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Video: From Sea-Doo to Street Legal Motorcycle

A story reported in the Miami Herald tells us that a Florida man was filmed riding a modified Sea-Doo on a street in Jacksonville....

Slippery Wetsuits Launches New Digital Campaign & Website

One of the oldest-running wetsuit, lifevest and riding gear manufacturers dedicated to personal watercraft, Slippery Wetsuits has been at it since 1989. Today, Slippery...

P1 AquaX Whiting Grand Prix Brief Recap

The third annual P1 AquaX Whiting Grand Prix took place August 11th and 12th at Lake Front Park in Whiting, Indiana. It went off...

Miami Jet Ski Shop Returns to 2018 Blowsion World Finals

Here's a piece of news from the IJSBA that may be of interest to those racing in the 2018 Blowsion World Finals. Miami Jet...

Video: Curious Whale Approaches and Nudges Jet Skier in Australia

A USA Today article and video tell a sweet story of a close encounter with a Southern Right Whale. PWC rider, Tim Swift, was...

Join WCJ & Bopenski at October’s Mudbug to Win a Free Kickback Chair

Everybody already knows that the annual Mudbug Rally happens every second weekend in June; but did you know that there's a second Mudbug happening...

Video: Australian Scott Tipping Rode 932-Miles For Suicide Awareness

R U OK Day is a big deal in Australia. A topic that was once taboo or only spoken is secret, has been brought...

Own This 83mph RIVA Stage III-Equipped ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 For $15K

It wasn't too long ago when The Watercraft Journal took the RIVA Racing Stage III kit-equipped '18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 to task. The day...

Sea-Doo Partners With RIVA Racing For Spark Performance Upgrades

Boy, if there was chatter about a soon-to-be-coming Sea-Doo it was the long-rumored "Spark X" (or "R," whichever). Fans of the Rec-Lite runabout were...

Case of The Mondays: Buy This Sea-Doo Powered USS New Jersey Battleship Replica

Whaaat? You read that right. There is a fully-functioning (well, not really. The cannons don't fire) replica of the USS New Jersey battleship powered...

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...