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Kevin Shaw: The Man Who Killed The JetSki

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

Gallery: Introducing The 2015 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup

There is a major push coming out of Yamaha's Kennesaw, Georgia facility that hasn't been seen in a long, long time. Yamaha is going...

Squeeky Clean: Inside Jet Renu Headquarters

It wasn't more than a couple of weeks ago that we were driving through sunny Southern California's Inland Empire. What was once acreage of...

The Watercraft Journal By The Numbers: July 2014

Several years ago, while I worked as the Associate Editor for the now defunct monthly magazine Corvette Fever, the printers had erroneously reprinted the...

Getting a Grip: Inside Hydro-Turf Headquarters

For those old enough to remember the early years of Kawasaki 440 and 550 standups will recall how miserable the black sharkskin foam tray...

Vicious Rumors and Vile Gossip: Turbos Converge on LB2CAT

OK, this is going to be a far shorter chapter of "Vicious Rumors and Vile Gossip" but we wanted to squeak this one in...

Seven Deadly Questions With Brian Baldwin

The Watercraft Journal: Brian, thanks for spending a few minutes with us; for those of our readers who aren’t familiar with your racing career,...

The Watercraft Journal By The Numbers: June 2014

What the what? It's already July? It seems like only yesterday we were griping about winter dragging on too long, and now it's sweltering...

Vicious Rumors and Vile Gossip: The Three Skis We Know Can Happen Tomorrow

First, let's start with the good news: personal watercraft sales are up across the board. All three manufacturers are experiencing a swell in new...

Inside The Farthing Racing Pro Shop

For bikers, it's a tour through the sacred halls of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Harley-Davidson Headquarters and Museum, joining the ranks flooding the streets in Sturgis,...

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...