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WCJ Weekly Racing Roundup Covers Tight Championship Races and Big Summer Developments

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Here’s this week’s WCJ Weekly Racing Roundup, where we check in with the organizations, racers, and championship battles shaping the 2026 personal watercraft racing...
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ShoreDocker Offers A Simple Way To Launch & A Simple Way to Save $100

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By the time July rolls around, most personal watercraft owners have settled into a routine. The excitement of the season's first launch has long...
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Forget Horsepower. This SXR 1500’s Best Upgrade Is Underfoot

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Most modifications promise more speed. Some promise more horsepower. But one of the biggest upgrades you can make to a stand-up Kawasaki SXR 1500...
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Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA Appoints Eiko Kirino as New President

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Coming up through Kawasaki over the last 30 years, Ms. Eiko Kirino has been recently announced as the new President of Kawasaki Motors Corp....
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Open Water. Open Throttle. This Is What Freedom Feels Like.

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Two hundred and fifty years ago, freedom meant something very different than it does today. It was earned through sacrifice, determination, and the kind...
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Retired Minister Turns Grief Into a 1,000-Mile Solo Lake Michigan Crossing

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On July 6, Tom Dickelman will launch his 2026 Yamaha FX Cruiser HO from Illinois and begin a solo, 1,000-mile circumnavigation of Lake Michigan. Over...
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Gallery: Kawasaki Quietly Unveils Two Year STX 160 Series Redesign Plan

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Clearly overshadowed by the highly publicized unveiling of the SX-X 160 fixed-steering standup, few noticed that buried within a hospitality tent at the Jet...

Gallery: Kawasaki Reveals its 2025 SX-X 160 Standup (Video)

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We Announce The Watercraft Journal’s 2024 Watercraft of The Year (Videos)

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Video: Off-Season Projects – DIY Jet Ski Seat Re-Covering

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When your jet ski is parked for the winter, you’ve basically got two choices: ignore it until spring… or use this downtime to knock...

Videos: Kawi Performance TVS Supercharger Rebuild & Ultra 310 Cylinder Head Install

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Store Your PWC Safely and Prevent Easy Grab-and-Go Theft

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Real Review: Longterm Testing of Strapinno Retractable Ratchet Straps

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Over the decades, I've personally grown exhausted of testing mediocre or half-assed products. That's not to say that said items aren't clever, innovative or...

Sea-Doo’s BRP GO! App and 10.25″ Touchscreen Put to the Real Test at Havasu

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Gallery: Introducing The 2026 Kawasaki JetSki Lineup

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Gallery: Yamaha Celebrates 40 Years of WaveRunners With CrossWave Fishing PWC

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Gallery: Introducing The 2026 Sea-Doo Lineup (Video)

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Racing

WCJ Weekly Racing Roundup Covers Tight Championship Races and Big Summer Developments

Jessica Waters - 0  26
Here’s this week’s WCJ Weekly Racing Roundup, where we check in with the organizations, racers, and championship battles shaping the 2026 personal watercraft racing...
Rides

Retired Minister Turns Grief Into a 1,000-Mile Solo Lake Michigan Crossing

Jessica Waters - 0  237
On July 6, Tom Dickelman will launch his 2026 Yamaha FX Cruiser HO from Illinois and begin a solo, 1,000-mile circumnavigation of Lake Michigan. Over...
Racing

Stand-Up Jet Ski Racer Takes Gold — on a Runabout

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Lisa Caussin-Battaglia describes riding a jet ski not as control, but as connection. “When you are on the jet ski,” she says, “you are not...

PWC Racing Heats Up Coast to Coast as Multiple Series Launch Key Mid-Season Stops

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One Man. One Sea-Doo. 1,200 Miles on a Glacial Alaskan Waterway

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WCJ Weekly Racing Roundup (June 18)

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Must Every Ride Be a Group Ride?

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World Champions Headline Opening UIM Aquabike European Championship in Mira

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WCJ Weekly Racing Roundup (June 11)

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