Among the former jumpers participating in the relay are -- Hugh Barber, who retired the Fred Harris Winged Ski Trophy in 1974 winning the event three years in a row (1972–74); Dana Sprague, former jumper and Harris Hill historian; Dana Zelanakas, teacher at Brattleboro High School, who was on the US Olympic Team and participated in the Sapporo Olympics in 1972; Dr. Phil Dunham “The Flying Dentist” who is a multiple Masters National Champion; Wendy Randall, who jumped from 4^th grade to senior year in high school who says she “only rode the landing at Harris Hill,” and Drew Richards, former member of the US Ski Team; “Tink” (Richard) Austinwho’s been jumping since he was 5 or 6 yrs. old and jumped until 1955.  He remembered the Junior Team going on overnight trips to Bear Mountain and Lake Placid that cost $10 for room and meals!   Also in attendance at the River Garden will be Terry Tyler, who started jumping with a very old pair of skis when he was 12 and fell many times.  Alan Sargent took him under his wing and got him his first pair good skis.  He jumped in Class B and C but never made it to Class A.  After the War he built Maple Valley Ski Jump.

Current jumpers participating include 16-year-old Spencer Knickerbocker from Brattleboro, a top junior jumper and Willy Graves from Putney, a member of the U.S. Ski Team, along with approximately 20 jumpers who will be competing on the weekend.