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Gallery: The History of The STX; The Hull That Changed Kawasaki

Sometimes the most important engineering decisions aren’t the ones that make headlines. Sometimes they’re the ones that quietly remain in production for decades. Such is...

Video: Kawi Performance Shows How to Address a Gen 2 Fuel Pump Restriction

Fuel starvation and unexplained power loss can send PWC owners searching through the usual list of possible culprits, but Kawi Performance’s Steve Ciervo is...

GreenHulk Shares Preventative Reinforcement for Modified 2017-18 Yamaha GP1800 Hulls

For owners of modified 2017-2018 Yamaha GP1800 personal watercraft, GreenHulk Performance has published a detailed guide outlining a preventative reinforcement designed to address a...

Video: Watcon’s Impeller Pitch And Gauge Measurement Guide

For a lot of riders, impeller tuning starts with good advice from a friend—or a recommendation from a forum. Take a little pitch out....

Before You Throw the Rope: Sea-Doo’s Towing Tips Are Worth a Read

Tow season is officially here, and if your ski, wakeboard or tube has been sitting in the garage since last fall, Sea-Doo just dropped...

Video: Put Down the Hammer – WatCon’s John Zigler Shares the Right Way to Pull a Flywheel

If you've spent any time in PWC forums or Facebook groups, you've seen it. Someone posts a question about a stubborn flywheel and within...

New Yamaha WaveRunner The Break-In Isn’t One Size Fits All

There’s a moment—usually right after the straps come off—when every new WaveRunner owner feels it. The water’s right there. The engine’s brand new. And every...

The 7 Wires That Can Make or Break Your Trailer Setup

There’s a certain kind of frustration that only shows up at the boat ramp. You’ve got the skis fueled, the cooler packed, the weather finally...

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,...

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...

Portable Electric Mini Jet Boats Skip the Ramp and Trailer Hassle

If you’ve ever fought a crowded boat ramp on a Saturday morning—or wrestled with a trailer in reverse while an audience gathers—you’re going to...

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...