BRP has been named the “Grand Award Winner” as decided by Popular Science in the annual “Best of What’s New” for its 2009 Sea-Doo GTX iS watercraft with iControl technology.

PWC racer Eric Lagopoulos rode his Sea-Doo RXT iS 886 miles in a single day on his way to setting two world records.

Mike Pagliccia of Naples, Fla. became the latest marine adventurer to set a World Record for distance on a personal watercraft by riding his Sea-Doo watercraft 753-miles (1,211 km) in 24-hours to set the new open-water mark.