Speed, adrenaline and fun – Te Puke's Tristan Hynds says he quickly found there is something addictive about racing jet boats when he got his first boat 11 years ago.

Even before he knew there is an actual V8 Jetsprints competition, he was doing it himself, tearing along the Kaituna River, ripping around corners with a tail of jet spray behind him.

Competitors Tristan Hynds and Jimmy Fagan with Matthew Minnell from Jetsprint BOP.

About four years ago he decided it was time to get serious with his racing and get involved in competitive V8 Jetsprints.

'I'd been watching it on TV and been to a few meetings as a spectator; and I just decided I had to get in amongst it,” says Tristan, who is excited about competing in front of his home crowd at Baypark in January in the country's first jetsprint stadium event.

'It's going to be great to able to compete in front of friends and family,” says Tristan, who is the only Western Bay competitor expected to take part in the races, being staged on a temporary circuit dug out in the stadium's centre.

While excited about Baypark's January 25 event the jetsprint newcomer is more focused on the first round of the national championship series in Wanganui on December 27, where he'll race his new sprint boat for the first time in the second tier Group A class of 600-plus horsepower boats.

'I'm as excited as a kid at Christmas. I've wanted to do this for a few years,” says Tristan, who has been saving up for the ideal top end boat.

'I wanted to have a boat that is going to be competitive,” says Tristan, who has had to limit practice to a few blasts on the Kaituna, because of problems with settings.

Enzed V8 Jetsprints at Baypark event organiser Pip Minnell says there is strong interest from the public, racers and sponsors, including Farmer Motor Group and she's hoping for a sell-out crowd. 'It will appeal to boat and motoring enthusiasts with racers reaching top speeds of 125km/h,” says Pip.