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Video: Want an Amphibious PWC Scooter? There Is One

A hilarious video shows a rider in his underwear riding what appears to be a yellow '97 Sea-Doo GTI that's been converted into three-wheeled...

Case of The Mondays: Police Stop Jet Skier For No Real Reason

This video is hilarious in an annoying kind of way. A dude is having a good time on a lake swapping out his two...

Video: T-Rex Steals Jet Ski And Does Insane Backflips

The easiest thing for an editor for a jet ski magazine is to plug in Liquid Militia/Hydro-Turf rider Mark Gomez's name and see what...

DHS Contractor, Implant Sciences Intends to Acquire Zapata Industries

Implant Sciences was so impressed by French jet ski champion Franky Zapata's world record breaking ride on his Flyboard, that the company set out...

Dean’s Team Teases “Race Spec” Yamaha GP1800RS Special Edition

Dean’s Team is one of the most popular (and successful) names in the industry, producing meticulously-engineered racing watercraft that reach unbelievable speeds. Whether you...

Case of The Wednesdays: Tribord EasyBreath Full-Face Snorkel

Snorkeling recently became even easier with the Decathlon EasyBreathe snorkeling set up. The system was conceived in 2007 by members of the Tribord design...

Video: All Yamaha WaveRunners Are Built In the USA

In 1986, Yamaha introduced its first ever sit-down watercraft. This sit-down personal watercraft ignited many other companies to create their own. While stand-up watercraft...

There’s Still Plenty of Sparks Left in America’s Motor Sports’ Inventory

It's the same ol' story year after year: next year's models are announced and the current floor models are slapped with some very attractive...

The Watercraft Journal to Present 2016 Sea-Doo Ultimate Owners Ride VI

Two years ago, The Watercraft Journal joined the fun at the annual Sea-Doo Ultimate Owner's Ride. This year, we've been invited back, providing exclusive...

JetX Powersports’ Jay Edworthy Takes Top Spot in Chicago

The Watercraft Journal received this race report from JetX's Adrienne Dalli who wrote: The JetX Racing Team is no stranger to competition but the latest...

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...