Features

Gallery: Introducing The 2019 Sea-Doo Lineup

Kevin Shaw

September 10, 2018

If you haven’t already heard, Sea-Doo‘s gone fishing. And we mean that literally. Yes, personal watercraft fishing has a massive worldwide audience – outside of the United States, that is. It’s a topic we at ...

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Editorials

Kevin Shaw: Cha-Cha-Changes For The Good

Kevin Shaw

August 28, 2018

I like being my own boss. Not everyone is cut out for it, but it seems to fit my personality. Years ago, my father counseled, “You’re too much like me, son. You’re too much of ...

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Interviews

Seven Deadly Questions: Bopenski Watersports’ Joe Borden Rides the Tennessee ...

Kevin Shaw

August 20, 2018

The Tennessee River 600 is an annual event for personal watercraft (PWC) enthusiasts to raise money for two children’s hospitals and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). Funds raised from participants and sponsors are divided ...

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Gallery: Introducing The 2019 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup (Video)

Kevin Shaw

August 14, 2018

A supercharged race-ready watercraft had not entered the list of the top 10 best-selling personal watercraft for nearly a decade. That is, until 2017, when the Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner came in 6th place, beating naturally-aspirated ...

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Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Sea-Doo 2018 RXT/GTX Steering System Bundle (Video)

Kevin Shaw

July 25, 2018

There’s little arguing that the new ST3-based Sea-Doos are some of the best, most ergonomically designed top decks to come from the manufacturer. The combination of the narrowed Ergolock seat; deep, wide footwells; deeper center ...

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Interviews

Seven Deadly Questions: TXH2O Racing’s Shaun Compton

Ashley Haude

July 16, 2018

The Watercraft Journal: Tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into racing jet skis; what was your first jet ski experience like? Shaun Compton: I started at 12 years old with ...

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Features

Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used To Be: When Banking On ...

Kevin Shaw

June 20, 2018

On October 30, 2012, Disney acquired “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’ private studio Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. Considered one of the biggest transactions in recent entertainment history, Disney wasted no time churning out feature films, ...

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Interviews

Racers Share Why They Use JC Racing’s SX-R 1500 Rear/Mid ...

Kevin Shaw

June 7, 2018

For those into standup ski racing, the introduction of the new Kawasaki JetSki SX-R 1500 was a windfall. The long, contoured hull borrowed heavily from Kawasaki’s storied history of both standup ski handling and rough ...

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Editorials

Kevin Shaw: Money For Nothing

Kevin Shaw

June 1, 2018

I found myself feeling a little sorry for the folks over at Sea-Doo this afternoon. Why my mind had singled-out Sea-Doo was due – in large part – to an anti-Sea-Doo hate group on Facebook. ...

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Features

Vicious Rumors And Vile Gossip: The Watercraft Journal’s Predictions for ...

Kevin Shaw

May 18, 2018

Normally, this article springs up somewhere closer to the beginning of the calendar year, primarily because the manufacturers are prone to let slip a few tasty morsels of information that almost completely reveals what they’ve ...

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