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Heads Up Showdown Pt.2: ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 vs. ’19 Yamaha WaveRunner FX SVHO

Kevin Shaw - 2  13690
  Back in June's first "Heads Up Showdown" where we pinned the 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 ($15,699) against the 2018 Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner ($13,999), we...
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A Worthy Successor: 2019 Yamaha FX Limited SVHO (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 0  16353
An honor typically bestowed upon the most advanced, highest decorated or deadliest ship in the fleet, the flagship was the vessel to carry the...
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A Little Bit Softer Now: 2018 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 1  28496
"It's $600 less?" I balked. Staring at the open windows on my computer screen, the evidence was looking me straight in the face. According...
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Heads Up Showdown: ’18 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 vs. ’18 Yamaha WaveRunner GP1800

Kevin Shaw - 0  32086
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...
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In Brief: 2018 Sea-Doo Wake Pro 230 (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 2  15138
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...
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Gallery: RIVA Racing’s Stage III-Equipped 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300

Kevin Shaw - 1  9859
My impatience had turned into visual frustration as the azure blue sky above Pompano Beach, Florida, faded into silver clouds, eventually darkening into an...
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It Ain’t No Black Magic: 2018 Sea-Doo RXT 230

Kevin Shaw - 5  21644
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...
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Gallery: RIVA Racing Limited-Edition 2018 Yamaha GP1800R (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 0  8747
"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...
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Just For Kicks: 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 Long Term Review

Kevin Shaw - 3  21654
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...
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Caution: Black Ice; 2018 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw - 0  14406
"Well, this sucks." I groaned, trying to wash the ocher-red mud from the footwells. Georgia's Lake Allatoona is one of the most striking in...
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