Kit

16 items from the rulebook and the maker's manual, each cited to its article or section.

Two kinds of obligation, which are not interchangeable

Groups say where an obligation comes from. Miss a rulebook item and the weekend ends at technical inspection; ignore the maker and the cost is a warranty argument later.

Safety equipment (8): The rulebook requires it and a scrutineer checks it. It allows rather than requires one item: goggles. Absence of any other item, where its class or event requires it, is a technical inspection failure whatever the manufacturer thinks.
Consumable (5): The manufacturer specifies it and running uses it up.
Wear part (2): The manufacturer names it as a part that deteriorates through use, with replacement at the owner's expense rather than under cover.
Tool (1): The manufacturer ships it with the machine or requires it for a job in the manual.

Mandatory safety gear and the classes it binds

There are two safety articles: Art. 507.01 for the men's classes and the Electric Challenge, Art. 507.02 for the women's and juniors classes, and they ask for different things. So every item prints its scope word for word.

The shapes: a solid square is required, a half square is required only where its second line says, a circle is allowed, an empty square is recommended, and a dotted square means the document does not name the item.
Helmet, by the rulebook, required in every class (articles 507.01 a) and 507.02 a)); by the manual, required (sections 3.2 and 3.5).
Life jacket, by the rulebook, required in every class (articles 507.01 c) and 507.02 c)); by the manual, required (section 3.2 and chapter 17).
Leash, by the rulebook, required in every class (articles 507.01 e) and 507.02 e)); by the manual, required on the arm or the leg (section 3.5).
Neck brace, by the rulebook, required in every class (articles 507.01 d) and 507.02 d)); by the manual, not named.
Shin protectors, by the rulebook, required in 4 of 8 classes (article 507.02 f)); by the manual, not named.
Shut-off key on the wrist, by the rulebook, required at the Nations Cup only (articles 1000.01.05.02 and 1000.01.03.01); by the manual, required as the magnet on its paracord wristband (sections 3.15 and 9.4). The key itself is not a Nations Cup matter only: every class's technical inspection opens with a shut-off key or kill switch check (501.06 a), 502.05 a), 503.06 a) and 504.06 a)), and 505.01 c) requires a safety shut-off key on electric boards; only the Nations Cup chapter says it is worn on the wrist.
Goggles or protective eyewear, by the rulebook, allowed, not required, in every class (articles 507.01 b) and 507.02 b)); by the manual, recommended (section 3.5).
Neoprene bottoms, by the rulebook, not named; by the manual, required, or any garment that protects as well (section 3.5).
Footwear, by the rulebook, not named; by the manual, recommended (section 3.5).
Gloves, by the rulebook, not named; by the manual, recommended (section 3.5).
The manual also sets a minimum rider age of 16, or the minimum age where the board is ridden (section 3.15), and calls the board designed for adults. The rulebook sets an age for each class instead, from 8 in the youngest.

The middle column is what the 2026 UIM MotoSurf rulebook requires or allows a racer to wear; the right-hand column is what the JetSurf owner's manual, version 2, July 2026, asks of every rider, racing or not. A racer on a JetSurf is asked by both: the rulebook at the race, the manual by its maker.

How we know: The rulebook column is read from its safety gear article, 507, and its Nations Cup chapter; the manual column from sections 3.2, 3.5, 3.15 and 9.4 and chapter 17. "Not named" means the document's text does not mention the item: both were searched for each one on 18 October 2026.

Safety equipment the rulebook requires or allows (8)

Both helmet articles open with the same sentence, printed once here: "The wearing of a Helmet is mandatory, its intactness and integrity will be checked." Each then bars a helmet that fails that check and requires a suitable alternative.

All from the 2026 MotoSurf Rulebook.

