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All The Right Moves: 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230

Sometimes the best answers are the simplest ones. We knew Sea-Doo was looking to fill specific "market gaps" in its lineup, but was pleasantly...

Trickle-Up Economics: 2016 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300

It's hard to deny that the 2016 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 300 is the culmination of a long fruition of 8 years of product development,...

Murder, Inc.: 2017 Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner (Video)

Change is often met with resistance, especially big change. With the announcement of the 2017 Yamaha WaveRunner lineup, news that the FZ series (FZR...

Gallery: Inside Brian Baldwin’s Pro Open R/A SVHO-Powered Yamaha VXR

"Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday" is an old turn-of-phrase that was coined back in the heyday years of NASCAR when stock car racing...

Gallery: RIVA Racing’s 2017 Sea-Doo RXP-X 350

Yesterday was a big day for Sea-Doo as they launched their complete 2017 lineup before an amphitheater full of dealers from across the globe,...

A Very Good Reason: 2016 Yamaha FX Cruiser HO

Everywhere we look, we keep seeing naturally-aspirated FX's. Maybe it was because we've spent the last few months with one permanently tethered to our...

Simple Solutions: 2016 Sea-Doo GTI SE 130

People tend to overthink things. Whether its ordering a meal or deciding what shirt to wear, it's usually best to go with your gut,...

If It Ain’t Broke: 2016 Yamaha SuperJet WaveRunner

So that old saying, "If ain't broke, don't fix it," kept coming to mind when I sat down and started thinking about the 2016...

Ebony & Ivory: 2016 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO WaveRunner

Burgeoning fast food chain Five Guys Burgers and Fries is quickly ruining us from enjoying any other burger chain because ordering a standard cheeseburger...

Ockham’s Razor: 2016 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner

William of Ockham philosophized nearly 700 years ago that the simplest answer is usually the better of two. Sounds pretty simple, right? Yeah, that's...

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...