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HXR Watercraft Racing Series Cancelled for 2015

Well, this sucks. Just when you think it's safe to start getting excited for the 2015 racing season, we get news like this: Unfortunately,...

Another Year at Boot Düsseldorf With Jobe!

Boat show season is going off in a big way, and not just in the States. This past January 17th kicked off the beginning...

Australian Jet Skiers to Ride 1600KM For Cancer Council

Recently, the group Jet Ski For a Cure announced that that May 1, 2015 will mark the date for a fundraiser for cancer research. A...

Rogue Racing’s VXR/SHO/SVHO 1.8L Yamaha Heat Barrier

It's a well-known fact that excessive heat robs horsepower. Many an aftermarket part strives to either extract excess engine compartment heat or attempt to...

Video: Kai Lenny Charges Jaws on 2-Stroke, Jet-Powered Surfboard

Maui local, goofy footer Kai Lenny surfed Jaws on a 6’ motorized surfboard composed of Kevlar and carbon fiber, manufactured by Jetboard. His session...

Jet Skiing Duo Saves Sinking Boat Trio

Yeppoon fisherman Trevor Walters is happy to be alive after a mellow morning on the water with his mates turned harsh. Walters and his...

Cool New Toys: Ballistic Back Pack Power Supply

The power to harness electricity might sound like something restricted to the heroes in comic books and movies, but today's technology has made it...

Cool New Toys: Syphon Soundwrap’s Flexible Speakers

There's times where we're flat wrong, and Kawasaki's Jetsounds system has got to be one of those. While we deemed the addition as a...

Introducing The Watercraft Journal’s 2015 Event Calendar Tool

Wait, I know what you're thinking. You're wondering, "Hey, there's already plenty of places to go to find out the schedule of events for...

Deal of The Day: ’11 Sea-Doo 150 Speedster 215HP Wake

Although Sea-Doo has officially been out of the jet boat business for a couple of years now - although you can find Rotax powertrains...

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...