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It Ain’t No Black Magic: 2018 Sea-Doo RXT 230

Kevin Shaw

April 6, 2018

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 noise carried over the water like a siren’s song. Add to ...

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Gallery: RIVA Racing Limited-Edition 2018 Yamaha GP1800R (Video)

Kevin Shaw

March 20, 2018

“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 of RIVA Racing has seen quite a bit in his 30-plus-years ...

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Just For Kicks: 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 Long Term Review

Kevin Shaw

March 1, 2018

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 a machine that has been the subject of so many different ...

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Caution: Black Ice; 2018 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw

February 1, 2018

“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 America’s lower 48 states that I’ve had the pleasure of riding, ...

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Intellectual Honesty: 2018 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

January 5, 2018

“Not that I’m complaining, but what makes this time any different?” Yamaha’s Andrew Cullen queried, leaning from the railing of a brand new and sumptuously-optioned Yamaha AR195. “Easy,” I quipped while zipping up a well-worn ...

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Perfection In Degrees: 2018 Sea-Doo GTX Limited 230 & 300 ...

Kevin Shaw

December 20, 2017

“Just look at that rich Corinthian leather!” I joked in my smarmiest Ricardo Montalbán impersonation, running my hand over the chocolate brown faux leather seats. The accent garnered a few laughs from the Sea-Doo staff ...

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We Announce The Watercraft Journal 2017 Watercraft of The Year

Kevin Shaw

December 15, 2017

It’s not often that we’re able to tie things up so nicely, but this year we’re able to welcome all three manufacturers – Kawasaki, Sea-Doo and Yamaha – to the podium for The Watercraft Journal’s ...

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Long Term Review: A Summer With The ’17 Kawasaki SX-R ...

Kevin Shaw

December 4, 2017

Without argument, the final reveal of the 2017 Kawasaki SX-R JetSki was the single-most anticipated event in The Watercraft Journal’s four-plus-years of publishing. The telltale spike in readership every time we shared some morsel, any ...

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The Hits Keep Coming: 2018 Yamaha GP1800 WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

December 1, 2017

I sucked in a breath through clenched teeth as the prop bit, pushing the nose down and hard into yet another turn. Snapping the bars sharply from left to right, the muted howl of the ...

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Achievement Unlocked: 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 (Video)

Kevin Shaw

October 16, 2017

“I’m in trouble,” I sighed to myself my second day of riding the 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300. Over a year ago, The Watercraft Journal’s 2016 Watercraft of The Year went to the re-engineered, 300-horsepower RXT-X, ...

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