Joe Stone of Teton Adaptive - Adaptive Mountain Biker - Universal Trail Design #86

Trail EAffect Episode 86 Joe Stone – Adaptive Mountain Biker – Universal Trail Design

• The Joe Stone Journey
  • Speed Flying
  • Murderball
• Hitting and surpassing multiple goals
• The Joe Stone Foundation
  • Bridging the Disability Gap
• Wydahoe Rendezvous
• Teton Adaptive
• Living in Jackson Hole
• Not Forcing Things
• Editing / Long Form Platforms
• Film: Digging for Answers about Universal Trail Design
  • Trail: Deepest Darkest at Jackson Hole Resort
• Going back to 2011 – where Adaptive Mountain Biking began for Joe Stone
  • Early adaptive mountain bikes
  • Putting in an adaptive trail just south of Apple Valley, MN
  • The evolution of adaptive equipment and trails
  • The idea of Universal Design and Inclusion
  • Appling Universal Design to Trails
  • Shifting the Mindset from Adaptive Trails to Universal Trail Design
  • How to make trails for everyone
  • How Universal Trail Design opens up Line Choice for all riders
  • The Mindshift
• Going to the Dunbar Downhill Series
  • Picking Lines and making riders think to go the fastest
  • Universal Trail Design doesn’t mean “Dumbing Down Trails”
  • The speed of Elite Adaptive Racers
• How the Bowhead Adaptive MTB has changed the game for progression
• Joe’s Personal Experience at the Dunbar Series and how it made him a better rider
  • The first ride back home on trails Joe knew to show the progress he made
  • Getting more confidence to do solo rides
• Progression in equipment generally speaking
• E-Bikes – and how they have opened more opportunity for more people
  • How E-Bikes will help pro riders and racers progress faster
• The Bowhead and how it functions differently allowing wheels were designed to be used
• The Mini Excavator and how trail building with Mini Excavators was progressing along with adaptive mountain bike progression
• More Universal Trail Design Discussion
• The width standard for Universal Trail Design
• Deepest Darkest Trail Backstory
• The reception of the Trail Deepest Darkest Trail from all users and how it’s setting a new standard at Jackson Hole Resort
• The elitist mentality from “purist mountain bikers” and hand-built trails
• How Jackson Hole Resort is looking at all trail construction with Universal Trail Design in mind
• Back to the Dunbar Series and how they included Adaptive Mountain Bikers and didn’t change much in terms of the trails they used for racing, and treated everyone equally
• How Joe got more confidence at Dunbar as the days progressed
• Joe’s opinion of a great mountain bike community
  • Being Welcoming
  • Being Open Minded
• How to rate trail for adaptive riders… The endless debate and proper that can be useful for all.
• Alternate routes on trails around difficult features
• Quinn Brett and her role with the National Park Service
• Taking the time to learn more about what the Two Wheeled industry is all about
• The idea of Universal Trail Design going both ways between adaptive users and non-adaptive users.
• Listening
• Including a qualified person with new trail design
• Closing Comments & Thank You’s
  • How to reach Joe Stone
  • Innovation at Jackson Hole Resort

Links discussed in the show:

Murderball: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436613/

Teton Adaptive: https://tetonadaptivesports.com/

Jackson Hole Resort, Digging for Answers Film: https://youtu.be/_w8QnqZ1mEM

Wydaho Rendezvous: https://tetonbikefest.org/

It’s Raining So What Film: http://itsrainingsowhat.com/

Bowhead Adaptive Corp: https://www.bowheadcorp.com/

Dunbar DH Series and Kootenay Adaptive: https://kootenayadaptive.com/adaptive-mountain-biking-race-series/

Email Joe Stone: joe@tetonadaptivesports.com

 

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