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Yamaha Watercraft Mobile Apps Earns Top Marine Marketing Award

It's always nice to have your hard work not only appreciated by your peers but to it's even nicer to have it praised by...

Video: LeMans Start For Hydro-Turf Racers At Mark Hahn 300

Whether they were one of the many sponsored competitors hailing from 16 countries from across the globe, or just a racer riding a stock...

Videos: It’s a Spark in a Swimming Pool. ‘Nuff Said

Hey! Remember doing this with your old 550? We do. In fact, considering that the JS550 is what? 30-years-old, it's pretty impressive that we...

Now For Something Completely Different: Redbull’s 2015 Riverland Dinghy Derby

Australians have a way of making normal, good ol' American redneck fun look like a legitimate sport. Take for example hauling over 55mph on...

Sunshine Coast Jet Sports Club To Present 2015 OZ Surf Slam

We're only weeks away from one of the most anticipated freeride events of the year - the 2015 OZ Surf Slam - and already...

Videos: What a Difference a Turbo Makes; 310R vs. FZR SVHO

In case you weren't aware, we're living in the middle of a horsepower war. Kawasaki was first to come out of the gate swinging,...

Video: Gain Some First-Hand Experience at Flatwater Friday

Every year in January, over Martin Luther King weekend, the Daytona Freeride takes place in sunny Daytona Beach, Florida. This event has become one...

Yamaha Watercraft Receives Two NMMA Innovation Awards

There's no question that Yamaha has been having a heck of a great year. Not only did their SVHO-platform WaveRunners clinch a trio of...

IPD Graphics’ Bibi Carmouche Featured on 2015 Hot Products Catalog Cover

The 2015 racing season hasn't even officially started and it's looking like it's already Bibi Carmouche's year. Riding a Bullett-hulled SX-R, sporting support from...

It‘s a BBQ! It’s a Picnic Table! It’s a Boat! It’s The BBQ Donut!

Sometimes, the biggest problem we encounter with enjoying a day on the lake is our proximity to decent brisket. Sure, you could try to...

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...