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Real Review: Waterscooter Norway Tests BRP Sea-Doo’s Drysuit

The fact that Sea-Doo has not had a dry suit is not all that strange. The proportion of watercraft drivers who ride only when...

Junior Varsity Captain: 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

It was good news either way you looked at it. The 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner was either the top-of-the-line of Yamaha's middle segment VX...

Real Review: An Argument For Floating Watercraft Docks

Remember the first car you ever owned? It probably had crank windows, or you at least know somebody that had crank windows. I used...

Gallery: The Watercraft Journal’s Massive Sea-Doo LinQ Accessory Overview

When we perused an article pertaining to all of the 2019 Spark Accessories, it appeared that a glaring omission was made. Where were all...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Black Ops Edition Yamaha FX HO WaveRunner

Chances are you're no operator. You're no Mat Best. And you sure as $#@% ain't with Beckwith's Unit, son. Nope, rather it's far more...

Gallery: Jet Ski Accessories Everyone Should Carry Onboard

Steven in Sales has done it again with another stellar list. He touches on many must have items for the new ski you picked...

Backwater Barnstormer: 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

It has become a bit of a litmus test for me in recent years. While incredibly unique in its topography, the narrow canals, serpentining...

Real Review: Barz Optics Floater Acetate Polarized Sunglasses

It's not the first time that I've soliloquized about my love for a certain pair of horribly scarred and scratched Arnette Catfishes. To this...

Gallery: Brian Baldwin Beats on RIVA’s 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO Stage 1 Plus Kit (Video)

"We've had in the hands of our development team – Bruce Clarkson, Mark Nystrom and Jesus Garcia – for a while now," RIVA...

Real Review: Slippery Tour Coat (Black/Lime)

The key to being superior than your competition isn't always having the flashiest, most cutting-edge features; but rather, doing the simple things really, really...

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...