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Everything Counts: 2014 Sea-Doo GTR 215

When every nickle and dime matters, getting the utmost out of your investment is often a nerve-racking enterprise. Each aspect needs to be evaluated,...

The Hornet’s Nest: 2015 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner

Were Yamaha to simply carry over its 2014 lineup for 2015, many would have little reason to complain. The introduction of the SVHO (Super...

Bread & Butter: 2014 Sea-Doo GTI SE 130

There's often a disconnect between what is a good choice and what is the best choice. A noble maxim unto itself, it can be...

Locked & Fully Loaded: 2014 Yamaha FX Cruiser SVHO WaveRunner

We've grappled with the amalgam of "luxury" and "performance." Too often these terms get thrown around a little too loosely in our industry, and...

Loose Change: 2014 Sea-Doo Spark HO

It's not easy being right all the time and it's been a burden that Sea-Doo has had to live with for a while now....

Class Warfare: 2014 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 215

Right now, Sea-Doo is literally giving away features that other manufacturers would sell their own grandmothers for. Even those individuals with personal brand biases...

Renaissance Man: 2014 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

A couple of years back, Yamaha performed a few modifications to the hull of the brand's existing full-sized three-seater runabout, the FX series. By...

Videos: Sea-Doo Introduces Seach And Rescue (SAR) Edition PWC For 2014

While we at The Watercraft Journal were patting ourselves on the back for a pretty snappy April Fool's Joke, it would look like Sea-Doo...

Exclusive: 2015 Sea-Doo Spark to Feature First Hybrid Electric PWC (Updated)

A year ago, word leaked that Sea-Doo was building a new lightweight entry-level runabout: the Spark. Since then and its worldwide public reveal last...

Easy Rider: 2014 Sea-Doo GTX 155

It wasn't long after we reviewed Yamaha's 2014 FX HO Cruiser that we were invited to take the equally-equipped 2014 GTX 155 out for...

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...