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Real Review: Sea-Doo Carrier Dry Backpack by Ogio

We've seen many riders toting a backpack while riding, and many never go without a trusty dry bag stowed in your front compartment. The...

Gallery: Jobe Ruthless Drysuit

Admittedly, this review could've been published over a year ago, as we first conducted our initial testing last winter having received our Jobe Ruthless...

Real Review: SureCan Gas Cans

The people have spoken! We had initially planned on publishing this review in early January of next year, but given the vocal demand for...

The Watercraft Journal’s 2016 Top 10 Christmas Gifts For Jet Skiers

How do you shop for the jet ski enthusiast who has everything? It's a rough row to hoe because not everybody's interests are the...

Applying The Brakes: 2016 Kawasaki Ultra 310X SE (Special Edition)

There's a big difference between being quick and being fast. I think people often mistake the two unknowingly in conversation, but it bears noting...

Mr. Popular: 2017 Sea-Doo GTR 230

To those regular readers of The Watercraft Journal, you'll know that we fail pretty regularly to hide our personal bias towards the Sea-Doo GTR....

Real Review: Go Loop Phone Strap

We often get asked to review products that have very little application to our industry, so much so that we often reply, "Why do...

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...

Tidal Change: 2017 Sea-Doo GTI SE ACE HO 900

Slight of hand is the name of the game for Sea-Doo in 2017. While the wild and rowdy Spark Trixx is grabbing up all...

Generation EX: 2017 Yamaha EX Series WaveRunner Models

Some of the greatest things we enjoy came from direct competition. Oreo cookies were Nabisco's answer to Hydrox. The Beatles' "White Album" came as...

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...