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Gallery: Brian Baldwin’s #502 Nat’l Championship-Winning 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO (Video)

Touring Brian Baldwin's Champion Powersports watercraft performance tuning and repair shop in Denver, North Carolina is a lot like looking inside of Brian's brain....

Gallery: ’19 Sea-Doo Spark Trixx vs. ’19 Yamaha WaveRunner EXR Shootout

While many personal watercraft enthusiasts are focused on the top-end models from Sea-Doo, Yamaha and Kawasaki, not everyone wants to start out on some...

Real Review: Sea-Doo’s Floating Sunglasses

OK, this review is gonna be a little mean. No, not in that way, but I mean, mean to you, the reader. Why? Because...

The Total Package: 2020 Sea-Doo GTR 230 (Video)

For 2020, Sea-Doo looked to redesign its Recreation segment from the ground up, beginning with a blank canvas from which to start from. Certainly...

Real Review: Hitcase Waterproof Splash Case for iPhone 7/8

"Well, I think this is the one guys," I announced to a small riding group one Saturday morning. "After five months of use, I'm...

Real Review: Slippery Wetsuit’s Child Hydro Yellow/Black Vest

Anyone who's paid attention to most of our videos or long distance rides has noted that we often bring the kids along for the...

Practically Perfect: 2019 Yamaha FX Cruiser HO WaveRunner (Video)

For 2019 Yamaha found itself in a bit of a conundrum; the problem was, how to you improve upon a watercraft that is already...

A Machine For The Masses: 2019 Sea-Doo GTI Pro 130

It's no secret that the PWC rental market is huge. Most popular tourist lakes and waterways have some type of outlet on them that...

Like a Fine Wine: 2019 Yamaha SuperJet WaveRunner

In a world full of luxurious personal watercraft the Yamaha SuperJet is often touted as “old school cool” due to absence of a seat,...

Real Review: Slippery Wetsuits’ Circuit Charcoal Glove

Breathability is a key feature when reviewing gloves for us at The Watercraft Journal. All the grip in the world can't compensate for something...

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...