Photo Contest Winner

Hey Jettribe fans, we have finally picked a winner for our Photo Contest. Please go to http://www.jettribe.com/ to check out the winner under the social forums tab and see all the cool and unique photos that have been sent in!

Jettribe to Receive 40 Foot Sea Container

Hey Jettribe fans and customers, we are very excited because we will be receiving our 40 foot sea container this week! Our sea container is a large transporting vessel that travels on a freight all the way from our warehouse in Vietnam to our warehouse in California. And what’s inside it? A whole lot of Jettribe gear! The container will be carrying items ranging from our RS-15 Race Series gear to the board shorts, hoodies, t-shirts, and tank tops that you love most.

We just want to thank all of our customers, dealers, and distributors for being so patient. We have been swamped with back orders! And for those of you who are on our waiting list for Jettribe’s cool gear and have not heard from us please resend your orders. This is our first container of the season and we are shipping these 40 foot container back to back twice a month. We are all so grateful and thankful for our unprecedented growth to our fans and riders. You guys are awesome!

2011 MAGIC Trade Show

We sent Jettribe’s president, Tony Vo out to the MAGIC Trade Show. Jettribe goes twice a year to check out the season’s fashion shows and see some friends in the fashion industry at the same time. It’s worth keeping updated with the latest trends and ideas. Hey, it’s in Vegas- life is tough!

So what is this event all about? The MAGIC trade show is “the preeminent trade event in the international fashion industry, hosting global buyers and sellers of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, footwear, accessories and sourcing resources.”

Another good question is: just who is MAGIC? MAGIC is described as “an incubator of fashion…where new trends surface and develop into what will be seen on the consumer. The show’s goal is to connect and inspire the fashion community, fuse diverse trends, while offering unbeatable service to its customers.”

Long story short, MAGIC is where it’s at and we’re excited to be going to this event! It should be awesome…and Vegas makes it even better!

And now that we’re back from the trade show we’ll give you a rundown on our experience. It was crazy to see so many hot babes in one place! But what is not so cool is that most of the babes probably have never been on a watercraft.

We definitely had a blast, but most of our time was spent attending and sitting in lots of meetings and discussion panels. Even though Jettribe is a Core Watercraft Co, we do our best to stay in tune with the fashion industry. Plus, most of the Jettribe staff here came from a fashion background and our parent company produces for some of the top brands in the industry. Brands including: Hurley, Diesel, O’ Neal, and so on..... So we have to be pretty much on our game as far as the latest and greatest of trends and colors schemes for the next season.

Tony had a chance to sit and chat with some of the industry’s top brands and collectively express views on some alarming issues that are coming down the pipeline. We are all very concerned to see the increasing cost in raw materials and labor out of Southeast Asia! In the last 15 years we have not seen such unpredictable costs. In the next 12 months we have no idea what our prices will be from Southeast Asia. What does this mean to the Jettribe end user? Higher costs for your boardshorts and riding boots. Jettribe is a true international company, we have our own Asia operation for over 10 years and we watch the fluctuation of the US dollars compared to the cost of cotton to the prices for crude oil. Why? We want to bring the best riding gear to you for the best prices.

It was a true honor for Tony of Jettribe to sit and chat with Tyler "President and CEO" of ARC'TERYX, a top outdoor gear company. With their annual sales well over 130,000 million dollars, they make Jettribe in comparison look like a Girl Scout and lemonade stand!! Plus, to hang out with Michael "COO" of a very large firm that owns a bunch of fashion brands like XOXO, Babyphat, and PhatPharm is an eye opener. Kellwood is a true monster with sales of $850 million last year.

Not only was Tony truly inspired by these great brands and their enormous success. But what is really great is that these guys are very approachable and so down to earth. We mostly talked about our true passion for the work that we do and our family and kids. When it comes down to it, brands big or small all experience the same issues of building, growing and struggles.

Time spent with these top industry associates has given Jettribe a huge boost in the future of our core brand! Watch out, there will be many great things coming down the pipeline for Jettribe and our watercraft industry.

The Last To Fall

Jettribe, as well as the watercraft community has experience a great loss because Ride Magazine will no longer be active. This means that the presence of a great media has gone away. We at Jettribe have been around since the hay days seeing Splash, Jetsport, Personal Watercraft Illustrated, Watercraft World, and lastly Ride.

Now it is up to us fans to not only maintain a positive image for our PWC love but to help it grow in a positive manner. We all love this industry and lifestyle and we all have to pitch in. We encourage all watercraft fans to spread positive news and events about our sport by any means possible through their personal social sites and send any and all news and personal experience to Jettribe at racersupport@jettribe.com.

