Kevin Shaw

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Editor-in-Chief – [email protected] Kevin Shaw is a decade-long powersports and automotive journalist whose love for things that go too fast has led him to launching The Watercraft Journal. Almost always found with stained hands and dirt under his fingernails, Kevin has an eye for the technical while keeping a eye out for beautiful photography and a great story.

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Shop Tours

Gallery: Inside The Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation Of America

Kevin Shaw - October 12, 2017 3 21529

This year marks the single largest growth of new vehicle sales in a decade. In fact, the total new vehicle sales total of 67,500-plus...

News

Video: RIVA Racing Team Rider Eric Francis Takes Pro/Am Limited World Championship

Kevin Shaw - October 10, 2017 0 2411

Friday wasn't going to be easy. Lake Havasu City, Arizona was slated for mid-90's temperatures, but worse off was the expected winds. Gusts of...

News

Hydro-Turf’s Mark Gomez Clenches IJSBA Pro Freestyle World Championship

Kevin Shaw - October 9, 2017 1 3614

By mid-morning Sunday, it was all but in the bag for 5-time IJSBA Pro Freestyle champion Lee Stone. Drawing the "short straw," Stone was...

Features

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 350

Kevin Shaw - September 28, 2017 10 17106

For the last few years, RIVA Racing has offered a specialty-built, Limited Edition high-horsepower, top-of-the-line performance racecraft (built in production runs of 25). This...

Features

Gallery: Jet X Powersports Gets Go-Ahead To Build Ultimate GP1800R

Kevin Shaw - September 26, 2017 0 7053

For Andrew Hinchey, it was all about speed. The Kingston, Ontario, Canada native was in the market for a new runabout but his goals...

Handling

Gallery: JC Racing ’17 Kawasaki SX-R Mid-Sponsons Install & Test (Video)

Kevin Shaw - September 25, 2017 0 8118

First impressions can often be misleading. That has been the personal experience of many standup riders upon initial meets with the 2017 Kawasaki SX-R...