CHRIS TAYLOR
President
River Racer X


Born in Burbank, California on December 25th, 1970 Chris Taylor has spent most of his life on the water. Coming from a very active family he was subjected to fast boats at an early age. His family spent most of their vacations camping and boating at the local lakes and rivers found throughout California, so water skiing and barefooting was learned quickly as well. The family owned numerous boats throughout the years but spent most of their time in a 1977 DiMarco runner bottom T-deck with a built 454 pushing 90+ m.p.h.

Having a father who was heavily into racing drag boats and cars, Chris also caught the disease. He started riding Jet Skis and Dirt Bikes at age 10 and started racing Jet Skis in 1988. He rode Novice 550 Modified for 3 years, moving to Novice X-2 Modified and finished his racing career at the end of 1996 on a Yamaha WaveBlaster in the Expert Modified Sport class. Chris was also sponsored by some of the top companies in the industry including FOX Motocross Gear and White Brothers. During that time he managed to grab handfuls of trophies and placed fourth overall in the California series during 1993, suffering a shattered tibia and fibula in the process. After the cast came off 7 months later he was back at it again.

His father also owned a Blown Alcohol Hydro drag boat named "Hypertension" from 1990-1995 on which Chris crewed for. The boat won the World Finals at Firebird International Raceway in 1994.
Never getting too far from the water with fast boats and motors Chris finally decided to purchase his own boat in 1998. He landed on a 1996 Nordic 22’ Sprint with a stock 454Mag and kept it for 2 years. In late 2000 Chris and his father decided to purchase together a brand new 2001 Nordic 28’ Heat with a stock Mercruiser 502, pumping out 415 horsepower.

With the new boat on it’s way Chris decided to start his own website, RiverRacerX.com, which would be devoted to his buddies and their boats. Little did he know that less than 1 year later he would have over 50K hits and over 200 members to a newly formed boat club. Currently RiverRacerX.com gets between 2000 and 2500 hits a week and has become a local digital hangout for performance boaters from around the country, with it’s mass centered around Lake Havasu, AZ.

Chris continues to boat as often as possible and uses the website only for good, not evil as he endlessly searches for more new friends to hang out with at the lake. It is not a vacation, it is a lifestyle, and if you witness it you will understand. If you make your way to Havasu, you will most likely see Chris passing you by on his Nordic, but remember, he may be easy to spot, but hard to catch!

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