Manufacturing News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 13, 2004

Free Internet Boating Education Course
Announced by Kawasaki
General boating course with unique PWC orientation

Contact:
Freeman/McCue Public Relations
John Donaldson
(714) 557-3663 ext 219

IRVINE, CA—-A free internet boating education course has been developed by the United States Power Squadrons®, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., and the Northwest Personal Watercraft Safety Project. The course is found at www.PWCSafetySchool.com, and is a complete boater education course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. It is unique in two ways; it is offered free of charge and it is the only online course that is specifically tailored to the needs of personal watercraft (PWC) education.

PWCSafetySchool.com is designed to educate PWC users, and other boaters, about the safe and responsible use of their boats as well as helping fulfill state boating safety education requirements. The site’s content is based on the JET SMART PWC boating education offered by the United State Power Squadrons. More than five years in the making, the online course consists of an education handbook and test with a series of multiple choice and matching questions covering all aspects of safe and responsible boating.

Roger Hagie, director of public affairs for Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A, says, “Kawasaki has supported boating education for years and is pleased to join the U.S. Power Squadrons to launch this PWC-oriented boating education course. I would encourage every Kawasaki JET SKI® watercraft operator, as well as all other PWC operators, to take the free online course.”

Each state in the PWCSafetySchool.com program has its own folder with state specific information. For the states where an online boating education course is accepted, those folders contain both the U.S. nationwide boating rules as well as the appropriate state-specific rules. For states with regulations that call for classroom sessions or monitored examinations, the state “welcome page” provides the information needed to meet the specific state requirements. Some states may charge a fee for the boating education certificate, information regarding the payment of such fees will be found on the individual state pages. Certain states will require submission of name, age or address to permit the state to issue an education certificate. No fees are collected on PWCSafetySchool.com.

Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., (KMC) markets and sells at wholesale Kawasaki motorcycles, ATVs, JET SKI® watercraft, MULE™ utility vehicles, power products and small engines. These product lines are sold through a network of more than 1,500 independent retailers. KMC and its affiliates employ nearly 2,400 people in the United States, with approximately 400 of them located at the Irvine, California headquarters.

Kawasaki’s heritage of creating high-performance recreational vehicles and its tagline, “Let the good times roll.™”, are recognized worldwide. With its illustrious history of breaking performance barriers with such product lines as the world renowned NINJA® sportbikes and JET SKI® personal watercraft, Kawasaki is aggressively carrying this heritage of pioneering leading-edge design and performance products into the 21st century.

Information about Kawasaki’s complete line of recreational products and Kawasaki affiliates can be found on the Internet at www.kawasaki.com.