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Taylor Curtis

A freerider whom Personal Watercraft Illustrated and The Watercraft Journal report at surf gatherings from Baja to Virginia Beach, in pieces dated 2005 to 2018, and who raced the Vet Ski GP class in 2018.

At a glance

Role
Racer and rider
On the record
4 years, from 2008 to 2018
Disciplines
Freeride
Titles on the record
none read off a held results document yet
In the archive
2 history chapters and 1 event
  1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
  2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005
  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

The eras this page's records fall in are drawn solid; the others are hollow.

How we know: Each bar runs the years printed on that era's panel, and which eras a page falls in is the archive's grouping of its records, not the length of anyone's career.

Years 2008 to 2018, one box each A single row of boxes, solid for a year printed above a fact and hollow for a year printed above none. 2008 2010 2018
  • a year printed above a fact on this page
  • a year printed above no fact

Printed above the facts, 2008, 2009, 2014 and 2018. Printed above none, 2010 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017. 2 facts have no year printed above them and mark no box.

Every year from the first to the last year printed above a fact on this page, one box a year.

How we know: the year printed above each fact below.

Riding and racing, 2008 to 2018 Two labelled rows of boxes on one scale of years, riding above and racing below; a box is solid where a year is printed above a fact in that row, or in a title row for racing, and hollow where none is. Riding outside a race Racing, results and titles 2008 2010 2018
  • a year printed above a fact in that row, or a title year in the racing row
  • a year printed above no fact in that row

Riding outside a race, 2008, 2009, 2014 and 2018. Racing, results and titles, 2008. 2 riding facts have no year printed above them and are not drawn.

The same range of years in two rows, riding outside a race above and racing below.

How we know: the year printed above each riding fact, and above each results fact and in each title row.

  • Confirmed 0

  • Likely 7

  • Contested 0

The grade word on each fact on this page, counted. It grades how firmly the documents tie each fact to this person, not the person.

How we know: the word printed above each fact below, counted on this page only.

Results

2008 · Likely

The official overall results of the 2008 Long Beach to Catalina and Back race list a Taylor Curtis eighth, in Pro/Am Open on a Yamaha, number 127, in 1 hour 13 minutes 52 seconds. The sheet prints no event title; the race and year come from the file name it was published under. The sheet's sponsor cell names Riva Racing, Wamiltons and Rick Roy among others, the makers Personal Watercraft Illustrated names on the freerider's 2008 SuperJet and 2009 hull; reading the racer as the freerider rests on the name and those sponsors, which is the archive's inference.

Sources: 2008 LB2CAT official overall; PWI 30 May 2008 Daytona Freeride; PWI 21 January 2009 Curtis GoPro

Riding outside a race

2018 · Likely

The Watercraft Journal's report of 20 April 2018 on the first Hot Products Huntington Beach Moto Surf and Freeride Exhibition, held on 14 and 15 April 2018, says Taylor Curtis of T.C. Freeride both raced and rode freeride there, and names the Vet Ski GP class he raced on an SXR1500. It prints no placing for him. In a separate sentence it says the event's freeride exhibitions, held mid-morning, at lunch and in the afternoon, were not a competition; it does not say which of them he rode in. That he is the freerider of the other reports is the archive's reading, from the name and the team name T.C. Freeride, which the Journal prints as TC Freeride in 2014.

Sources: WCJ 20 April 2018 Huntington Beach

Likely

Personal Watercraft Illustrated's February 2005 report of its ninth annual Mex Rager gathering at Cantamar, Baja California, held the weekend after the World Finals, names him among the freeriders who represented the United States and says he was slashing the surf on the inside. The report dates the gathering only as "this year". It gives no machine or sponsor, so reading him as the freerider of the later reports rests on the name and freeriding alone, which is an inference.

Sources: PWI February 2005 Mex Rager

2008 · Likely

Personal Watercraft Illustrated's report dated 30 May 2008 on the 2008 X-Metal Daytona Beach Motosurf Freeride in Florida says he hit the water there on his new Riva/Wamiltons 2008 SuperJet. It calls him Pismo Surf Slam Champion, a title no held result sheet shows.

Sources: PWI 30 May 2008 Daytona Freeride

2009 · Likely

Personal Watercraft Illustrated's feature of 21 January 2009, with its own GoPro clip, shows the pro freerider riding at the 2009 Daytona Freeride on a custom Rick Roy Products Rickter hull, with air-to-cutbacks, a one-hander and a barrel roll.

Sources: PWI 21 January 2009 Curtis GoPro

Likely

Andrew Morin's feature in Personal Watercraft Illustrated, dated 28 January 2009, on a session at an offshore Central California reef, says Taylor Curtis provided his tow-sled-equipped Yamaha SHO as a rescue vehicle and rode the session with the writer and Jerry Brandon. The feature does not date the day. That this Taylor Curtis is the freerider of the other documents is the archive's reading, from the name, freeride and a Yamaha, which the 2008 sheet also lists for him.

