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Shop Tours

Gallery: Inside SBT, Inc.’s 4-Stroke Engine Dyno Facility

Brent Venderley

March 16, 2016

In the personal watercraft industry, Short Block Technologies, Incorporated (ie. SBT, Inc.) in conjunction with Watercraft Superstore is the largest supplier of aftermarket and OEM personal watercraft parts in the world! From the newest addition ...

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Shop Tours

Gallery: Don’t Miss RIVA Racing’s Booth at This Weekend’s IJSBA ...

Kevin Shaw

October 9, 2015

A lot of times in life, it’s less about what you do see than what you don’t. This afternoon we were permitted an all-access pass to RIVA Racing‘s massive traveling circus-style booth located dead center ...

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Shop Tours

The Golden Ticket: Behind-The-Curtain of RIVA Motorsports & RIVA Racing

Kevin Shaw

July 17, 2015

Unlike so many others, there’s few places considered “holy” in our sport. NASCAR has Daytona. Indy has The Brickyard. Le Mans has Le Circuit de la Sarthe. Many would argue the rough-hewn, pebbly beaches of ...

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Shop Tours

Spin Doctors: Inside Skat-Trak Performance Products

Kevin Shaw

August 27, 2014

“I’m going,” my father insisted when I announced that I was scheduled to tour the Calimesa, California, headquarters of legendary Skat-Trak Performance Products. The multi-acre facility perched off of the northern side of the Inland ...

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Shop Tours

Squeeky Clean: Inside Jet Renu Headquarters

Kevin Shaw

August 7, 2014

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 farmland only decades earlier, has become a seemingly endless sea of ...

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Shop Tours

Getting a Grip: Inside Hydro-Turf Headquarters

Kevin Shaw

July 29, 2014

For those old enough to remember the early years of Kawasaki 440 and 550 standups will recall how miserable the black sharkskin foam tray padding was. It chaffed terribly and it wouldn’t be long before ...

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Shop Tours

Inside The Farthing Racing Pro Shop

Kevin Shaw

June 16, 2014

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, South Dakota or even milling through the sweltering crowds of Daytona, ...

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Shop Tours

Toy Store Story: Inside Mountain Motorsports Lithia Springs, GA

Kevin Shaw

February 10, 2014

“Mountain Motorsports, Internet Sales. This is Craig,” is the greeting on the other end of the phone. There’s an accent ringing in the words, but its definitely not the lulling tones of a Southern drawl, ...

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Interviews

The Incredible Hulk: Behind The Man Behind The Industry’s Most ...

Kevin Shaw

December 27, 2013

My friendship with Jerry Gaddis all started with a friendly email warning me that I had really screwed up. In the final months before Personal Watercraft Illustrated would fatefully fold up, I had written a ...

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