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Roger Berkon: Some Unsolicited Advice For Racers Looking For Sponsors

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At today’s “touring series” level, personal watercraft (PWC) racing is not only becoming a serious sport, it can easily become a business and an...
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Kevin Shaw: Sneaking Into The Skyway Ski Show

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"Hey man, I'm going to be there if you want me to cover it," Jetski Junkies' Kev Hemingway offered. Since it's start in 2011,...
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Kevin Shaw: It’s Time To Start Thinking Bigger

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I find that if you shut up and let people talk, they'll tell you more about themselves than you could ever discover on your...
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Kawasaki Ultra 310LX: Learner-Friendly, Enthusiast-Approved

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As a long range jet skier there are definite things in a PWC that I look for. Reliability, stability, the overall ride, the power,...
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Kevin Shaw: Where is The American Freestyle National Series?

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I stood on the pebbled shore of Arizona's Lake Havasu, pressed in among a throng of onlookers, teammates, friends and families of the freestyle...
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Kevin Shaw: Printing Your Own Money

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Last night, as I perused my seemingly endless news feed of Facebook posts, Instagram pics, Tweets and emails, I stopped and grinned at a...
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Kevin Shaw: I Swear Guys, I’m Right About This One

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It was late 2006 when Kawasaki introduced the world to its new full-sized runabout, the Ultra 250X. The sharply chiseled JetSki touted the biggest...
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Kevin Shaw: The Man Who Killed The JetSki

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The condensation beading off the sides of my bottled water fell freely like raindrops, pooling into a wet spot in the table cloth. The...
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Kevin Shaw: Under Constant Observation

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What today's world of constant and generally unearned emotional affirmation has done for our youth has taught them that if everyone is "special," then...
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Kevin Shaw: Something’s Gotta Give

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People say "racing is dead." I disagree. Racing is not dead, it's just irrelevant. I say this without intent to discredit the talent, training...
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The Incredible Hulk: Behind The Man Behind The Industry’s Most Successful Forum

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My friendship with Jerry Gaddis all started with a friendly email warning me that I had really screwed up. In the final months before...
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The Return of The King: Introducing The 2017 Kawasaki SX-R JetSki

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

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

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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...
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Gallery: Introducing The 2016 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup

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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...
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Yamaha Caught Testing JetFish WaveRunner Center Console PWC

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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...