If you didn’t already have 10,000 different reasons to attend the annual IJSBA World Finals, one in particular was the ever-present Jettrim Vintage Museum booth. The large pavilion was home to some of the sport’s most iconic standup skis, including some of the best examples of classic racing machinery, posters, advertisements, and banners. Pulled from Jettrim president Gary Hart’s own private collection, the museum was always a sight to behold.
Unfortunately, due to extraneous circumstances, Gary’s vault of vintage skis won’t be made available to the public. But fear not! Scott Frazier and all of the IJSBA are on the case. To get the whole story, you have to start with a post recently published on Gary and Kelly Hart’s Facebook wall that stated:
Hi folks,
We are unable to do the Jettrim Vintage Museum this year, but Scott Fraizer, the director of the IJSBA is going to do one for us. This is the letter Scott sent us [see below]. Please respond to him if you are interested in helping.
– Gary and Kelly
The original note/press release published by Scott read as follows:
IJSBA is pleased to announce that the Jettrim Vintage Ski Museum will return for 2014 albeit as a community managed exhibit.
Due to circumstances beyond their control, Jettrim cannot organize the museum for 2014. However, IJSBA will continue to provide the tent space and access for the community to bring their vintage watercraft and other collectible items from their own personal collections.
This museum would not have been possible if it were not for all of the hard work of Jettrim’s Gary Hart, a pioneer in the sport of PWC Racing products and a hall of fame inductee. IJSBA will continue to honor their contributions to the booth by giving them the same full sponsorship and endorsement credits that they have earned over the years. Jettrim is expected to produce the museum, again, in 2015.
If you would like to bring your vintage watercraft and collectibles, please email: [email protected]
The 2014 Jettrim Vintage Ski Museum will be the center fixture of the tradeshow portion of the 2014 Jettribe World Finals. The museum is slated to be open from Friday October 10 through Sunday, October 12.
