Gear

Real Review: Slippery Wetsuits’ Liquid Race Boot

  When the skies are clear and the weather warm, it's easy to slip on a pair of flipflops and head off to the launch...

Real Review: Slippery Breaker Wetsuit & Jacket

Just by glancing outside the office window, it's easy to tell that Summer has been over for a while now. Northern states and our...

Real Review: WindRider Polarized Floating Sunglasses

It's a common joke around The Watercraft Journal office that we've donated more pairs of sunglasses to ol' King Neptune than anyone else. Our...

Real Review: Slippery Wetsuits’ Surge Neo Vest

Admittedly, I have a favorite personal flotation device (ie. life vest) that is my go-to for a fun day on the water, a Slippery...

Real Review: Slippery Wetsuits’ Flex Lite Glove

Admittedly, our personal preferences towards gloves have matured over the years. A decade ago, our gloves of choice were typically of a racier fare,...

Real Review: Slippery Array Side-Entry Neo Vest

Anybody who has been paying close attention to our ongoing YouTube bimonthly show, "Long Haul" will have noticed that I typically don the same...

Real Review: JetPilot 3/2 Men’s Cause & Women’s Minx One Piece Wetsuit

With a vast array of wetsuit thicknesses, colors, and styles, JetPilot has been in the business of supplying quality suits to racers and recreational...

Real Review: RIVA Racing Offshore Rash Guard

It's been a while since we've gotten our hands on any new riding apparel that we've actually liked wearing. While more hardcore riders don't...

Real Review: TLK Windproof Cycling Face Mask

For any of us born in the late-1970's or early-1980's there was no shortage of cool Saturday morning and after-school cartoons to take in....

Real Review: SBT Racing Tour Coat

  When SBT, Inc. launched its own line of riding gear and apparel – SBT Racing – one of the first items announced was a...

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...

Gallery: Introducing The 2017 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup (Video)

Over time we've come to understand the certain ways that each manufacturer has in developing and introducing new product. While some play things a...