RIVA Racing Stage III-Equipped 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 – Long Haul Ep. 25

The Watercraft Journal test rides RIVA Racing’s maniacally-fast Stage III kit-equipped 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300. Starting with a stock 2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300, RIVA Racing throws on its proven Stage III kit to aptly unlock all of the power potential in the venerable ACE 300 engine and unlock what can be done with the new […]

Touring Tims Ford Lake With MTPWC – Long Haul Ep. 9

The Watercraft Journal joins the Middle Tennessee Personal Watercraft Club for a great day of riding the historic Tims Ford Lake and Reservoir in South Central Tennessee. Aboard a brand-new 2017 Sea-Doo GTR-X 230 (equipped with a Kool PWC Stuff cooler rack and Rotopax gas cans), we explore caves, cliff faces, sunken groves of trees […]

2018 Yamaha VX Cruiser HO – Long Haul Ep. 27

It’s pretty much identical to Yamaha’s performance-minded VXR, so why is the VX Cruiser HO priced $600 less? Frankly, we have no idea because we think it’s got more bells-and-whistles from what you’d expect from such a budget-priced runabout. It’s a fun, zippy performer that’s both stable and sporty – so what’s there not to […]

2017 Yamaha EX Deluxe WaveRunner – Long Haul Episode 13

Not content to simply build “their version of a Spark,” Yamaha WaveRunners designed a completely unique 3-seater runabout to compete in the ever-growing Rec Lite segment. The new EX series is light, playful and smart, and yet retains a lot of Yamaha’s standards in reliability and longevity. The Watercraft Journal reviews the top-of-the-line EX, the […]

2017 IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City, AZ – Long Haul Episode 15

It’s the 15th episode of The Watercraft Journal’s “Long Haul” series and our longest yet! We bring you some highlights from the 2017 IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, including amazing holeshots, vintage racing, IJBSA World Champion Freestylers Mark Gomez and Lee Stone (including his stellar double backflip from Saturday night) and two […]

2018 Sea-Doo RXT-X 300 – Long Haul Episode 16

Whoohoo! It’s possibly the single-most anticipated episode of “Long Haul” since we test rode the 2017 Kawasaki SX-R. And why is that? Because The Watercraft Journal just spent four whole days flogging the heck out of Sea-Doo’s all-new, completely redesigned 2018 RXT-X 300. Riding on a completely revolutionary ST3 platform, the new RXT-X borrows heavily […]