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Yamaha WaveRunners Australia Supports Terra Australia-Girt by Sea Record Effort

About three months ago we brought you the story of Lorraine and Glenn Keating, who, in April 2016 will set out on a circumnavigation...

Sign Up To Receive Your Free Copy of The Watercraft Superstore’s 200+ Page Catalog!

It wasn't too long ago that we ourselves were teased for being a "magablog," an anachronism of both a website and a published magazine....

Blowsion Representing Truckboss Decks at Major Freeride Events

It might've gone unnoticed by many, but at last September's Blowsion Surf Slam, the custom ski builder unveiled a very cool Ford F-350 wrapped...

Here We Grow Again! America’s Motor Sports Seeks New Sales Associates

Life's too short to be working at a job that you hate. And chances are, if you're reading this at work, it's probably not...

Case of The Mondays: WaveBlaster Knocks Quadcopter Out of The Sky

Filmed by Guy Mac, a self-taught photographer and videographer, based in New Zealand who travels the world wide capturing amazing footage for a list...

Video: Russia’s Jet Camp Festival Goes Off!

Bored with the same old sit-down jet ski races held by the Federation in Sochi, three Russian personal watercraft riders got together and organized...

Video: RIVA Racing Sea-Doo 2016 Speed Control Override Module

Peak speed isn't the same as sustained top speed, so don't let your friends bragging about how fast their new runabouts get you all...

PWC Muscle’s New RIVA Sea-Doo 215/255/260 XXX SuperCharger

While Sea-Doo's engineers have worked the new Rotax ACE 300 engine to never require supercharger building ever again (that's a heck of a claim),...

Shawn Alladio’s Near-Death Run-In With 100ft. Surf

Information for this piece was pulled from a story published in August 2002 for the Reader's Digest "Everyday Heroes" series on “Killer Waves,” a...

The Watercraft Journal Welcomes Cycle Springs Powersports For 2016

Purchasing from a dealership doesn't have to be an uncomfortable process, but unfortunately, many seem to feel that way. Pushy salesmen, mountains of paperwork,...

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...