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IJSBA Drops Several Units From Official Homologation Simultaneously As Kawasaki Announces ’17 SX-R

Timing is a funny thing. Within literally hours of the official release of Kawasaki's 2017 SX-R, the International Jet Sport Boating Association (IJSBA) made...

Jet Skiers To Tribute John Dady With Memorial Paddle Out At 2016 Blowsion Surf Slam

With the tragic and unexpected loss of Blowsion founder John Dady last month, this year's Blowsion Surf Slam (happening this weekend, September 9-through-11th), in...

Spanish Navigator Celebrates Ponce de Leon’s Voyage With 18-Hour Journey

The name Alvaro De Marichalar might sound a little familiar to The Watercraft Journal regulars, as he recreated Balboa's journey From Miami to Panama...

Flyboard To Title Sponsor HydroFlight World Championship

With the introduction of Flyboards in 2012, this new sport has become very popular. Rental companies are renting them out to their customers and...

Save Big With Cycle Springs’ Prepaid Maintenance

There's few things more vexing than trying to plan for the future. That is where purchasing the proper maintenance insurance comes into play. While...

Truckboss Decks Congratulates Sponsored Rider Blair Hull on WCWA Wins

Across the continent, jet ski racing is running strong. Recently, the Western Canadian Watercross Association (WCWA) hosted its 7th and 8th rounds of racing...

Case of The Mondays: Shark Nearly Nibbles Jet Skier’s Leg

Humans are soft, slightly haired mammals with negligible physical defenses. No claws, no mandibles, rows of razor-sharp teeth, thick coats of hair or armor...

Karujet Joins IJSBA As Part of International Competition Program

What is the "Karujet," you ask? It's only the toughest, more daunting offshore PWC race in the world. Held in the cul-de-sac harbor of...

Video: RIVA Racing Teases New Limited Edition Yamaha, WCJ Will Have It First

We're feeling a bit mean for all of these teasers, but this week has definitely been a crazy one. With Kawasaki's revealing yesterday, and...

Watch The Watercraft Journal For The 2017 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup

OK, we are only hours away from knowing everything that Yamaha has planned for its latest batch of 2017 WaveRunners. So ignore all the...

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...