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Jessica Waters: To the One Who Holds the Dock Line

Valentine’s Day is usually reserved for candlelit dinners and bouquets of roses. But in the world of personal watercraft, love looks a little different....

Rumors of CarPlay on the Water Hit the Right Buttons — But Do Riders Need It?

Rumors of Apple CarPlay making its way onto personal watercraft have been rippling through tech publications and industry circles alike, fueled by Sea-Doo’s confirmation...

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...

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...

Kevin Shaw: The Kids Aren’t Alright

Admittedly, it's been years since my last editorial. I guess I haven't had much to say. Well, at least anything of any import that...

Keeping Up With All Things PWC – Editor Update

With 2 months behind me as Editor of The Watercraft Journal, I am almost starting to feel like I’m getting into the swing of...

Kevin Shaw: The Fourth And (Very Likely) Final Turning

I've been either somewhat adjacent or wholly embedded in the personal watercraft (PWC) industry for roughly 18 years (as I can measure) and I...

Kevin Shaw: Preparing For Planned Obsolescence

Right about now, I'm reeeally hating my computer. It's a 5-year-old Apple MacBook Pro with the 15-inch screen. I bought a few years ago...

Kevin Shaw: Cha-Cha-Changes For The Good

I like being my own boss. Not everyone is cut out for it, but it seems to fit my personality. Years ago, my father...

Kevin Shaw: Money For Nothing

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 –...

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...