Check out this article I wrote for the Sea-Doo Onboard blog on tips for winterizing your PWC!

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Each summer, I’m a personal watercraft journalist, riding my Sea-Doo PWC’s. For years I’ve taken still photos to go with my articles, blogs and web postings, but the pressure’s been on to add video to my repertoire. Thanks to Drift (formerly Drift Innovation) and their premier dealer, Launch Helmet Cams, that’s been much easier than I expected.

The Drift HD170 Stealth is a breeze to learn and operate. It’s rugged, light and makes a great helmet cam. Best of all, it captures exceptional, high quality footage, even for a relative novice as I am. Check out my movies below and see for yourself!

For me, the best features of my Drift HD170 Stealth are its remote control, colour viewing screen and 32 GB memory card. Plus, Drift has oodles of accessories available, although the basic out of the box kit is very complete on its own. I also love its seamless interface with my MAC computer to download my videos.

One of my first concerns for shooting on the water was just how waterproof the Drift HD170 Stealth really is. I rode and shot video for much of the more than 100 hours of Sea-Dooing I did this summer. No, I didn’t dunk it under, but it did get splashed on periodically, with no ill effect.

So I was already happy with Drift. Then they introduced their new compact Drift Action Camera – a 1080 resolution mini helmet cam that’s about 25% smaller and lighter. Operationally, it’s essentially the same, and uses a micro SD memory card. But for my use on a PWC, this new unit is even more convenient, more easily stored when not in use, and is so light that I almost forget it’s still strapped to my head!

Overall, I couldn’t be happier with Drift and Launch Helmet Cams, and recommend them to highly over other makes to anyone who wants to make hassle-free, professional quality videos.

I’m going for a couple of final rides of the season this (Canadian) Thanksgiving Weekend to take in the magnificent fall colours. I’ll be towing my Sea-Doo RTX iS 260 and GTX iS 215 watercraft. When they are out of the water, I want them as secure, safe and smoothly travelled as possible. I also need a strong, reliable trailer capable of handling the length and weight of my 3-seaters.

That’s why my trailer of choice is a 2-bed Elite WC11 by Triton Trailers. I’ve hauled my PWC’s around on this Triton Trailer for four summers and about 10,000 kilometres with no problems whatsoever. In fact, my Triton still looks and tows like new.

Besides the road distances I’ve pulled it, my Triton has also been dipped into just about every waterway in Southern Ontario, many more than once. Despite all those immersions, there’s been no rust (all aluminium body), no electrical problems and the bearings and axles are still tip-top.

With all my towing, I also really appreciate my Triton’s high quality radial tires. A step above most others, they provide good traction and are super durable for highway towing. When combined with Triton’s torsion spring set up, my trailer’s ride is so smooth, stable and sway-free that I sometimes forget I’m towing anything.

Every time is arrive at a boat launch, I’m reminded once again of how Triton makes my Sea-Dooing that much more enjoyable. Love my Triton! Talk to you next time…