aero aswar

Passion for the Race

Indonesian jet ski athlete Aero Aswar first took to the sport when he was just three years-old. His father, Saiful Sutan Aswar, a jet ski master himself, was the one who introduced Aero to it. Aero says that he had tried several sports, even the extreme ones. But jet ski feels different to him. “It’s different than, let’s say, motocross or superbike or cars ... I don’t get the same feeling of adventure with those as when I’m island hopping on a jet ski,” he tells. Today, he has been racing across the waves for 22 years. One of the most significant highlights from his time jet skiing was he won his first world title in 2014. It was at the IJSBA World Finals in Arizona, America, for the Pro Runabout Stock category. There, he also received two U.S. National Champion titles for Pro Runabout Open.

Aero then won his second gold medal at the 4th Asian Beach Games held in Phuket, Thailand, and was recognized as the youngest racer ever – he was 19 years old at the time – to win a world title in the runabout division. He then took part in the AquaX series that was held in Florida most of the time and got his World #1 rank in 2016. When Indonesia hosted the 18th Asian Games, Aero took the silver medal in the Runabout Limited class. The following year, in 2019, he won the Pro Endurance Open with full points at the IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where he received yet another world title.

As can be expected from an athlete of his calibre, even with all those brilliant achievements, Aero is still hungry to get more. Asked what he wants to accomplish next, Aero exclaims it would be winning another World Title to add to his current three.