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Victor Sheldon

Ranked in Pro Ski at the 1999 World Finals, first in Pro-Am Ski Stock on a 2004 sheet whose name the archive reads as his, and pictured surf riding in Baja California in a magazine's features of 1997 and 1998.

At a glance

Role
Racer and rider
On the record
3 years, from 1997 to 2004
Disciplines
Closed course, Slalom, Freeride
Titles on the record
none read off a held results document yet
In the archive
1 history chapter and 1 event
  1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
  2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
  3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
  4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018
  5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

The eras this page's records fall in are drawn solid; the others are hollow.

How we know: Each bar runs the years printed on that era's panel, and which eras a page falls in is the archive's grouping of its records, not the length of anyone's career.

Years 1997 to 2004, one box each A single row of boxes, solid for a year printed above a fact and hollow for a year printed above none. 1997 2000 2004
  • a year printed above a fact on this page
  • a year printed above no fact

Printed above the facts, 1997, 1999 and 2004. Printed above none, 1998 and 2000 to 2003. 4 facts have no year printed above them and mark no box.

Every year from the first to the last year printed above a fact on this page, one box a year.

How we know: the year printed above each fact below; an honour carries no activity year, so it marks no box.

  • Confirmed 1

  • Likely 6

  • Contested 0

The grade word on each fact on this page, counted. It grades how firmly the documents tie each fact to this person, not the person.

How we know: the word printed above each fact below, counted on this page only.

Results

1999 · Confirmed

The overall results of the 1999 Skat-Trak World Finals, a sheet of the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA), rank VICTOR SHELDON fifth in Pro Ski 785 SS, with 39 points. The sheet's make column drifts away from the names in this table, so no machine is read for him.

Sources: 1999 World Finals results

2004 · Likely

The association's 2004 World Finals sheet for Pro-Am Ski Stock places "Sheldon, Victor" first, winning both motos. The sheet prints no event or year in its text; both come from the address it was published at. That this is the rider of the 1999 sheet is the archive's reading, from the name, which the same finals' Pro Ski overall points sheet also prints in the class where the 1999 sheet ranks him, an inference.

Sources: 2004 World Finals Pro-Am Ski Stock; 2004 World Finals Pro Ski overall

1997 · Likely

Personal Watercraft Illustrated's report of Jet Jam '97, held at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim on 15 to 17 August 1997, lists Victor Sheldon third in the dual slalom, on a Kawasaki. It is a magazine's report, not a result sheet. Reading the magazine's pieces and the sheets as one rider rests on the name, an inference.

Sources: PWI December 1997 Jet Jam '97 report

Riding outside a race

Likely

The magazine's April 1997 issue names Victor Sheldon among the riders at its winter surf gathering at La Fonda, Baja California, about 30 miles south of San Diego, and a caption shows him making his landing approach into the waters of the Pacific. The page dates the trip only as "this year".

Sources: PWI April 1997 Aero Mexico

Likely

The magazine's April 1998 surf feature from Baja California names him among its riders, and a caption shows him setting up a re-entry against a Mexican cliff. It prints no date for the session.

Sources: PWI April 1998 Baja surf feature

Likely

The magazine's February 2005 issue names him among the freeriders it says represented the United States at its ninth annual Mex Rager gathering at Cantamar, Baja California, held the weekend after the World Finals. It does not say what he did on the water, and dates the gathering only as "this year".

Sources: PWI February 2005 Mex Rager

Recognition

Likely

The association's hall of fame page lists Victor Sheldon among its 2006 inductees. The roster gives names only, so linking it to the rider on these sheets rests on the name.

Sources: IJSBA hall of fame page

Elsewhere in the archive

What the archive has not read (1)

  • Arai's advertisements in Cycle News of 3 January 1996 and 1 January 1997 call him an IJSBA National Champion. Those are a helmet maker's advertisements, and no held national tour result sheet names him (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-18), so no national title is on this page. Newspaper and magazine reports of 1995 to 1999 that call him a national champion are not used for one.

Documents cited on this page

  • 1999 World Finals results (web.archive.org): 1999 Skat-Trak World Finals, overall results by class (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 1999; sanctioning body, high. Overall results by class for the World Finals of 10 to 17 October 1999, extracted from the association's PDF. The extract lets the hometown and maker columns drift against the names in places, so only a name and the position printed on the same line are read as one row.
  • 2004 World Finals Pro-Am Ski Stock (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Pro-Am Ski Stock results (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Pro-Am Ski Stock results, as extracted text. Event and year come from the file's address.
  • 2004 World Finals Pro Ski overall (web.archive.org): 2004 World Finals, Pro Ski overall points (PDF, Wayback capture), International Jet Sports Boating Association, 2004; sanctioning body, high. Pro Ski overall points by boat, name, hometown and sponsors, with three motos and the sum. One rider who rode all three motos is missing from this overall, so the sheet is read with the moto sheets.
  • PWI December 1997 Jet Jam '97 report (web.archive.org): Racing: Jet Jam '97, Anaheim, California, The Joint Was Jumping, by Keith Bush (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, December 1997 issue, online archive page, Wayback capture of 15 January 1998), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1997-12; enthusiast media, medium. A magazine's race report of Jet Jam '97 at the Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, on 15 to 17 August 1997, which it calls the first IJSBA-sanctioned closed-course races to include a ramp jump, with top-five results by class and the make each rider used. A magazine's report, not a result sheet: medium. The held copy keeps the opening, the freestyle and Super Jump passages and the dual slalom, freestyle and Super Jump results; nothing else from the report is held.
  • PWI April 1997 Aero Mexico (web.archive.org): Lifestyle: Riding the Baja surf, Aero Mexico (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, April 1997 issue, online archive page, Wayback capture of 24 June 1997), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1997-04; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's yearly winter surf gathering, this one at La Fonda, about 30 miles south of San Diego in Baja California, with the riders named and captions describing jumps and re-entries. Medium as a period magazine's own report; the page dates the trip only as "this year", so no ride year is read from it. Grading words in the text are not used.
  • PWI April 1998 Baja surf feature (web.archive.org): Surf: Riding the waves in Baja California, Mexico, Wave-os Grandes (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, April 1998 issue, online archive page, Wayback capture of 15 June 1998), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 1998-04; enthusiast media, medium. A surf pictorial from Baja California naming the riders shown and captioning two of them. Medium as the magazine's own captions; no ride date is printed. The archive holds part of the pictorial.
  • PWI February 2005 Mex Rager (web.archive.org): Three Kilometers of Happiness, by Heather Selwitz (Personal Watercraft Illustrated, February 2005 issue, online page, Wayback capture of 18 March 2005), Personal Watercraft Illustrated (watercraft.com), 2005-02; enthusiast media, medium. The magazine's report of its ninth annual Mex Rager gathering at Cantamar, Baja California, held the weekend after the World Finals, naming the freeriders there and what several of them did in the surf. Medium; the page dates the gathering only as "this year". The held version of the report is abridged.
  • 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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“Victor Sheldon”, BaddJet archive, https://baddjetarchive.com/key-figures/victor-sheldon/

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