We will spread the news on all of our sites.

February 8, 2011

Like many non-profit organizations across our nation, the AWA has faced its share of budget challenges. Unlike some entities, this Association cannot ethically run a deficit, nor incur any debt.

In keeping with these sound fiscal policies we were forced to curtail issues and page counts of the member's magazine Ride. Such reductions were as disappointing as they were necessary. As the economy contracted over the past few years, the Association continued to fund Ride PWC Magazine, often at a net loss.

Unfortunately, we have reached the same point that our fellow personal watercraft publications experienced recently; we can no longer, under the current economic environment, afford to publish Ride at the expense of our primary role; the PWC communities' access watchdog.

This is a matter of dollars and cents. We have long extolled the generosity of our advertisers to the membership. Every dollar you invested on the pages of Ride freed up a dollar to directly support our legislative and educational programs. Those efforts are the very purpose of AWA's mission and we will continue to operate in this direct action role until the ugly specter of boating access discrimination is abolished.

There are simply not enough advertising pages to support the expense of the publication.

This is not a decision we take lightly. The eight time award winning Ride set a standard of inclusiveness and outreach in the personal watercraft community. However, when it comes to PWC access protection and expansion, the Association must focus on what is truly important to our membership at large.

We share in the disappointment of this outcome. I assure you we have made every effort to forestall this action. In the end, it is the responsible thing to do given the current economic reality.

*Taken from IJSBA official website*

The Last To Fall

No More Stand-Ups for Kawasaki

It was with heavy hearts that the Jettribe family received the news that Kawasaki is no longer making stand-ups. Kawasaki first started making stand-ups in 1973 when they came out with the WSAA Jet Ski 400 and the WSAB Jet Ski 400. The 440 was introduced in 1978 and the 550 came along four years later in 1982. In the mid-1970s the birth of closed course racing came about with the help of Doug Silverstein, Steve Stricklin, Brian Bendix, and Larry Rippenkroeger. Most racers rode modified 440s and 550s. Throughout the next few decades Kawasaki produced the 650, the 750, and last of all the SX-R 800.

We at Jettribe are a core group of stand up riders and the 550 SX stand up was how it started for us. We all even still ride our 750 SX now. Tony raced in region 1 in Southern California with his 1993 750 stand up and there were about 50 riders per class. The stand up was the seed that started Jettribe and has changed so many aspects of our lives.

We will forever miss the stand up.

Jettribe Fashion

The Jettribe Staff just got back from our fashion trade show we attend every season. It was crazy to see so many hot babes in one place! But what is not so cool is that most of the babes probably have never been on a watercraft.
We definitely had a blast, but most of our time was spent attending and sitting in lots of meetings and discusssion panels. Even though Jettribe is a Core Watercaft Co, we do our best to stay in tune with the fashion industry. Plus, most of Jettribe staff here came from a fashion background and our parent company produces for some of the top brands in the industry. Brands including: Hurley, Diesel, Oneal, and so on..... So we have to be pretty much on our game as far as the lastest and greatest of trends and colors schemes for the next season.
Tony had a chance to sit and chat with some of the industry top brands and collectively express views on some alarming issues that are coming down the pipeline. We are all very concerned to see the increasing cost in raw materials and labor out of South East Asia! In the last 15 years we have not seen such unpredictable costs . In the next 12 months we have no idea what our prices will be from South East Aisa. What does this mean to the Jettribe end user? Higher cost for your boardshorts and riding boots. Jettribe is a true international company, we have our own Asia operation for over 10 years and we watch the fluctuation of the US dollars compared to the cost of cotton to the prices for crude oil. Why? We want to bring the best riding gear to you for the best prices.
It was a true honor for Tony of Jettribe to sit and chat with Tyler "President and CEO" of  ARC'TERYX, a top outdoor gear company. With their annual sales well over 130,000 million dollars,  they make Jettribe in comparison look like a girl scout and lemonade stand!! Plus, to hang out with Michael "COO" of a very large firm that owns a bunch of fashions brands like XOXO, babyphat   and  PhatPharm is an eye opener. Kellwood is a true monster with sales of  $850 million last year.
Not only was Tony truly inspired by these great brands and their enormous success. But what is really great is that these guys are very approachable and so down to earth. We mostly talked about our true passion for the work that we do and our family and kids. When it comes down to it, brands big or small all experience the same issues of building, growing and struggles.
Time spent with these top industry associates has given Jettribe a huge boost in the future of our core brand! Watch out, there will be many great things coming down the pipeline for Jettribe and our watercraft industry.