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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...

Heads Up Showdown: ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 vs. ’18 Yamaha WaveRunner GP1800

It's been a standing policy since launching in 2013 that The Watercraft Journal doesn't do shootouts. Certainly, the logistics of performing a shootout between...

Real Review: SoPro First Person Helmet Camera Mount (Video)

Riding jet skis is one of the most fun things us motorsports lovers can do. You know something that is almost as good as...

In Brief: 2018 Sea-Doo Wake Pro 230 (Video)

Typically, our full-length personal watercraft reviews are...well, a little more lengthy. Admittedly, we had only a few hours aboard the all-new 2018 Sea-Doo Wake...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Stage III-Equipped 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300

My impatience had turned into visual frustration as the azure blue sky above Pompano Beach, Florida, faded into silver clouds, eventually darkening into an...

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...

It Ain’t No Black Magic: 2018 Sea-Doo RXT 230

By mid-afternoon, Lake Havasu was churning like a bathtub. The IJSBA World Finals were chewing through their final motos for the day, and the...

Gallery: RIVA Racing Limited-Edition 2018 Yamaha GP1800R (Video)

"So what's stock?" Dave Bamdas queried, already knowing the answer. "What, like 250 horsepower? Yeah, this has a hundred over that. 350." The president...

Real Review: Abaco Polarized’s Dockside Sunglasses

I'll admit that I am at fault for encouraging the continued purchase of cheap sunglasses. I've had frames break, hinges unthread and lenses chip...

Just For Kicks: 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 Long Term Review

Having lived with the same 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 for nearly a year, it's difficult to step back and permit oneself to opine about...

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...