Sep. 3—Spectators gathered at Hells Gate Marina on Saturday perked up as soon as they heard a jet boat roar down the Snake River. The telltale rumble signaled a racing team headed to the finish line.

Aug. 27—The Thunder on the Snake Jet Boat race will be held this weekend for the first time in more than a year. The jet boat race between Hells Gate Marina and Bear Bar was called off last year ...

Fans focus their attention on the starting line as the bright orange engine of jet boat 151 starts to rumble. Driver Kyle Patrick concentrates on the track as he slowly glides the boat to the Field of ...

Sep. 1—Rumbling engines and lightning speeds return to the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley today through Sunday with 15 teams competing in the annual Thunder on the Snake Marathon Jet Boat Race. The ...

Chairs – check, coolers – check, snacks – check, binoculars – check - Spectators will soon be lining the Rogue River in anticipation of the roar of the engines and the insane speed of the boats for ...

Described as rally driving on water, the roaring V8 Superboats navigate hair-raising turns at high speed, in short but ...

When Grady White is in the passenger seat of a jet boat, he’s trusting his younger brother with his life. It’s the greatest feeling in the world, he said — even though nerves cause him to throw up ...

Boats and their crews do the seemingly impossible in jet boat races. They zoom down stretches of river--sometimes across white water sections--at 80-140 mph, generating boat-sized wakes and passing ...

The roar of jet sprint boats won't be mingling with the drone of tractors in the fields of the Woodland Bottoms. Cowlitz County Hearing Examiner Irv Berteig on Friday denied the application for a ...

The Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public to cooperate for this weekend’s Thunder on the Snake Jet Boat Races on Saturday and Sunday. They are asking all recreational boats to ...