Sources: PWI 28 January 2009 Inside Men

2014 · Likely

The Watercraft Journal's report of Wavedaze 2014, a surf freeride held at Virginia Beach and posted on 16 April 2014, says the TC Freeride team, Taylor Curtis among them, made the trip from California to ride and to give demo rides on the latest RRP/Rickter and Krash hulls. Reading him as the freerider of the Personal Watercraft Illustrated reports is the archive's inference, from the name, the team name and the Rickter hulls.

Sources: WCJ 16 April 2014 Wavedaze

Elsewhere in the archive

What the archive has not read (3)

  • Personal Watercraft Illustrated calls him Pismo Surf Slam Champion in 2008, and no result sheet for that contest is held (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-18), so no title is stated.
  • Personal Watercraft Illustrated's feature of April 2009 on his riding at Teahupoo, Tahiti, was written by a member of his travelling party, so it is not used, and its statement that he was the first freerider barrelled there is not a record the archive can state.
  • The Watercraft Journal's report says he raced the Vet Ski GP class in 2018 in words that suggest he won it, but prints no placing, and no result sheet is held (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-18).

Documents cited on this page

  • WCJ 20 April 2018 Huntington Beach (watercraftjournal.com): Gallery: Hot Products Huntington Beach Moto Surf & Freeride Exhibition (The Watercraft Journal, 20 April 2018), The Watercraft Journal, 2018-04-20; enthusiast media, medium. A watercraft magazine's report of the first Hot Products Huntington Beach Moto Surf and Freeride Exhibition, 14 and 15 April 2018: Taylor Curtis of T.C. Freeride raced the Vet Ski GP class and rode in the freeride exhibitions, which were not a contest, and the report prints no placing for him; Mark Gomez raced the Pro-Am Ski GP class on a Rickter, finishing second in moto 1, and rode freeride. Medium; the held file is a partial copy of the post.
  • 2008 LB2CAT official overall (web.archive.org): Long Beach to Catalina and Back 2008, official overall results (spreadsheet on pwcoffshore.com, Wayback capture), pwcoffshore.com, 2008-08-07; editorial, high. The race's official overall results, revision of 7 August 2008, with position, number, make, time, class and sponsors per rider, read as spreadsheet rows. High because it is the results document itself; the sheet prints no sanctioning body, and the event and year come from its file name.
  • PWI 30 May 2008 Daytona Freeride (web.archive.org): Up In the Air, Daytona Beach Explodes with Freeriding Furvor, text by Allyson Wesley (Personal Watercraft Illustrated online feature dated 30 May 2008, Wayback capture of 21 August 2008), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 2008-05-30; enthusiast media, medium. Report of the 2008 X-Metal Daytona Beach Motosurf Freeride in Florida, naming riders on the water and in attendance. Medium as the magazine's own report. The held copy is a partial copy of the feature.
  • PWI 21 January 2009 Curtis GoPro (web.archive.org): Taylor Curtis Shows Us What It's Like to GoPro, video production and text by Justin Stannard (Personal Watercraft Illustrated online feature dated 21 January 2009; Wayback capture of 7 February 2009), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 2009-01-21; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's own clip and text: Taylor Curtis rode at the 2009 Daytona Freeride on a Rick Roy Products Rickter hull with the magazine's GoPro camera, with air-to-cutbacks, a one-hander and a barrel roll. Medium; the video is linked where it sat, never hosted. Grading words not used.
  • PWI February 2005 Mex Rager (web.archive.org): Three Kilometers of Happiness, by Heather Selwitz (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, February 2005 issue, online page, Wayback capture of 18 March 2005), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 2005-02; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's report of its ninth annual Mex Rager gathering at Cantamar, Baja California, held the weekend after the World Finals, naming the freeriders there and what several of them did in the surf. Medium; the page dates the gathering only as "this year". The held version of the report is abridged.
  • PWI 28 January 2009 Inside Men (web.archive.org): Inside Men, Freeriders Drop Into Central California's Giant Waves, text by Andrew Morin (Personal Watercraft Illustrated online feature dated 28 January 2009; Wayback capture of 7 February 2009), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 2009-01-28; enthusiast media, medium. A rider's first-person feature in the magazine on a session at an offshore Central California reef: Taylor Curtis provided his tow-sled-equipped Yamaha SHO as a rescue vehicle and rode the session. Medium for what the writer saw of the other riders; it does not date the day. The held copy is an excerpt.
  • WCJ 16 April 2014 Wavedaze (watercraftjournal.com): Gallery: Wavedaze 2014 Had Everything But Waves (The Watercraft Journal, 16 April 2014), The Watercraft Journal, 2014-04-16; enthusiast media, medium. A watercraft magazine's report of the 2014 Wavedaze surf freeride at Virginia Beach: the TC Freeride team, Taylor Curtis among them, were on hand to ride and to give demo rides on RRP/Rickter and Krash hulls. Medium; a list mention with what the team was there to do.
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“Taylor Curtis”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/key-figures/taylor-curtis/

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