Kawasaki SX-R Jet Ski For the record, Sea-Doo actually beat Kawasaki and Yamaha to the personal watercraft market by releasing the world's first production PWC in the late 1960s.

global.yamaha-motor.com The GP SVHO offers a design that is all about competitive racing. Weighing in at 754-pounds dry, the GP SVHO is over 100 pounds lighter than any of the supercharged FX models.

Kawasaki may have been slow to embrace modern trends like electronic reverse and deceleration ­systems, or even significantly update its Jet Ski lineup over the last decade, but change is in the wind.