Item	Mandatory in	What it says	Cited to	Part code
Helmet	Elite Men, Stock Men, Masters Men and Electric Challenge	A helmet will be always worn by all pilots when on the water. The helmet has to be of an integral type with jaw protection (motocross, downhill). A properly fitting helmet that meets current N.A. standard is required to be worn by all the riders in a competition.	Art. 507.01 a)
Helmet, CE homologated	Elite Women, Masters Women, Juniors Boys and Juniors Girls	The helmet must be of an integral type with jaw protection (motocross, downhill). Only a helmet with CE homologation shall be accepted. This is the only helmet certification either safety article names, and it binds only these four classes. For the men's classes and the Electric Challenge, see the helmet item above.	Art. 507.02 a)
Goggles	Allowed, not required: every class	Goggles may be used. Allowed, not required, in both safety articles, and the only item either article words as a permission. The owner manual goes further and recommends protective eyewear for every rider (manual section 3.5).	Art. 507.01 b) and 507.02 b)
Life jacket	every class	It is required that the Life jacket shall be designed for racing. Every pilot shall verify his/her flotation equipment to function properly when requested.	Art. 507.01 c) and 507.02 c)
Neck brace	every class	Neck brace is mandatory.	Art. 507.01 d) and 507.02 d)
Leash	every class	Leash is mandatory. Appendix 1 of the rulebook defines a leash as a urethane cord attached to the deck of the board on the control handle, which keeps the board from being swept away by waves and from hitting other riders on the course. The part code is the manufacturer's own for the control handle safety leash, from the owner manual's standard equipment list, not from the rulebook.	Art. 507.01 e) and 507.02 e)	P006034
Shin protectors	Elite Women, Masters Women, Juniors Boys and Juniors Girls	Shin protectors are mandatory.	Art. 507.02 f)
Shut-off key	Nations Cup	Only the original jetsurf shut off key is allowed, part numbers A000588 and POA0095. The only correctly put shut-off key is the one that is clicked and installed on the wrist. Read the scope carefully. These are Nations Cup articles, not general ones. A functional check of the shut-off key is part of technical inspection in every class, but the part number restriction and the wrist mounting rule are written in the Nations Cup chapter. It is the only piece of rider equipment the rulebook restricts to named part numbers. The other part numbers it prints are in the homologation forms of Appendices 2 and 3, which cover the engine, exhaust, jet pump and electronics.	Art. 1000.01.05.02 and Art. 1000.01.03.01	A000588

What the 2025 and 2026 rulebooks do not require

Where the archive publishes a ski-rulebook equivalent, the line says so.

No life jacket standard, of any kind. The article asks for a jacket designed for racing and stops. It sets no newton rating, quotes no ISO or EN number, and asks for no CE mark. Vest standards appear in the archive because the ski rulebooks of IJSBA and IHRA print them. Nothing is inferred here to fill the space, because an inferred certification is the kind of claim a rider would find out about at scrutineering.
No single helmet certification for the men's classes or the Electric Challenge. That article asks for the current N.A. (National Authority) standard, meaning the one set by the rider's own national authority, and authorities differ from one another. So there is no one certification this site can print for those classes and none is printed. The other safety article names CE homologation for helmets. Elsewhere the 2026 rulebook asks for certified machine parts rather than rider kit: an EPA certified tank and fuel system at technical inspection (Art. 501.03 e) and 503.03 f)) and a CE certified charger for electric boards (Art. 505.02 a)).
No rider carried kit list, with one exception. Neither edition requires a rider to bring a fire extinguisher, a drip tray, a fuel container of any specification, tools or spares, and no MotoSurf article lists what a competitor arrives with beyond what is worn. Most pit duties fall on the organiser instead. The exception is an environmental mat, required by the UIM Environmental Code bound into both editions. The Code makes the mat compulsory for all disciplines (Code 7.1) and says that wherever refuelling or servicing is under way at an event, drivers and participants must provide and use one (Code 9 d)). Working without one where the organiser permits servicing can earn the rider responsible a fine of up to USD 1000 from the Officer of the Day (Code 7 c)). IJSBA puts a dry chemical extinguisher and a specified fuel container on the rider, and IHRA an approved container with a fitting spout; the other three are in neither body's reading.
No fuel or oil specification in either edition. No octane figure, no mix ratio, no container standard. The Environmental Code only recommends regular unleaded fuel without additives other than two-stroke oil (Code 6). In 2025 the organiser supplied the fuel at world championship rounds, with the oil provided as part of it (2025 Art. 9.6 and 9.7), so that edition governed custody and equal supply rather than chemistry. The 2026 edition drops both articles, keeping only a fuel heading with no text in its list of event services (Art. 800) and the Art. 207.02 penalty for breaching equal fuel supply. That is why every fuel and oil figure in the next section is cited to the manufacturer and none of it to a rulebook.

The ski rulebooks put fuel handling and teardown on the rider, which is why the shop drafts a pit box for one class; here that duty sits with the organiser.

Every item in the next 3 groups is from the JetSurf owner manual.

Consumables the manufacturer specifies (5)

Used up in normal running; every figure below is the maker's.

