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Running a Lap In Luxury: 2016 Yamaha FX SVHO Cruiser WaveRunner (Video)

Starting your day on the water is a wonderful feeling. The clean, calm water, a light breeze and a mate to cruise with. Even...

Real Review: Fly Racing Focus Goggles

It's always a good idea to wear some sort of eye protection whenever riding a PWC, no matter your riding style. If nothing else,...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Limited Edition 2016 Yamaha FZR 350

First, it was a handful of grainy cell phone pics hitting social media threads. Then came a few photo studio images from RIVA Racing...

Real Review: Jettribe’s GRB 2.0 Race Boots

In our experience, besides gloves, there are no other items of personal watercraft riding gear that wear out faster than riding boots. Be it...

We Announce The Watercraft Journal 2015 Watercraft of The Year

In coming to a conclusion to last year's far-from-unanimous decision to award the 2014 Sea-Doo Spark the "Watercraft of The Year," we wondered if...

The Watercraft Journal’s 2015 Top 10 Christmas Gifts For Jet Skiers

It's hard to narrow down what could very well be perceived as our favorite products that we've reviewed this year. With thousands of dollars...

Real Review: Fly Racing F2 Carbon Dubstep Helmet

When you think Fly Racing, you probably think of the motocross racers, sporting Fly gear from head to toe. That's understandable, as Fly is...

Muddy Breaks: Inside Claude Clayton’s 2015 Sea-Doo RXP-X Bolt 85 Project

"But, it's only like, two bolts!" Claude Clayton protested emphatically. "It takes me 15 minutes to swap it out." Yes, the Sea-Doo X-Team racer...

Real Review: Jettribe Hybrid Storm Trooper Goggles

Like a favorite pair of jeans or a well broken-in pair of Chuck Taylors, we've been using the same heavily scratched and discolored pair...

Beyond The Pale: 2016 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

72-plus-miles per hour. We wouldn't have believed it had we not just done it ourselves. Aboard a showroom stock 2016 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner,...

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...