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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...

Gallery: Familiarize Yourself With The 400HP 1.6L Belassi Turbo

At first blush, it's pretty natural to want to size up Sea-Doo's 325-horsepower ACE engine alongside Belassi's 400-horsepower 1.6L 3-cylinder. Heck, even we at...

Plan Ahead for the Off Season With JetX Service

Few of us like to think about it, at least Not Yet! - but the 2024 riding season will be coming to a close...

Video: Kawi Performance’s Useful Stainless Steel Exhaust Kit Install Guide

Those of you who have spent any amount of time upgrading your personal watercraft know that modifications can range from quick and easy, to...

Video: How to Measure Squish Clearance on 2-Strokes

Every activity, it seems, whether it is a sport, a hobby or something in between, has its share of odd terms. Baseball has frozen...

Video: Kspeed Provides Detailed Tutorial to Level Trim & Gain Speed on Your 2022/23 Ultra 310

It can be the ultimate letdown - you do your research, you purchase your new speed-demon PWC, you get your new Kawasaki Jet Ski®...

Video: The Basics of Kawasaki Key Programming

While we all love finding new ways to boost our personal watercraft’s speed, performance, and agility, sometimes the most important features go overlooked. Things...

A Quick Guide to Checking Your PWC Jet Ski Start-Stop Switches

If you've been riding jet skis long enough, you're certain to know this feeling: a beautiful summer day, you've got everything ready to go...

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...