Yamaha GP 19HO gets Aboriginal art treatment – and it’s on display at Sydney Boat Show -

The 2024 Yamaha GP 19HO – powered by the new-generation 1.9-litre four-cylinder engine – has been given an Aboriginal art treatment.

Adelaide-based Aboriginal artist – and Yamaha GP 1800 SVHO owner – Jade Torres created a one-off design for Yamaha Australia.

The original design was painted on canvas, and then a digital wrap of the artwork was applied to the ski.

In a YouTube video – with on-water footage filmed in Sydney in June – the acclaimed artist reveals how she got into the sport.

“My two best friends have WaveRunners. Every time they went out, I would be like, ‘Yep, so what time? Where are you going to be?’ And I’d be rushing down to the ocean to meet them.

“I remember jumping on it for the first time on the back. I’m also control freak. I couldn’t handle not being able to drive it on my own.

“And then by the end of that, I was like, ‘Yeah, you know what, I need my own’. So I’ve had (my WaveRunner) for close to two years.

“I have a Yamaha GP 1800 (SVHO). Any chance the water’s flat, I’m gone. I am out. Everything has dropped, including the paint brushes. They’re down, and I’m out on the water.

“I get a lot of inspiration from being out on the water and … putting that back into my work.

“When you turn off the motor, and you’re just sitting in the ocean like that, to find that sense of peace and silence, and to be able to use that as a part of your creative drive, is something that I know is certainly working for me.

“I had the pleasure of creating a piece (of Aboriginal artwork) in collaboration with Yamaha.

“I have my WaveRunner and the ocean as that deep inspiration, and then you’ve got the outback and growing up (riding) motorbikes.

“Knowing Yamaha’s core colours (blue and red), I’ve really drawn those two worlds together and made sure I created the piece in a way that they weren’t divided, but co-existed together.