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Interview: IHRA Pro Watercraft Series Gears Up for Historic 2026 Season

The roar of engines, the thrill of competition, and a vision years in the making are converging on the waters of St. Petersburg, Florida....

RIVA Racing Launches Dedicated Jet Boat Performance Division

For decades, RIVA Racing has built its reputation around pushing the limits of personal watercraft performance. From race-winning engine packages to carefully engineered bolt-on...

Brandon Warner Wins Back-to-Back Mark Hahn Memorial 300 Titles

Brandon Warner’s endurance, skill, and setup mastery were on full display at the 22nd Annual IJSBA Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300. Crossing the finish...

Interview: Sam Nehme on Racing, Reform, and the Road Ahead

A Veteran’s View From the Sidelines By the time our conversation with Sam Nehme turned toward racing, it was clear he wasn’t speaking as a...

Interview: Broward Motorsports Hits 2026 With Momentum After 2025 Expansions

The first time Sam Nehme mentioned expansion, it was early last spring — a quick heads-up that Broward Motorsports was adding another store. When...

Interview: Farthing Talks Prize Money, Fans, and the Future of PWC Racing

For decades, U.S. personal watercraft racing has struggled with fragmented leadership, inconsistent rules, and waning visibility. However, an announcement earlier this week regarding a...

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...

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...

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...