert slalom (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Expert slalom results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Slalom results for the Expert classes, as extracted text. (as 2004 World Finals Expert overall above)
• 2004 World Finals Expert closed course (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Expert closed course results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Closed course results for the Expert classes, as extracted text. (as 2004 World Finals Expert overall above)
• 2004 World Finals Pro-Am Ski Stock (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Pro-Am Ski Stock results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Pro-Am Ski Stock results, as extracted text. (as 2004 World Finals Expert overall above)
• 2017 World Finals Sunday results (ijsba.com): 2017 Blowsion World Finals Results, Sunday 8 October (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2017-10-08; sanctioning body, high. The association's posted results for the Sunday of the 2017 World Finals, including the pro classes, read on 22 September 2026.
• 2017 World Finals Saturday results (ijsba.com): 2017 Blowsion World Finals Results, Saturday 7 October (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2017-10-07; sanctioning body, high. The association's posted results for the Saturday of the 2017 World Finals, read on 22 September 2026.
• 2018 World Finals race 19 (web.archive.org): 2018 World Finals, final results, race 19, Pro Ski Modified (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2018-10-07; sanctioning body, high. One race's final results, as for race 15: names and other cells are separate blocks in the extract.
• IJSBA hall of fame page (ijsba.com): The Jacobsen-Stjernstrom IJSBA Hall of Fame (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association; sanctioning body, high. The association's own roster, read on 22 September 2026, giving the hall's name, its creation and dedication in 2006, and inductees by year to 2014, names only. It publishes no selection criteria and no citation for anyone.

Changes to this page

• 2026-10-09: Removed a gap that named a Mike Klippenstein for two Long Beach to Catalina races from the race's winners list alone.

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