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Kevin Shaw: Where Has WCJ’s YouTube Channel Been All Year?

As a Boy Scout, I vividly recall all of the forest service signage cautioning "Do Not Feed The Bears" and warning us to properly...

The Watercraft Journal’s 2025 Black Friday Shopping Guide

Black Friday Deals From The Watercraft Journal’s Partners Black Friday has officially landed, and several of The Watercraft Journal’s partners are dropping their biggest savings...

Severe Capsizing Risk Recalls ALL Sea-Doo Switch Models Produced

A little over a week ago (that is, as of this writing), BRP issued a full production recall of every single Sea-Doo Switch produced from...

Steve Ciervo: Kawi Performance’s Take on The 2026 STX JetSki Redesign

The STX 160 was released in 2020, which was the very first major platform change for Kawasaki since the early 2000's. And yes, I'm...

Interview: Inside RIVA Racing’s Tech Center with Dave Bamdas

When it comes to pushing the limits of PWC performance, riders around the world trust RIVA Racing’s products. But the mark of a top...

Gallery: RIVA Reveals 2025 FX1800R Limited Edition Build (Video)

In the photography business, there are, in general, three levels of cameras: You have your entry level cameras, which typically are good, solid cameras,...

Jonathan McCreary Interview: PWC Racing The AJSA Way

Following the American Jet Sport Association (AJSA) Southern Summer Series race weekend in Chattanooga on May 30 and June 1, The Watercraft Journal tracked...

Vicious Rumors & Vile Gossip: Yamaha’s PWC-Powered Flats Boat Spied!

It's incredible to think that 14 months ago we at The Watercraft Journal published the first spy shot of what could only be described...

Seven (Plus) Deadly Questions with Factory Kawasaki Jet Ski Racer Jimmy Wilson

Twenty years years ago, Jimmy Wilson, a young, talented racer  — attending his very first world finals at Lake Havasu  — walked by the...

East Meets South – ECW Inaugural Florida Race An “Against-The-Odds” Success

They said it couldn't be done.  Well, you know how that story goes… no adventure retelling ever starts that way unless the person in question...

The Incredible Hulk: Behind The Man Behind The Industry’s Most Successful Forum

My friendship with Jerry Gaddis all started with a friendly email warning me that I had really screwed up. In the final months before...

The Return of The King: Introducing The 2017 Kawasaki SX-R JetSki

Before going forward, let's take a minute and look back at how we got here, shall we? Just two years shy of the Kawasaki JetSki's...

Video: Kawasaki Teases All-New 4-Stroke 2017 SX-R Standup

OK, ladies and gentlemen. Here is the biggest news to hit the personal watercraft industry since, well...ever. Kawasaki, the company who first introduced the...

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

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...

Gallery: Introducing The 2016 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup

The 2016 model year marks three consecutive years where the Yamaha Motor Corporation has dramatically raised the bar. In 2014, Yamaha's Super High Output...

Yamaha Caught Testing JetFish WaveRunner Center Console PWC

For those of you already subscribing to The Watercraft Journal, you're already familiar with Yamaha's far-afield-of-normal open-bow, center console WaveRunner. What we originally deemed as...