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We Announce The Watercraft Journal’s 2022 Watercraft of The Year ...

Kevin Shaw

December 19, 2022

Typically, The Watercraft Journal issues its annual Watercraft of The Year award a little earlier in the month. Yet, this year’s results resulted in so much deliberation, debate and re-evaluation that judging spilled over an ...

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Features

Gallery: Introducing The 2023 Yamaha WaveRunner Lineup (Video)

Kevin Shaw

August 22, 2022

It didn’t take much to see that Yamaha Motor Corp. USA was going to play things a little conservatively going into 2023. Big radical changes simply weren’t on the menu as the watercraft manufacturer was ...

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Watercraft

2022 Sea-Doo FishPro Trophy vs. 2022 Yamaha FX HO & ...

JD Brussels

May 13, 2022

Yamaha and Sea-Doo have taken radically different approaches to the flourishing PWC fishing market, but the results are the same: Both brands listened to their customers and responded with a variety of feature-filled offerings guaranteed ...

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Watercraft

Gallery: 2022 Yamaha JetBlaster WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw

September 2, 2021

“Today’s watercraft are just too big,” one commenter wrote. “They’re not fun anymore. You can’t whip ’em around like you used to.” Boy, have we got news for you. The Rec-Lite segment of runabouts have ...

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Watercraft

Repeat Contender: 2019 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

December 23, 2019

You might not believe it, but the VX Cruiser High Output, Yamaha’s mild-mannered varsity player in its Recreation segment of WaveRunners is the single-best selling personal watercraft for two years running (2018 and 2019). Yes, ...

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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

Junior Varsity Captain: 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner (Video)

Kevin Shaw

March 6, 2019

It was good news either way you looked at it. The 2019 Yamaha VXR WaveRunner was either the top-of-the-line of Yamaha’s middle segment VX lineup, or it was the freshest entry to the brand’s race-ready ...

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Watercraft

Backwater Barnstormer: 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO WaveRunner

Kevin Shaw

January 31, 2019

It has become a bit of a litmus test for me in recent years. While incredibly unique in its topography, the narrow canals, serpentining routes through densely-packed cypress and mossy banks make the circuitous trails ...

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Watercraft

Gallery: Brian Baldwin Beats on RIVA’s 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO ...

Kevin Shaw

January 16, 2019

“We’ve had [a 2019 Yamaha FX SVHO] in the hands of our development team – Bruce Clarkson, Mark Nystrom and Jesus Garcia – for a while now,” RIVA Racing’s Dave Bamdas prefaced. “Getting performance out ...

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Watercraft

We Announce The Watercraft Journal 2018 Watercraft of The Year ...

Kevin Shaw

December 12, 2018

Objectivity is paramount when weighing the vast number of features, handling characteristics and industry-altering innovations poured into the literally 40 different models of personal watercraft available for 2018. It’s daunting to say the very least. ...

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