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A Beginner’s Guide to Yamaha SuperJet Gel Coat Repair

Let me start by saying that I’m not a fiberglass guy and this is just how I did the repair. I don't own a...

Gallery: Restoring Sea-Doo Plastics Back to Better-Than-Factory (Video)

"Oh crap!" I yelled as precious 93 octane spat from the flexible filler neck of my SureCan jerry can. The spilled fuel splattered across...

Video: Restoring Faded & Sun-Bleached Plastics With a Heat Gun

As personal watercraft have rapidly ballooned in size over the decades, manufacturers have had to find new and creative ways to help keep weight...

Gallery: Easy Detailing Tips to Look Good All Summer Long

Oh the pains we take to look good. Nobody likes their ski looking like it was just pulled out of the sideyard, especially when...

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...

Gallery: Refinishing Your Finish With Finish Renu

For anyone who paints cars, you'll know that black shows everything. Every little flaw in bodywork, every shortcut in prepping the surface. You name...

Quick Tech: Installing A SCS Unlimited Wrap on a Sea-Doo Spark (Video)

One of the most intriguing selling points for the Sea-Doo Spark (apart from its low cost entry point, lightweight, radical departure from conventional FMC...

Gallery: IPD Graphics’ SuperJet Squarenose Transformation

Let's face it. You don't have a lot of money. It's OK, we won't tell your friends. But, being broke doesn't mean you can't...

Quick Tech: Customizing Your Ski With IPD Graphics and Hydro-Turf

Despite a price tag dancing around $11,000-$13,000, Yamaha's FX High Output Cruiser is one of the most popular full-sized naturally-aspirated runabouts on the water...

Quick Tech: Installing a Custom Hurricane Industries’ Kawasaki Ultra Hood Wrap

Those loyal readers of The Watercraft Journal know that the build up to last week's Jettribe Long Beach-to-Catalina Offshore Championship has been stretched over...

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...

Gallery: Introducing The 2017 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup (Video)

Over time we've come to understand the certain ways that each manufacturer has in developing and introducing new product. While some play things a...