Item	What it says	Interval	Part code	Cited to
Fuel	Use unleaded automotive gasoline with a minimum octane rating of 95 (RON) or higher, with a maximum ethanol content of E10 (10% vol.). The ethanol cap appears in the manual's prose and not in its technical table.	Do not use mixed fuel that is older than 60 days.		manufacturer manual, fuel section
Two stroke oil	Use fully synthetic oil for two-stroke engines that meets the API TC, NMMA TC W3, ISO-L-EGD; JASO FD/FC specifications. The manual states this specification twice and not identically. The prose requires a fully synthetic oil and writes the standard as "NMMA TC W3". The technical table writes "NMMA TC-W3" and does not require synthetic. Both renderings are given here because a buyer choosing an oil is choosing between them.			manufacturer manual, fuel section
Fuel and oil mix ratio	50 : 1. To 1 litre of petrol add 0.02 l (20 ml) of oil. The manual gives two worked examples and both are arithmetically consistent with 50:1, which is why this figure is trusted.			manufacturer manual, fuel section
Spark plug	NGK BPR7HS. Permitted gap between the spark plug electrodes 0,6 to 0,7 mm. An ordinary NGK catalogue part, specified by number in a public manual, with a replacement interval spelled out in words in a footnote to the manual's maintenance table. The manufacturer also resells it under its own code. It is not tightened to a torque figure: the manual specifies angle tightening, two thirds of a turn for a new plug and an eighth to a quarter for a used one.	Salt water, every 10 engine hours or 2 months. Fresh water, every 50 engine hours or 6 months.	A000353	manufacturer manual, equipment and maintenance sections
Battery and charger	Li-Ion 100 Wh (9 Ah), nominal voltage 11,1 V, maximum charging voltage 12,6 V. Supplied charger 12,6 V / 6 A. The manual forbids substitution in plain words: never use any charger other than the one supplied, and using an ignition control unit or charger other than the manufacturer's is listed among the acts that void cover. This is the sharpest single restriction in the document.	During storage the batteries in the ignition control unit must be recharged once every 2 months.	POA0174	manufacturer manual, technical data

Wear parts the manufacturer names (2)

Parts the manual says wear out, replaced at the owner's expense. It gives no replacement schedule for any of them.

Item	What it says	Cited to
Rotating and stressed components	Normal wear of parts subject to mechanical stress or parts performing rotary motion, such as bearings, oil seals, gaskets, shafts, piston rings, the piston, the connecting rod, and other engine and propulsion components. These parts may wear or deteriorate through use without any manufacturing defect being present, and must be replaced as part of routine maintenance at the user's expense. For replacement intervals the manual directs the reader to contact technical support.	manufacturer manual, warranty conditions
Pads and straps	The fabric part can crumble due to salt, and the plastic part can degrade and break. Pads and straps are the first item on the Stock Men allowed modifications list, so they are both a wear part and one of the few things a sealed engine class permits changing. One safety point travels with them: the manual warns that binding screws other than the supplied ones can reach the battery and cause irreversible damage.	manufacturer manual, inspection section

Tools the manufacturer ships (1)

What comes in the board's own case, including the items in it that have no generic equivalent.

Item	What it says	Part code	Cited to
Proprietary tools	DFI spark plug tester POA0160, cooling system cleaning adapter A002091, throttle limiter A000200. Three of the eight tools shipped in the board's own case have no generic equivalent. The other five are ordinary hand tools. The manual gives two torque figures, 20 Nm for the fuel filter cover and 5 Nm for the fuel tank vent valve, and ships no torque wrench, and gives a plug gap and ships no feeler gauge.	POA0160	manufacturer manual, tool case contents

Where each item comes from, in our view (10 of 15 from ordinary suppliers)

Everything above this line is a document's. This panel is not. It answers one question, asked by us and sourced to nothing: can a rider buy the item from an ordinary supplier, or does it come only through the factory and its dealers. This site sells and sources none of it. The panel is kept apart so it never sits beside cited facts looking like one of them, and it is worth exactly what an unsourced opinion is worth. The fuel and oil mix ratio is left out, because a ratio is not something anyone buys.

Ordinary suppliers carry these, we think

Helmet
Helmet, CE homologated
Goggles
Life jacket
Neck brace
Leash, P006034
Shin protectors
Two stroke oil
Spark plug, A000353
Pads and straps

Only through the factory and its dealers, we think

Shut-off key, A000588
Fuel
Battery and charger, POA0174
Rotating and stressed components
Proprietary tools, POA0160

The reasons vary by item and they are in the notes above: a battery and charger the manual forbids substituting, a shut-off key restricted to two part numbers, proprietary tools with no generic equivalent, and parts that move through the factory and its dealers.

Ask about a rule or an item

Nothing on this page is stocked or priced here, and we do not quote for parts. The codes above are the manufacturer's, read out of a public manual. If a line here is unclear, or you want to know which article or manual section covers a piece of kit, ask and we will answer from the documents, or tell you that they do not say.

Article numbers are 2026 unless a line names 2025; Code means the UIM Environmental Code. Manufacturer figures are from one owner manual, read model by model on the boards page.