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Yamaha’s RIDE Dual Throttle Control Review: The Watercraft Journal Ep. 43

When one thinks of personal watercraft it's not often that functioning brakes and computer-controlled reverse systems come to mind. While not the first to...

Junior Varsity Captain: 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

It was good news either way you looked at it. The 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner was either the top-of-the-line of Yamaha's middle segment VX...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Black Ops Edition Yamaha FX HO WaveRunner

Chances are you're no operator. You're no Mat Best. And you sure as $#@% ain't with Beckwith's Unit, son. Nope, rather it's far more...

Backwater Barnstormer: 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

It has become a bit of a litmus test for me in recent years. While incredibly unique in its topography, the narrow canals, serpentining...

Gallery: Brian Baldwin Beats on RIVA’s 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO Stage 1 Plus Kit (Video)

"We've had in the hands of our development team – Bruce Clarkson, Mark Nystrom and Jesus Garcia – for a while now," RIVA...

Uneven Playing Field: 2019 Yamaha GP1800R WaveRunner (Video)

I have come to the conclusion that the 2019 Yamaha GP1800R WaveRunner – much like the two years of the GP1800 that preceded it...

We Announce The Watercraft Journal 2018 Watercraft of The Year (Videos)

Objectivity is paramount when weighing the vast number of features, handling characteristics and industry-altering innovations poured into the literally 40 different models of personal...

Budget Bottle Rocket: 2019 Yamaha EXR WaveRunner (Video)

"Nobody offers a ski for the kind of riding I like to do," one reader messaged. He had expressed frustration that The Watercraft Journal...

Hook, Line & Sinker: 2019 Sea-Doo Fish Pro (Video)

The sparse late summer breeze rippling the azure blue water inside of the Jupiter Inlet masked what lay just outside of its mouth. The...

Gallery: RIVA Racing 2019 Yamaha FX1800R Custom Build

"It's really to test the waters," RIVA Racing's Dave Bamdas confessed. "We want to see how people react." The response, by all observations was...

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...