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A Newbie’s Guide to Applying Registration Numbers

Now that you have your watercraft registration number and date sticker, you’re required to display it on your vessel. And this is the same...

Gallery: Safe & Smart Steps for Proper Personal Watercraft Engine Break-in

When you purchase a new personal watercraft, one of the first things you have to do is a proper engine break-in. Now there is...

Gallery: Ultra Ride Plate Handling Test – Kspeed KS1 vs. KS2 vs OEM

Over the last decade the Kawasaki Ultra 300 and 310 models have widely been considered the best rough water PWC. This well deserved reputation...

Save Yourself The Trouble: Some Simple Trailer Rust Prevention Tips

It doesn't take a sharp eye to understand what salt can do to metal. Whether you're talking about the rusty hulks of iron-hulled ships...

Gallery: Six Simple Steps To Easy PWC Launching (Video)

It's amazing to think that in the last two and a half years, 54-percent of all new personal watercraft sales have gone to first...

Yamaha Joins Kawasaki Effort To Develop Hydrogen Engines

In what appears to be an ever-increasing pace, engine manufacturers around the world are pursuing a range of strategies to produce low and zero...

Gallery: The First 3 Mods That Every 2021 Sea-Doo RXP-X 300 Should Get (Video)

It makes sense for manufacturers to design and build a powerplant that can (and often will) surpass the expectations of the general riding public....

Video: Easy Tips for Extending Your PWC Battery’s Life

Obviously those of you in Florida, along the Gulf Coast, Arizona and California aren't terribly worried about having to winterize your personal watercraft for...

Tested: ProWatercraft Fattie Front Sponsons ’08-’20 & ’21 Yamaha SuperJets

IPD Racing has had an excellent summer testing new products for the 2021 Yamaha 4-stroke SuperJet (along with continuing to test and improve our...

Video: Top Speed Results on GreenHulk ’21 RXP-X 300 Stage 1 Kit

Initially, we had some complications trying to get speed results from the 2021 Sea-Doo RXP-X Stage 1 kit; blowing a cooling line on test day...

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...