CHV: Kawasaki Jet Ski Assembly Line

The surprisingly complex process behind creating the jet-propelled personal watercraft

The third video from our visit to Kawasaki‘s labyrinthine production facility covers their jet ski assembly line. Perhaps unknown to most water-faring hobbyists, constructing a jet ski is a rather complicated process involving a multitude of impressive industrial processes. The most compelling is the 3,000 ton custom press which almost instantaneously converts flexible fiberglass fabric into a resilient hull.

Magnum Jet Ski

Poseidon seems like a mere guppy next to the world’s fastest and most beautiful water bobsled by the German company Stuttgart. Produced in a limited edition of 100, this bullet tears across the tide with such ferocious grace, it leaves in its wake whoever thought walking on water was the grooviest aquatic feat.