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No More “Locked In” Saddles For Pro Open ...

As professional runabout continued to grow more and more competitive, racers were forced to become all the more innovative; finding gray areas, loopholes and outright omissions in the prescribed rule books. Particularly in the Pro ...

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Video: RIVA Racing Tests RXP-X 300 Stage III ...

It’s no secret that RIVA Racing – in addition to developing and manufacturing some of the best go-fast parts in the business – also excels at building and testing some super sweet one-off customs and ...

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Yamaha Announces 2019 Demo Days Near You

If you’re thinking that 2019 is going to be the year that you finally step up to the plate and purchase that brand new WaveRunner, we’ve got some really good news for you! Yamaha WaveRunners ...

Engine

Debunking Myths & Better Understanding Sea-Doo’s Carbon Ring ...

The haters. Oh boy, the haters. If the internet has taught us one thing, it’s that people sure love to dump on stuff. For anyone who spends any time online, they’ll find that the trash ...

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Video: 40MPH Electric Single-Seat Catamaran Is Aqua Go-Kart

The call for an electric personal watercraft isn’t exactly mainstream, but it is vocal. Now, is that clamor enough to force the Big 3 manufacturers into scrambling to develop an electric-powered runabout? Unlikely, but if ...

Watercraft

Junior Varsity Captain: 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

It was good news either way you looked at it. The 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner was either the top-of-the-line of Yamaha’s middle segment VX lineup, or it was the freshest entry to the brand’s race-ready ...

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GoFundMe Launched to Support Wife, Kids After Shaun ...

News spread fast. It tends to do that on social media, but the private messages started to pour in faster than I could make sense of it: “What happened?” “Did you hear?” Frankly, I hadn’t ...

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The Watercraft Journal Awards 2019 Skyway Ski Show ...

We told ya exactly a month ago. And thankfully, a whole bunch of you listened. The Watercraft Journal is excited to announce that we have selected one lucky reader to be a guest judge at ...

Engine

Video: Understanding Crankcase Pressure, Blow-By and Oil Catch ...

Let’s talk about something super exciting: regulating crankcase atmosphere. To the layman, this isn’t really sexy stuff and will likely cause most of you to tune out right about…now. But for those still reading, I’m ...

Watercraft

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Black Ops Edition Yamaha FX ...

Chances are you’re no operator. You’re no Mat Best. And you sure as $#@% ain’t with Beckwith’s Unit, son. Nope, rather it’s far more likely that you’re a regular ol’ schmuck like us – so ...