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TR-1 Oil Checks Keep Catching Riders Out. Here’s How GreenHulk Says to Do It Right

If you’ve owned a Yamaha powered by the TR-1 engine for more than five minutes, there’s a decent chance you’ve had that moment. You check...

Winter Weather Rescue – What’s Next If Fern Caught Your Ski Outside

For a lot of riders, this winter has been more stop-and-go than a clean shutdown. Mild stretches kept skis in play longer than usual,...

How High Are You? How Elevation Impacts Your Ride

You unload the ski, make a few passes, and immediately know something’s off. The RPM isn’t there. Acceleration feels softer. The setup hasn’t changed...

Video: Off-Season Projects – DIY Jet Ski Seat Re-Covering

When your jet ski is parked for the winter, you’ve basically got two choices: ignore it until spring… or use this downtime to knock...

Videos: Kawi Performance TVS Supercharger Rebuild & Ultra 310 Cylinder Head Install

If you’re a Kawasaki rider who actually likes turning wrenches instead of mailing parts to someone else, it’s a good week to be scrolling...

Store Your PWC Safely and Prevent Easy Grab-and-Go Theft

Why Storage Security Matters More Than Ever Let’s face it — theft remains a real danger. While many watercraft owners take care of keys and...

Kawi Performance Turns 3D Molds and Scrap Aluminum into Working Jet Ski Nozzles

Sometimes, the best innovations come from a driveway, a few plastic tubs, and a lot of curiosity. That’s exactly what Steve Ciervo at Kawi...

Getting the Shot: Everything You Need to Know About Action Cameras

Here’s the next installment for our multi-part series on PWC race photography. This time we’re diving into action cameras — what they are, how...

The Watercraft Journal’s 2025 Long Distance Trailering Tips And Gear Guide

Whether you’re starting to prep for the trip to Havasu in little over a month, or you’re planning a post-Labor Day outing with the...

Belassi Shares Some Insight on Its Assembly Process for All Marine Power Units

These past few months, we at The Watercraft Journal have been providing its readership exclusive access to the details and technologies developed for Belassi's Marine...

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...