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Gallery: AquaX Great Lakes Championship & IJSBA Nationals

The beautiful Chicago skyline (and the rough waters of Lake Michigan) was the focal point of the watercraft racing world for two days last...

Gallery: 2016 Blowsion Surf Slam Honors John Dady

Round 5 of the IFWA World Championships was recently held in the beautiful little beach town of Pacific City Oregon. This event, known as...

Gallery: Hidden Trails Pro Watercross Tour – Round 7 Charleston, WV

In a river well below the high banks where the spectators had a bird's eye view, the sport's premier classes were set to be...

Grand Tour to Benefit Leader Dogs for the Blind: Unsalted Lake Stings PWC Riders

What is it about Lake Michigan that keeps us coming back? Every year, the waves seem to get bigger, and the landings get a...

Gallery: Hidden Trails Pro Watercross National Tour – Round 6 Lake Hartwell, GA

The tents lined the clay shoreline of Georgia's Lake Hartwell as the Hidden Trails Pro Watercross National Tour came to town. The sun was...

Videos: AquaX Amateur Enduro & Great Lakes Championships (Gallery)

P1 AquaX, the fastest growing personal watercraft race series in the world (via UK Series, FL Series, AquaX Cup, and Great Lakes Series) took...

Gallery: The Tri-State River Rats’ Ghost Ship Tour

About five years ago, a few of us decided to meet at Warsaw, Kentucky to ride for a day, upriver to Cincinnati. The midway...

Choctawhatchee River to Morrison Springs; A Return to Morrison Spring

Offering sugar white sands, crystal waters, and abundant sunshine is what makes the Florida panhandle a destination spot among summer vacationers. Arguably, and for...

Gallery: Hidden Trails Pro Watercross National Tour – Round 5 Atlantic City, New Jersey

The boardwalk of New Jersey's Atlantic City was the setting for Round 5 of the Hidden Trails Motorsports Pro Watercross National Tour. Atlantic City...

Gallery: Pateros, Washington’s Apple Pie Jamboree

Ask any racer in Region 3 (Washington, Idaho and Oregon) which regional race is their favorite and the answer will undoubtedly be Pateros, Washington'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...