Boats & Bros Podcast

The Bros were LIVE in St. Petersburg, FL with Monster Energy / M-CON Racing's own Craig Amptmeyer for the IHRA Offshore Racing Series first race of the season — the Monster Energy 6th Annual St. Pete Powerboat Grand Prix, presented by Visit St. Pete-Clearwater. Amptmeyer is a talented and dedicated crew member with a razor-sharp wit and the ability to lighten up the room, or even psrking lot. Listen as they discuss the racing action after Day 1 of competition in the premier Pro Class 1 division and some of the behind-the-scenes insight that led to the Monster Energy / M-CON Racing having such a successful weekend, finishing in second place on Day 1 and first place on Day 2, taking the overall win in St. Pete. This episode is brought to you by Monster Energy. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Pro Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man and father of 5. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

The Bros catch up with Monster Energy / M-CON Champion Throttleman and Myrick's teammate Tyler Miller on everything that's been going on, which has been a LOT! Between building not one, but TWO new race boats for the new IHRA Offshore season that starts next week in St. Petersburg, FL, to keeping busy with his M-CON construction business, to being a family man, and so much more, Tyler Miller is going full throttle in every direction. And he wouldn't have it any other way. In this episode, he talks about the new boats, the upcoming season, the team, what it takes to stay on top in Pro Class 1, and being a two-boat race team again. This is Tyler Miller. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Pro Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man and father of 5. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

The "Bros" delve into the wild world of Professional Watercraft Racing with 27-time champion and 18-year Monster Energy Athlete Dustin Farthing. Also, his latest role as Managing Director of the IHRA Professional Watercraft Racing Series further propels him into the stratosphere of PWC lore with legendary status and his two sons carrying the torch directly behind him. The boys discuss all things racing in both arenas of on-water competition and discover that there are more similarities than differences. With a 2026 schedule that sees both disciplines at the same events, the new season promises excitement and high-octane entertainment. This is Dustin Farthing. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Pro Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man and father of 5. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

Performance Boating Icon Bob Teague of Teague Custom Marine was just appointed as Chief Referee of the IHRA Offshore Racing Series to oversee operations, tech inspections, rule enforcement and overall race regulations. Teague brings a lifetime of experience to the new IHRA sanctioning body to help elevate offshore racing to the next level, and the "Bros" talk all things racing, testing boats together for Speedboat Magazine and all that the future brings with the IHRA leading the way. This is Bob Teague. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Pro Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man and father of 5. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

We catch up with Myrick and Ray as they kick off the new year recounting their recent holiday happenings and looking forward to the busy 2026 ahead, including the upcoming offshore race seasons with IHRA and Race World Offshore... AND a major tease about an upcoming announcement! Stay tuned! Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Pro Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man and father of 5. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

The Bros caught up with Extreme Sports Superstars Travis Pastrana and Jim York during a small break in-between races at the RWO Key West Offshore World Championship, as they returned to offshore powerboat racing after a four year hiatus. Special thanks to Anna Frazier and Tad Whitten of Mercury Racing for providing us the coolest sound stage in all the land—"Black Betty", the famed Mercury Racing Tour Truck. Listen as the duo discusses their triumphant return to the sport to compete for World Championship glory in the hyper-competitive Modified Vee Class in the Dixxon Flannel / Channel 199 Lilly Sport Boat competitor, as well as their previous experiences in the cockpit together. Also, they talk about their wild and crazy stunts they've "passed/not failed" with, and the countless other shenanigans that are on their already overflowing plates—including work with industry powerhouse Mercury Racing. Pastrana and York are hilarious, personable and riff off each other seemlessly—like Lewis & Martin, Cheech & Chong, or Key & Peele. It's no wonder that all of their on board racing videos go internet-viral, as well as the rest of their extreme land and sky adventures. This is Travis Pastrana & Jim York Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Pro Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man and father of 5. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

