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How-To

Video: PWC Muscle Installs a P3 Labs Sea-Doo RXT/GTX 230 ...

Kevin Shaw

October 11, 2018

One of the key benefits from a 4-stroke over a 2-stroke is the muted sound. In fact, a major reason why specific riding locations have remained open to jet skiers has been due to OE ...

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Hull

Hull Design: What Makes a Ski Good in Rough Water?

Kevin Shaw

September 20, 2018

“Yeah, that’s all great, but how is it in the rough stuff?” came the reply. I had spent nearly an hour walking one of The Watercraft Journal’s readers through the highs and lows, the newfangled ...

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How-To

Stand Up Skills: 180 Degree Slide

Ashley Haude

September 17, 2018

Hero mode engaged! The 180 Degree slide is both delicate and brutal, requiring precise timing and bodyweight motion, with the application of throttle many motorheads love. Breaking it Down Sliding a stand up, like most ...

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How-To

Gallery: Catch the Action with the Best Camera Placement

Ashley Haude

September 11, 2018

Share with the World I’m honestly surprised how many people don’t use cameras while riding their jet ski. Cameras are a perfect training tool to see where you can improve your form and riding position ...

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Handling

Gallery: RIVA Sea-Doo 2018 RXT-X 300 Pro-Series Sponsons Install & ...

Kevin Shaw

September 6, 2018

In a perfect instance of putting the cart before the horse, The Watercraft Journal managed to publish its full-length review of RIVA Racing’s Pro-Series Sponsons for the 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 long before getting around ...

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How-To

Stand Up Skills: Stand for Skill

Ashley Haude

August 27, 2018

Anyone who has time around stand up jets skis has at least an inkling as to how difficult it can be to simply get moving in a straight line. Stand ups do not float with ...

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How-To

Stand Up Skills: Deep Water Start (Video)

Ashley Haude

August 13, 2018

You’ve fallen off. You’ve made it back to the ski, treading water next to it you catch your breath, look up at the water sloshing around in the tray and wonder how the heck you ...

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How-To

Stand Up Skills: Shallow Water Start (Video)

Ashley Haude

July 30, 2018

Welcome to my new article series designed to help people learn how to ride, progress, and enjoy stand up jet skis. Before we talk about setting up backflip wakes and mastering the power slide, let ...

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Pump

Video: 2018 Yamaha GP1800 Impeller Swap – Long Haul Ep. ...

Kevin Shaw

July 20, 2018

Listen, we’ve all done it. Even the best of us. Sucking up a rock, stick or some other bit of debris is a pretty common phenomenon, and shouldn’t be the reason you hang your lanyard ...

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Engine

Gallery: SuperJet 760cc Top End Swap (Video)

Ashley Haude

June 4, 2018

The 701cc Yamaha SuperJet has been an icon in the stand up jet ski world for nearly three decades, and over that time period many modifications have been perfected. Let’s face it, most of us ...

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