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Florida Ski Riders Announce New Riding Gear & 2019 Schedule

All of us here at The Watercraft Journal are pretty big fans of what Randy Cabrera and team at the Florida Ski Riders have...

Video: How To Launch A Personal Water Craft By Yourself

We've all seen. Heck, you might've even poked a little fun at the poor soul trying unsuccessfully to launch their personal watercraft by themselves...

Video: Understanding Solas Pump Impeller Performance With RIVA Racing

For such a simple-looking piece of equipment, the impeller ("prop") of your personal watercraft packs a bunch of innovation. Similar to selecting the proper...

Video: When Krash Army Stormed The Beaches of Daytona Freeride

Let's begin by acknowledging that this video is from the 2016 Blowsion Freeride – not this most recent one that happened a couple of...

New PWC Sales Reach 10-Year Record High in UK

It's a song that we at The Watercraft Journal have been singing for a while now; the PWC industry is really banging on all...

Dustin Farthing Proposes 3-Day Championship World Event in Atlanta, GA

Dustin Farthing serves as an example of how a talented watercraft racer segued his racing career into a lucrative business within the powersports industry....

IJSBA Welcomes Haiti Newest Affiliate; Announces 2019 Haiti Jetski Fest

Man, Scott Frazier and the team at IJSBA has been busy. These guys have been globe-trotting for months now, and for good cause. Recently,...

Video: Krash Army Team Rider Tom Scaccianoce Shows Off His 50 Cal

When you think of big surf breaks, the coast of New York typically doesn't come to mind. Well, Krash Army team rider Tom Scaccianoce...

Powerboat Nationals Announces Vets First Initiative

Powerboat Nationals has just announced that they will be offering veteran-owned businesses throughout the United States the chance to grow their business through motorsports...

PWC Riders Spread the Good Word; All Riders Aren’t Bad Guys

A jet ski ride organized by Victorian Jet Ski Club president, Jimmy Chaanine was set up in protest to the recent complaints and a...

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...