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Kevin Shaw: Maybe This Isn’t For You

I find myself getting short with people easier these days. Maybe it's because I'm turning 40 this year or maybe it's because I've always...

Kevin Shaw: A Promise Made Is A Promise Kept

Sure, I was frustrated but I couldn't really be that mad. The roads were packed with several unexpected extra inches of snow covering a...

Kevin Shaw: It’s Not a Very Good Reason Why

I could hear the sound of my own teeth grinding through my skull, and my wife could tell just by looking at me that...

Kevin Shaw: Leave Your Brand Rivalry Out of It

Most of you wouldn't know (nor would I expect you to) that I cut my teeth in the world of professional publishing not in...

Kevin Shaw: I Was Right And Why It’s Important

Predicting the future, particularly with no true means to inside developmental intelligence, is pretty tough to do. Every now and again, my position within...

Ashley Haude: Discover the Key To Happiness

Love for a way of life has many forms. People’s passion for watersports such as surfing, scuba and sailing are well-known and accepted because...

Kevin Shaw: The Road To Water

It was time for a change. I loved my job, but I also wanted more than just to be an Associate Editor, and it...

Kevin Shaw: Falling In Love With A Girl Named Belassi

I still cringe when people casually throw around the term "abusive relationship"; it always feels like somebody should be cowering in the corner with...

Watermarks: The Truth Among The Noise

"There's a lot riding on it," a friend cautioned over the phone. "They're worried about what's being said about it." The "they" in this...

Watermarks: The Gift of Gratitude

"Say, 'Thank you'," is a phrase I'm constantly belaboring to my 3-year-old. She's a lovely little girl who's inherited her mother's shyness and father's...

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...