Each one of these hobbies takes them for an adventure that you cannot see from sitting on the couch, watching tv, or playing on a phone.ĭustin and his family have a passion to be outdoors and venturing across the landscape, whether it is on a track and skis or wheels or hooves. His son is currently 7 and has been riding snowmobiles with him since he was 3 years old. Also, as a family, they ride horses, four-wheelers, and side by sides. His father snowmobiles, his mother used to, his wife (Kendra), and his son (Derek) all ride. Snowmobiling is a family event for him, just as all of his hobbies are. He said, "It was the best time of my life!" Soon after, he purchased a 2001 Black XC SP 600 and put over 9,000 miles on it.įrom 2013 on, Dustin has purchased a new snowmobile or two each year since. When he returned home from his first snowmobile trip up north in the U.P., his mom asked him how it went. Soon after that, his mother got him a 1994 Polaris Indy 440. The Legend of Polaris tells the story of the first 50 years of Polaris, their struggle to survive, their ascent to the top of the snowmobile market, and their forays into other markets.Favorite place to Ride: SnoBunnies trails in Preque Isle, WIĭustin's first solo snowmobile ride was when he was 12 years old on a friend’s Indy 340 that he wrecked within minutes and was in the ER with a broken arm and collarbone. But snowmobiles remain at the heart of the Polaris Industries company. Throughout the 1990's and the new millenium, Polaris continued to broaden it's product line, introducing Victory Motorcycles, Personal Watercraft (since discontinued), and broadening their ATV line. It was name Snowmobile of the Decade, and is still produced today. In 1985 they produced their first All-Terrain Vehicle, and in 1989 they introduced the Indy 500, which quickly became a legendary model. In 1980, a group of Polaris managers and investors bought Polaris from Textron, who had bought the company in the late 1960's. As other manufacturers fell out of the game, Polaris continued to innovate, designing or improving upon such features as liquid cooled engines and independent fron suspension. Snowmobiling reached a peak in popularity in the late 1960's and early 1970's, and Polaris led the way. With some credit extensions, Polaris was able to get back on track with their Mustang and Colt models. After a successful test in Alaska (that nearly cost two employees their lives), they started selling the sled-and nearly bankrupt the company when components of the sleds failed and they failed to maintain traction on the snow in the lower 48 states. In 1963, Polaris built their first front-engined snowmobile, designed more for recreation, called the Comet. They envisioned selling the machines to trappers, utility companies, and others who needed access to remote areas during winter.
After selling the first model to make payroll, they continued to build what they called Sno-Travelers, which were larger than modern snowmobiles and could carry several people. In the winter of 1955, several men at a farm equipment shop in Roseau, Minnesota, took a grain elevator belt and some pieces of an old Chevy and built their first snowmobile.
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