"The Bros" talk to Adam Seraphine, driver of the Dirty Duck 438 Skater with twin 2,700hp Carson Brummett turbocharged engines that just ran a blistering 215 mph on a 3/4-mile course with champion throttleman Rusty Williams at the 37th Annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Central Missouri. They break down the runs that both Adam and Myrick ran during the weekend, as well as the other activities that occurred during speedboating's biggest week, including the mind-blowing run of the freshly modified, newly dubbed 50-foot Mystic Darana Hybrid/IHRA with twin 4,400 jet turbine engines that recorded a 242 mph pass–only 2 mph shy of what the boat ran as Spirit of Qatar in 2014. This is Adam Seraphine. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "Bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

Recorded LIVE from the Desert Storm Street Party in downtown Lake Havasu City, AZ, the "Bros" try conducting live interviews from random people passing by that were attending the West Coast's premier event, Desert Storm that features their Poker Run and the Shugrue's Shootout while enjoying the World Famous Street Party, which may have been the largest one to-date. Listen to how that went... Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

Recorded LIVE from the Desert Storm Street Party in downtown Lake Havasu City, AZ, the "Bros" talk to Bob Teague about all the happenings at the West Coast's premier event that features their Poker Run and the Shugrue's Shootout while enjoying the World Famous Street Party, which may have been the largest one to-date. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

The "Bros" talk with their fellow Speedboat Magazine Team Members, Ace photographer Tom Leigh (Tommy Gun Images) and talented videographer Carter Bahde (Havasu Media Productions) on working in the amazing industry of high-performance boating that bring you all of the incredible imagery from issue to issue and post and post ––in addtion to all of the other freelance work that the dynamic duo takes on. Hear their behind-the-scenes takes on what it's like working such cool jobs and how they feel about the various events throughout the year. It's a candid look at how the premier publication of boating operates, from each issue to coveted issue. This is Tom and Carter. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

The "Bros" engage in part 2 of their very candid discussion with the former President and son of the founder of the industry-leading giant Mercury Racing, Fred Kiekhaefer. Listen as he outlines the very difficult task of growing up in the shadow of such a driven, tough man that was known as "The Iron Fist," E. Carl Kiekhaefer. Despite his travails, Fred overcomes the many challenges of growing up as Carl's son and elevates himself to the top of the very company that his father started–without his blessing or support–and develops some of the most innovative engines that the performance world has seen to-date, including Mercury Racing's incredible QC4V sterndrive packages. This is part 1 of 2 with Fred Kiekhaefer. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.

The "Bros" talk with Steve Ticknor, the West Coast's premier performance boating event, the Desert Storm Poker Run and Shootout, scheduled for April 23-26, 2025. The long running event brings tens of thousands of people to the town of Lake Havasu City, AZ to experience all of the festivities, including the world famous Street Party on downtown McCulloch Blvd., the exciting Poker Run and the high speed, high adrenaline Shugrue's Shootout that showcases some of the fastest boats in the country. Ticknor, along with his partner, Jim Russell, has elevated Desert Storm to unprecedented proportions and has just teamed up with the largest unsanctioned race in the country, the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, to become a joint Shootout circuit where particpants that run both could be crowned a National title. In addtion, local super entusiasts and reigning 'King and Queen of the Desert,' Tim Jones with daughter Amanda, along with previous 'Queen,' matriarch Miranda have offered a prize purse of $20,000, to be distributed across several designated classes, and the new Jones Family Cup. This is Desert Storm! And this is Steve Ticknor. Myrick Coil is the driver for the National Champion Monster Energy / M CON Class 1 team, Speedboat Magazine Test Team Driver, lead shop foreman at Performance Boat Center and a dedicated family man. Ray Lee is the publisher of the national/international publication Speedboat Magazine, where nine high quality issues are printed each year with global distribution, and popular social media platforms on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With all of the "bros" experience, knowledge, and friends and colleagues in the industry and sport, this podcast is sure to entertain, enthuse and educate the powerboating community.