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Real Review: Floatex Floaty Case for The GoPro 8

Kevin Shaw

June 4, 2021

Last year, we lost three action cameras. It was less of a financial blow (although the good GoPros with vibration dampening are pretty pricey) as it was an emotional one because prior to 2020, we ...

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Candy-Coated Fury: 2020 Kawasaki STX 160LX Long Term Review (Video)

Kevin Shaw

April 16, 2021

Admittedly, it would be a little misleading to call the 2020 Kawasaki STX 160LX a completely designed JetSki. It’s not that it’s not radically different than its predecessor (which survived nearly unchanged for 15 years, ...

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Gear

Real Review: Slippery’s Breaker Pro Wetsuit

Kevin Shaw

March 18, 2021

For many, a wetsuit is the last conceivable purchase (apart from maybe a helmet). The casual Floridian, lake rider or club cruiser is unlikely wriggle their way into a form-fitting neoprene bodysuit just for a ...

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Making The Modern Retro: 2020 Yamaha EX Sport WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw

March 12, 2021

When Yamaha entered into the Rec Lite segment with its EX series in 2017, many of us at The Watercraft Journal noted that the new WaveRunner entry was a conservative – almost “grown-up” response to ...

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Meeting All Expectations: 2020 Yamaha VX Deluxe WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

February 17, 2021

If you’re watching this because you’re in the market for one of Yamaha’s best-selling personal watercraft from 2020, you’re gonna want to start looking at Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. That’s because Yamaha literally sold out ...

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Video: 2021 Sea-Doo RXP-X 300 vs. 2021 Yamaha GP1800R SVHO ...

Kevin Shaw

February 8, 2021

Let’s just begin with this: None of us guessed this one right. And frankly, there’s gonna be some seriously obnoxious gloating online. Nevertheless, it was an inevitability that once Yamaha released a redesigned and slightly ...

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Video: 2021 Yamaha GP1800R SVHO vs. 2020 Yamaha GP1800R SVHO ...

Kevin Shaw

January 20, 2021

It’s incredible what a few tweaks to an existing platform can make. In 2017, Yamaha introduced to the world the GP1800 – with the “R” designation coming out two years later in 2019. The change ...

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Gallery: RIVA Racing Limited Edition 2021 Sea-Doo RXT-X 350 & ...

Ocean Priselac

January 14, 2021

The RIVA Racing crew stayed extremely busy during these pandemic times. The crew upgraded a Sea-Doo RXT-X 350 and a Sea-Doo RXP-X 350, both done in typical RIVA Racing style-big and bold! Both machines were ...

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We Announce The Watercraft Journal’s 2020 Watercraft of The Year ...

Kevin Shaw

December 21, 2020

In crowning a Watercraft of The Year award, it’s imperative to weigh each vehicle upon its individual merits, and to do so without leveraging in any personal bias. Over the course of The Watercraft Journal’s ...

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Gallery: RIVA Racing ’21 Yamaha FX1800R & GP1800R Limited Editions

Ocean Priselac

December 15, 2020

While we were on lockdown, RIVA Racing went all out and upgraded two of Yamaha SVHO-powered WaveRunners into their own specialized Limited Editions as only RIVA can do. This year, they put out 15 units ...

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