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The Watercraft Journal’s 2019 Top 10 Christmas Gifts For Jet ...

Kevin Shaw

December 6, 2019

For most of the northern hemisphere, it’s getting pretty cold out there. Yeah, yeah we get it, Florida. It’s pretty much riding season all year long, but you’ve also got love bugs and snow birds…so ...

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Watercraft

Satisfying The Segment: 2020 Sea-Doo GTI SE 170 (Video)

Kevin Shaw

December 3, 2019

Sea-Doo certainly knows how to ring in the announcement of a whole new lineup of watercraft, and for 2020 the industry leader definitely pulled out all the stops. Sea-Doo had The Watercraft Journal with a ...

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Racing

Gallery: 2019 Pro Watercross World Championships; Naples, FL

Jessica Waters

November 15, 2019

With the posting of official results from the Pro Watercross World Championships, the 2019 Pro Watercross season has come to a close after a long weekend filled with wire-to-wire racing, a good deal of trash-talking, ...

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Watercraft

The Rise of Darth Vader: 2020 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

November 14, 2019

In the course of a single year, the Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner has become the most successful full-sized 3-seater runabout in professional racing. Since its 2019 redesign, the FX SVHO and smaller GP1800R were the ...

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Products

Real Review: Grease Monkey Heavy-Duty Cleaning Wipes

Kevin Shaw

October 30, 2019

A friend returning from a deployment in Afghanistan got me hooked on using hygienic flushable wipes – not just in the bathroom but for all-around use, citing the abhorrent living conditions he and the rest ...

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Watercraft

Gallery: Brian Baldwin’s #502 Nat’l Championship-Winning 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO ...

Kevin Shaw

October 25, 2019

Touring Brian Baldwin’s Champion Powersports watercraft performance tuning and repair shop in Denver, North Carolina is a lot like looking inside of Brian’s brain. Among the countless trophies, placards and number plates lining the walls ...

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Watercraft

Gallery: ’19 Sea-Doo Spark Trixx vs. ’19 Yamaha WaveRunner EXR ...

Joshua Dowling

October 16, 2019

While many personal watercraft enthusiasts are focused on the top-end models from Sea-Doo, Yamaha and Kawasaki, not everyone wants to start out on some of the fastest machines on the water. Which is where these ...

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Gear

Real Review: Sea-Doo’s Floating Sunglasses

Kevin Shaw

October 15, 2019

OK, this review is gonna be a little mean. No, not in that way, but I mean, mean to you, the reader. Why? Because the Sea-Doo Floating Sunglasses aren’t available yet. I say “yet” because ...

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Features

Gallery: Introducing The All-New 2020 Kawasaki STX-160 Lineup

Kevin Shaw

October 7, 2019

This is a day that we are more than happy to help ourselves to a heaping serving of crow. Initially, spy photography of the new STX-160 that was leaked to The Watercraft Journal didn’t give ...

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Watercraft

The Total Package: 2020 Sea-Doo GTR 230 (Video)

Kevin Shaw

October 7, 2019

For 2020, Sea-Doo looked to redesign its Recreation segment from the ground up, beginning with a blank canvas from which to start from. Certainly there were things that needed to be included – specifically innovations ...

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