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Stand Up Skills: Deep Water Start (Video)

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...

Stand Up Skills: Shallow Water Start (Video)

Welcome to my new article series designed to help people learn how to ride, progress, and enjoy stand up jet skis. Before we talk...

Video: 2018 Yamaha GP1800 Impeller Swap – Long Haul Ep. 28

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...

Gallery: SuperJet 760cc Top End Swap (Video)

The 701cc Yamaha SuperJet has been an icon in the stand up jet ski world for nearly three decades, and over that time period...

Carbs In Harm’s Way: Identifying Aluminum Oxidation in Carburetors

It's been a while since you've last ridden your two-stroke ski – be it a few weeks or several years – you've got the...

Greenhulk Fixes 2017-18 GP1800 Intake Grate Insert/Hull Cracking Issue

There's been quite a bit of concern from many on the performance forums concerning the longevity of Yamaha's lightweight NanoXcel2 hull material, particularly in...

Say No To Thefts; How To Secure Your PWC When Stored In Your Driveway

Let’s face it; there are a lot of shady and dis-honest people out there. While we’d like to believe most people are good, there...

Video: GreenHulk Intake Grate Shootout For GP1800 and VXR

Recently, Jerry Gaddis from GreenHulk.net made a wonderful comparison of all the available aftermarket intakes grates for the Yamaha GP1800 and VXR. These intake...

Gallery: A Quick Guide to Start PWC Racing

You've been riding and enjoying your personal watercraft at the local lake, maybe even taking a few scenic trips to other lakes seeing the...

Gallery: Quick Restoration By Applying New Graphics & Gel Coat Buffing

The sad reality is that personal watercraft are doomed to a life of hulls scratched by pebbled shores, bond rail bumpers galled by unprotected...

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...