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The Watercraft Journal By The Numbers: October 2017

Today is a pretty special day for us here at The Watercraft Journal. Five years ago, we launched what would fatefully (and surprisingly quickly)...

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...

A Peek Inside Belassi: The Austrian PWC Company Releases Inside Info From Inside Its HQ

We at The Watercraft Journal have a bit of a love/hate affair going on with Belassi. It's not that we're angry or vengeful against...

Gallery: Tri-State River Rats Save 6 Boaters From Sinking

News of the Tri-State River Rats – a Powersports Club from Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio areas –and their daring rescue has already hit the...

Seven Deadly Questions With Five-Time IJSBA World Champ Tyler Hill

WPP: Give us some history on your racing career. Tyler Hill: I have been racing personal watercraft since I was eleven years old and have...

Gallery: Inside The Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation Of America

This year marks the single largest growth of new vehicle sales in a decade. In fact, the total new vehicle sales total of 67,500-plus...

A Deeper Look at Sealver Waveboats, Coming to United States in 2018 (Video)

We recently "re-introduced" you to the Sealver Waveboat after its initial release three years ago. As a PWC-powered boat manufacturer Sealver has made a...

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...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 350

For the last few years, RIVA Racing has offered a specialty-built, Limited Edition high-horsepower, top-of-the-line performance racecraft (built in production runs of 25). This...

Gallery: Jet X Powersports Gets Go-Ahead To Build Ultimate GP1800R

For Andrew Hinchey, it was all about speed. The Kingston, Ontario, Canada native was in the market for a new runabout but his goals...

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...