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Gallery: 2022 Sea-Doo Switch Lineup; Base, Sport & Cruise Packages (Video)

Well before Covid lockdowns encouraged tens of thousands of people to explore local lakes and waterways, recreational boat sales were already steadily climbing. And...

Gallery: 2022 Yamaha JetBlaster WaveRunner (Video)

"Today's watercraft are just too big," one commenter wrote. "They're not fun anymore. You can't whip 'em around like you used to." Boy, have...

Gallery: 2022 Yamaha FX HO WaveRunner & RecDeck Accessory Packages (Video)

It didn't require much imagination to rightly predict what Yamaha's response to the swelling demand for a PWC fishing-capable WaveRunner would be. Rather than...

Vicious Rumors & Vile Gossip: Is The 2022 Ultra 310X Kawasaki’s Ultimate JetSki?

We at The Watercraft Journal have ventured out on limb more than once, particularly when it comes to predicting the moves within Kawasaki USA....

Vicious Rumors & Vile Gossip: Images of Redesigned 2022 Kawasaki Ultra Leaked

Nothing draws people's attention more than "new" and Kawasaki's watercraft division simply hasn't had a lot of "new" to bandy about – the redesign...

Gallery: 2021 Yamaha SuperJet Intake Grate Shootout

Over the last few months, IPD Racing has spent plenty of time on the new Yamaha four-stroke SuperJet. One thing we know is that...

Real Review: Floatex Floaty Case for The GoPro 8

Last year, we lost three action cameras. It was less of a financial blow (although the good GoPros with vibration dampening are pretty pricey)...

Candy-Coated Fury: 2020 Kawasaki STX 160LX Long Term Review (Video)

Admittedly, it would be a little misleading to call the 2020 Kawasaki STX 160LX a completely designed JetSki. It's not that it's not radically...

Real Review: Slippery’s Breaker Pro Wetsuit

For many, a wetsuit is the last conceivable purchase (apart from maybe a helmet). The casual Floridian, lake rider or club cruiser is unlikely...

Making The Modern Retro: 2020 Yamaha EX Sport WaveRunner (Video)

When Yamaha entered into the Rec Lite segment with its EX series in 2017, many of us at The Watercraft Journal noted that the...

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...