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The Watercraft Journal By The Numbers: Celebrating 5 Years of Fun (2013-2018)

It's been a year since we last published an installment of "By The Numbers," and in our last update, we erroneously stated it was...

New 2019 Model Roundup: What We Got Right & What We Got Wrong

Naked honesty is always the best policy. It might not ingratiate you with lots of friends or even make you all that popular, but...

Gallery: Kawasaki Celebrates “Good Times on The Water” With 2019 JetSki Lineup

Back in early August, The Watercraft Journal reported that Kawasaki's European division had not only published the entirety of the 2019 JetSki lineup, but...

Gallery: 2019 Sea-Doo Search and Rescue (SAR) is Ready to Respond

Sea-Doo went all out with its 2019 Search and Rescue units (SAR). According to Sea-Doo, the SAR watercraft includes the specific features you need...

Jay Bramble Uses Cars, Sportbikes as Template for JetSkis

"The inspiration all started when I was fifteen years old," stated Jay Bramble, as he recalled the first time he ever saw the Kawasaki...

Gallery: Introducing The 2019 Sea-Doo Lineup

If you haven't already heard, Sea-Doo's gone fishing. And we mean that literally. Yes, personal watercraft fishing has a massive worldwide audience – outside...

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...

Seven Deadly Questions: Bopenski Watersports’ Joe Borden Rides the Tennessee River 600

The Tennessee River 600 is an annual event for personal watercraft (PWC) enthusiasts to raise money for two children’s hospitals and the Tennessee Wildlife...

Gallery: Introducing The 2019 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup (Video)

A supercharged race-ready watercraft had not entered the list of the top 10 best-selling personal watercraft for nearly a decade. That is, until 2017,...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Sea-Doo 2018 RXT/GTX Steering System Bundle (Video)

There's little arguing that the new ST3-based Sea-Doos are some of the best, most ergonomically designed top decks to come from the manufacturer. The...

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...