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Videos: Doing What Jet Skiers Do, JetX Takes To The Snow

What is a jet skier supposed to do when every body of water around them is frozen over? Why keep riding, of course! For...

IJSBA Homologates 2017 Yamaha EX and GP1800 WaveRunners

OK, admittedly the homologation of the 2017 Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner wasn't a concern at all, as it wholly replaces the FZ R (and S,...

RIVA Racing Offers Free Shipping on Online Orders

Sure, it might be a couple weeks into January, but that's no reason to put off preparing for riding season. And heck, if you're...

The Watercraft Journal Welcomes Fly Racing for 2017, Announces New Utility Jug Racks

All of us at The Watercraft Journal are very excited to welcome Western Power Sports (WPS) and Fly Racing as our newest supporting advertiser...

Videos: Sea-Doo Spark Releases Four “Highly Scientific Test” Videos

Let it not be said that Sea-Doo is not without a sense of humor. The industry-leader in new personal watercraft sales just released a...

Finally! JL Audio Adds SlamPak Audio System for ’13 & Up Yamaha FX WaveRunners

JL Audio has been around for years and has been providing thousands of people with quality sound for their cars and personal speakers. Well,...

Is Champion Sea-Doo Rider Kasza Testing For a BRP-Owned Belassi?

It would be hypocritical for us to slight another media outlet for publishing whatever rumors and chatter they hear coming over the telegraph line;...

SBT. Inc. Announces 2017 Calendar With Playmate Kristy Garret

If you didn't already know, SBT, Inc. is the largest PWC aftermarket parts company in the world, servicing, and rebuilding over 10,000 engines per...

Video: Can SureCan Survive Torture Test With Pro Angler Danny DeVries?

We recently fielded a few questions about the SureCan that we felt simply needed to be addressed in a larger article. Many balked at...

James Bushell’s 158 Performance’s New 2017 Black Edition Sea-Doo RXP-X 350

So how would you feel about a 350-horsepower, all-carbon fiber Sea-Doo RXP-X built by a multi-time World Champion that weighs exactly the same as...

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...

Yamaha Caught Testing JetFish WaveRunner Center Console PWC

For those of you already subscribing to The Watercraft Journal, you're already familiar with Yamaha's far-afield-of-normal open-bow, center console WaveRunner. What we originally deemed as...