Key Figures · Hull builder and parts maker

Rick Roy

Founder and owner of Rickter-RRP, maker of Rickter stand-up and freestyle hulls and RRP parts, as a supplier's release of 2016 and trade reports of 2013 and 2023 record.

1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005
3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018 (this page's records)
5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026 (this page's records)

1990200020102020

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Design and invention

Likely

The Watercraft Journal's report of May 2023 describes him as a former professional freestyle and freeride competitor who developed an adjustable handlepole before his own skis, and the RRP release it prints names the handle pole as the company's first product.

Sources: Watercraft Journal RRP Thailand 2023

2013 · Likely

The Watercraft Journal reported on 30 December 2013 that he and RRP had launched their own hulls and complete skis a few years before, naming the Rickter FS, FR, RC, XFR, XFS and Ninja, and that RRP was opening a factory in Thailand where carbon-fibre and glass-fibre hulls were built by hand.

Sources: Watercraft Journal RRP factory 2013

2016 · Likely

TeXtreme's 2016 release says Rickter offered its spread-tow carbon reinforcement as an option on the EDGE FS, EDGE FR, XFS and RC-1 for 2016, and fitted it as standard to the XFS Ninja Competition freestyle model.

Sources: TeXtreme Rickter release 2016

Business

2016 · Confirmed

A TeXtreme release of 2 May 2016 quotes him as the founder and owner of Rickter-RRP. The Watercraft Journal in May 2023 says he worked under the name Rick Roy Products, RRP, and made his own line of stand-up and fixed-seat skis, the Rickter skis.

Sources: TeXtreme Rickter release 2016; Watercraft Journal RRP Thailand 2023

2023 · Likely

RRP's release of 26 April 2023, printed by The Watercraft Journal, announced the end of Rickter hull production at the company's Rickter Composites factory in Thailand, called the halt temporary, and said its RRP parts division was not affected.

Sources: Watercraft Journal RRP Thailand 2023

Confirmed

The RICKTER mark, for personal watercraft hulls and related composite parts, is registered to Rickter R.R.P. Performance Inc., a corporation organised in Canada. It was filed on 19 June 2023 and registered on 2 July 2024, and the owner claims first use on 31 October 2008. The registry names no person.

Sources: USPTO RICKTER mark

Recognition

Likely

The association's hall of fame lists Rick Roy among its 2006 inductees. The roster prints the name alone, so reading it as the Rickter founder rests on the name, an inference.

Sources: IJSBA hall of fame page

Elsewhere in the archive

• History chapter: Freestyle as a discipline in the rule books
• History chapter: The aftermarket: hulls, rule books and closures
• Organisation: International Jet Sports Boating Association
• Era: The rule book years
• Era: Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

What the archive has not read (3)

• The 2016 release calls him a freestyle world champion and The Watercraft Journal in 2013 a multiple world champion. The association's champions page, a finding aid, lists a Rick Roy for Pro Freestyle in 1996 and 1998, and the archive holds no World Finals result sheet for either year (checked 2026-10-05 against the sheets held for 1999, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the 2013 entry list), so no title is on this page.
• The 2013 report says a rider on an RRP ski won Pro Freestyle at that year's World Finals. The archive's 2013 sheet is a class list of entries, not results, so that result is not on this page (checked 2026-10-05).
• No held document dates the founding of RRP or of Rickter (searched the archive's mirror, 2026-10-05; a retailer's page, seen only in a copy saved during research, dates RRP's work from 2005, a retailer's word, not used). 31 October 2008 is the trademark owner's claimed first use of the RICKTER name.

Documents cited on this page

• TeXtreme Rickter release 2016 (prnewswire.com): Rickter Launches New Personal Watercraft Line Reinforced by TeXtreme (TeXtreme press release, PR Newswire), TeXtreme (Oxeon AB), distributed by PR Newswire, 2016-05-02; manufacturer primary, medium. A carbon-fibre supplier's release on Rickter's 2016 line, quoting Rick Roy as founder and owner of Rickter-RRP, with an About Rickter paragraph in the companies' promotional voice. Medium for who it names and the models it lists; its grades of Rickter and of him are not repeated.
• Watercraft Journal RRP Thailand 2023 (watercraftjournal.com): Rick Roy Products (RRP) Ceases Rickter Production at Thailand Facility (The Watercraft Journal), The Watercraft Journal, 2023-05-02; enthusiast media, medium. A trade report printing in full RRP's release of 26 April 2023 on the end of Rickter hull production in Thailand. Medium for the magazine's own lines; the release inside it is the company's voice.
• Watercraft Journal RRP factory 2013 (watercraftjournal.com): Video: Rick Roy Gives Us The RRP Factory Tour (The Watercraft Journal), The Watercraft Journal, 2013-12-30; enthusiast media, medium. A short trade report introducing a factory video: RRP's own hulls and complete skis, the Rickter model names, and a new factory in Thailand. Medium as trade press; the video itself was not viewed.
• USPTO RICKTER mark (tsdr.uspto.gov): RICKTER, US trademark registration 7432962, serial 98048582 (USPTO TSDR status), United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2024-07-02; government, high. The registry's status page for the RICKTER mark, for personal watercraft hulls and related composite parts: filed 19 June 2023, registered 2 July 2024, owner Rickter R.R.P. Performance Inc., organised in Canada. The first use of 31 October 2008 is the owner's sworn claim. Owner and correspondence addresses are removed from the held copy.
• IJSBA hall of fame page (ijsba.com): The Jacobsen-Stjernstrom IJSBA Hall of Fame (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association; sanctioning body, high. The association's own roster, read on 22 September 2026, giving the hall's name, its creation and dedication in 2006, and inductees by year to 2014, names only. It publishes no selection criteria and no citation for anyone.

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“Rick Roy”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/key-figures/rick-roy/

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