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The Technology Behind Top Loader Intake Grates

So you want to gain more performance out of your personal watercraft but don't want to break the bank. Well one of the easiest...

Video: Understanding Crankcase Pressure, Blow-By and Oil Catch Cans

Let's talk about something super exciting: regulating crankcase atmosphere. To the layman, this isn't really sexy stuff and will likely cause most of you...

Videos: Greenhulk’s Breakdown Of The New DashFlash by DashPac

DashPac has done it again with this innovative product! It was created and designed by forum members Evan Kassing and Andy Lamb. This product...

Stand Up Skills: How to Bunny Hop

The Bunny Hop is a fan favorite! Fortunately, the bunny hop is a simple skill to learn and the base for future, more complicated...

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

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...

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

"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...

Stand Up Skills: 180 Degree Slide

Hero mode engaged! The 180 Degree slide is both delicate and brutal, requiring precise timing and bodyweight motion, with the application of throttle many...

Gallery: Catch the Action with the Best Camera Placement

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...

Gallery: RIVA Sea-Doo 2018 RXT-X 300 Pro-Series Sponsons Install & Tune (Video)

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...

Stand Up Skills: Stand for Skill

Anyone who has time around stand up jets skis has at least an inkling as to how difficult it can be to simply get...

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...