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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...

A Worthy Successor: 2019 Yamaha FX Limited SVHO (Video)

An honor typically bestowed upon the most advanced, highest decorated or deadliest ship in the fleet, the flagship was the vessel to carry the...

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,...

Gallery: RIVA Sea-Doo 2018 RXT-X 300 Pro-Series Sponsons Install & Tune (Video)

In a perfect instance of putting the cart before the horse, The Watercraft Journal managed to publish its full-length review of RIVA Racing's Pro-Series...

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...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Sea-Doo 2018 RXT-X 300 Pro-Series Sponsons (Video)

"OK, there's something to this," I murmured to myself, cornering the RIVA-equipped RXT-X. Having a bone-stock 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 generously in my possession...

Real Review: Sea-Doo RXT, RXT-X, GTX & WAKE Pro (2018) Cover

Dang, it's been a while since we've done an installment of "Real Review." It's not that we haven't had much to review (sheesh, the...

Real Review: XPS S3 Master Tech Hand Cleaner

Clean hands are important but clean shouldn’t mean an aggressive cleaner that strips and dries hands. As a Pro Sea-Doo X-team rider, I maintain...

A Little Bit Softer Now: 2018 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO WaveRunner (Video)

"It's $600 less?" I balked. Staring at the open windows on my computer screen, the evidence was looking me straight in the face. According...

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...