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What to Consider Before Venturing Out on Your New PWC

The moment sunshine hits, riders around the world head straight to their garage and start getting their personal watercraft ready. We at The Watercraft...

Video: Black & White News Reel Footage Shows Vespa Scooter PWC Crossing English Channel

If today's world of extreme sports tells us anything, it's that motorcyclists will do anything for publicity, including riding their motorcycles across open bodies...

Kawasaki USA Responds To Anti-Trump Celebrity Apprentice Comment

Over the past year, politics has managed to poison much of everyone's lives, seeping into entertainment both on TV and outside of our Monday-to-Friday...

Dean’s Team Celebrates a Stellar 2016 With Season Recap Report

There's no arguing that Dean's Team-tuned Yamaha WaveRunners were the most consistent thing seen on the podium in 2016. Led by the man himself,...

Video: Cycle Springs’ FSH Salt Series Tower Improves Yamaha FSH190 & 190 Deluxe Boats (Gallery)

Yamaha Motor Corp.'s dominance over the recreational jet boat market is pretty obscene, with something to the tune of over 65-pecent. In the last...

eBay Find of The Day: Pick Up Some Rare Vintage Chris Lauber Pics

Decades before there was Ronny Mac, Allie Block and DaBomb Boonrawd, there was Chris Lauber. Lauber was thee premier jet ski racing photographer having...

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...

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...