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Real Review: Barz Optics Cabo Polycarbonate Polarised Sunglasses

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Remember when all jet skiers wore Oakley Razor Blades? Back in the 1980s and throughout much of the 1990's, Razor Blades were almost mandatory....
Watercraft

Uneven Playing Field: 2019 Yamaha GP1800R WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 0  17231
I have come to the conclusion that the 2019 Yamaha GP1800R WaveRunner – much like the two years of the GP1800 that preceded it...
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Real Review: Rob Riggle’s Ski Master Academy; Season 1

Kevin Shaw - 0  3868
A year ago, during a particularly bad flu season, I bundled up on the couch and wallowed in six straight seasons of "Dangerous Waters."...
Watercraft

We Announce The Watercraft Journal 2018 Watercraft of The Year (Videos)

Kevin Shaw - 0  9508
Objectivity is paramount when weighing the vast number of features, handling characteristics and industry-altering innovations poured into the literally 40 different models of personal...
Gear

Real Review: Slippery Wetsuits’ Liquid Race Boot

Kevin Shaw - 1  4131
  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...
Watercraft

Budget Bottle Rocket: 2019 Yamaha EXR WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 5  15821
"Nobody offers a ski for the kind of riding I like to do," one reader messaged. He had expressed frustration that The Watercraft Journal...
Watercraft

Hook, Line & Sinker: 2019 Sea-Doo Fish Pro (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 0  24779
The sparse late summer breeze rippling the azure blue water inside of the Jupiter Inlet masked what lay just outside of its mouth. The...
Watercraft

Gallery: RIVA Racing 2019 Yamaha FX1800R Custom Build

Kevin Shaw - 0  7912
"It's really to test the waters," RIVA Racing's Dave Bamdas confessed. "We want to see how people react." The response, by all observations was...
Gear

Real Review: Slippery Breaker Wetsuit & Jacket

Kevin Shaw - 0  4824
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...
Watercraft

Heads Up Showdown Pt.2: ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 vs. ’19 Yamaha WaveRunner FX SVHO

Kevin Shaw - 2  13669
  Back in June's first "Heads Up Showdown" where we pinned the 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 ($15,699) against the 2018 Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner ($13,999), we...
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The Incredible Hulk: Behind The Man Behind The Industry’s Most Successful Forum

Kevin Shaw - 0  128020
My friendship with Jerry Gaddis all started with a friendly email warning me that I had really screwed up. In the final months before...
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The Return of The King: Introducing The 2017 Kawasaki SX-R JetSki

Kevin Shaw - 51  102061
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...
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Video: Kawasaki Teases All-New 4-Stroke 2017 SX-R Standup

Kevin Shaw - 41  72341
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...
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Debunking Myths & Better Understanding Sea-Doo’s Carbon Ring Seal

Kevin Shaw - 15  70927
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...
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Gallery: Introducing The 2016 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup

Kevin Shaw - 48  62315
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...
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Yamaha Caught Testing JetFish WaveRunner Center Console PWC

Kevin Shaw - 0  60514
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...