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Gallery: Scoping Out The New Machines at 2023 Detroit Boat ...

Henry Tischbin

January 31, 2023

Over the past two weekends I spent some time at the 2023 Detroit Boat show and there were not as many skis as there was in 2020. They canceled the show for 2021 due to ...

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The Watercraft Journal’s 2022 Top 10 Christmas Gifts For Jet ...

Kevin Shaw

December 9, 2022

Ouch! Talk about last minute holiday shopping! Normally, we like to get The Watercraft Journal’s Top 10 Christmas Gift Guide out at least a week earlier but dang have we been busy with pumping out ...

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Do PWC Manufacturers Really Care About Customer Feedback?

JD Brussels

November 15, 2022

It’s often said that “the squeaky wheel gets the grease,” so do the big manufacturers actually listen when customers give their honest feedback? As owners of both Yamaha and Kawasaki watercraft, we have dealt with ...

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Video: RIVA MaptunerX Dealer Service Application

Kevin Shaw

September 12, 2022

Tuning 4-stroke personal watercraft has come a long way in a very short time. In little over a decade, this industry has gone from completely excising the factory ECU (and a portion of the wiring ...

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Interview: PWC Chain Gang’s Mike Missak & 5th Annual Chain ...

Chris Stone

September 9, 2022

Some people ride to relieve stress. Some people ride to break records. Some ride for an adrenaline rush. Some enjoy to ride for the community. On the Fox River Chain O’ Lakes in Fox Lake, ...

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The PWC Racing Community Mourns The Loss of Bill Chapin

Kevin Shaw

September 2, 2022

The passing of Bill Chapin, 65 (August 19, 2022) – together with that of Clayton Jacobson II, 88 – marks a severe loss in the PWC community. Unlike the pioneering inventor of both the original ...

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Gallery: Introducing The 2023 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup (Video)

Kevin Shaw

August 22, 2022

It didn’t take much to see that Yamaha Motor Corp. USA was going to play things a little conservatively going into 2023. Big radical changes simply weren’t on the menu as the watercraft manufacturer was ...

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Gallery: Introducing The 2023 Sea-Doo Lineup (Videos)

Kevin Shaw

August 8, 2022

If one is to dabble in the field of predicting the future, we’ve found it’s best to become accustomed to the taste of crow. Today is one of those humbling instances, as almost half of ...

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Understanding Oil: Production, Policy and What You’re Paying For

Kevin Shaw

July 29, 2022

Nearly 20 years ago, there was a time that whenever my brother and I started working on one of his project cars out on the driveway that his elderly neighbor would wander over to chat. ...

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Gallery: Jason Rivera JetStar’s Vintage 550 Build for Huntington Beach

Ally Emig

July 25, 2022

Since the beginning of May 2022, longtime ski enthusiast and builder Jason Rivera had been keeping the vintage community in the dark about a fresh 550 build to premier at the Motosurf and Freeride event ...

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