The Bryce Newton 50 Miler and 100 Miler take place this Saturday, 22 November 2025, at Blue Lake (Lake Tikitapu), just outside Rotorua. Blue Lake remains one of the most reliable venues in the country for long-distance water skiing. Its sheltered basin and consistent water state give crews a predictable racing platform, and the forecast looks workable, with occasional rain easing, light winds, and a brief settled window between a wet Friday and Sunday.
War Machine arrives at Blue Lake for only its second outing, having made its debut at the 2025 Bridge2Bridge. The team is keen to see how the prototype performs across both distances and how the hull responds to the lake's repeatable loads. The weekend should provide the clearest indication yet of how the project is progressing.
The 50 Miler field shapes up as follows:
- Underfed — Michael Witheford - The Player — Graeme Briggs - Lucifer — Nikita Alloway - Johnson Racing — Tom Slack - War Machine — Zoe Kennedy - Traitor — Kristen Dutton - Greymatter — Ruby Presnall - Nightfury — Maddy Vincent - Big Bird — Paige Moore
The 100 Miler entries are:
- Pumpindough — Jess Spencer - The Player — Adam Forgacs - Lucifer — Max Duckworth - Relentless — Kyle Taylor - Greymatter — Logan Kennedy - Traitor — Amos Ratuki - War Machine — Sam Hopkins - Nightfury — Ash Vincent - Underfed — Jake Alloway - Big Bird — Cam Moore - Joker — Demi-Lee Morris
