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Hydro-Turf Returns As Title Sponsor of 2016 Surf & Turf Tour

If this past weekend's AquaX action in Tavares, Florida just wasn't enough to quell your thirst, then we've got news for you: the first...

Videos: Jet Skiing Community Bids Farewell to Bob McCord

It's regretful that we announce the passing of one of the original testers and pioneers in the sport of jet skiing, Bob "Big Mac"...

Case of The Mondays: Franky Zapata Invents The Human Drone

Multi-time World Champion jet ski racer and now full-time inventor, Franky Zapata has brought the world one step closer to actualizing Herbert Spencer's philosophy...

Dean’s Team Yamaha Racer Paloma Noceda Vies For Peruvian Congress

For most multi-time world championship racers, their post racing career is often found within the sport itself or closely associated to powersports, be them...

Dustin Farthing Partners With Sea-Doo For Championship in 2016

It's worth noting when one of the sport's winningest racers steps back into the ring to battle it out with the current stock of...

IJSBA Announces Region 3 Rounds 1 & 2 at Grays Harbor Watercross

Water X in association with the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA) is proud to announce that Rounds 1 and 2 of the Northwest...

RIVA Racing’s New Sea-Doo RXP/RXT 300 Intake Manifold Upgrade Kit

RIVA Racing has released yet another goodie for your PWC owners! With their new Sea-Doo 300 Intake Manifold Upgrade Kit, it enables your engine to...

Yamaha WaterCraft Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Launch of My Yamaha Memories

Thirty years ago, Yamaha Watercraft introduced its first WaveRunner; the WR500. Ever since then, Yamaha watercraft have led the boating industry as one of...

Case of The Mondays: Yamaha-Powered Rescue Runner In Hong Kong

Nearly exactly a year ago, The Watercraft Journal introduced you to the Yamaha-propelled "RescueRunner," a privately-assembled search-and-rescue watercraft developed and assembled by boat builder...

Las Vegas PWC Racing School Wants to Prep You For Racing

With only a few weeks before the grand kick off of the nation's racing series begin, the crew at Las Vegas PWC Racing School...

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...