jetski moored on Pittwater,Sydney
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martin berry / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
AX6W6GFile size:
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5400 x 3589 px | 45.7 x 30.4 cm | 18 x 12 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
January 2008Location:
Pittwater,Sydney,australiaMore information:
Jet-Ski is the brand name of personal watercraft (PWC) manufactured by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.. The name, however, has become a genericized trademark for any type of personal watercraft. Jet ski (or jetski, often shortened to "ski"[1]) can also specifically refer to versions of PWCs with pivoting handlepoles known as "stand-ups". Jetski became foremost the colloquial term for stand-ups because, in 1973, Kawasaki was responsible for a limited production of stand-up models as designed by the recognized inventor of jet skis, Clayton Jacobsen II.[2] In 1976, Kawasaki then began mass production of the JS400-A. JS400s came with 400 cc two-stroke engines and hulls based upon the previous limited release models. It became the harbinger of the success Jet-Skis would see in the market up through the 1990s. In 1986 Kawasaki broadened the world of Jet Skis by introducing a two person model with lean-in "sport" style handling and a 650cc engine, dubbed the X-2. Then in 1989, they introduced their first two passenger "sit-down" model, the Tandem Sport (TS) with a step-through seating area.