Tony Boone

DIGGIN IN THE DIRT SURE FEELS GOOD!

In the past 4 decades, Tony has passionately led crews in sculpting over 1000 miles of shared-use and user-optimized trails for all ages and abilities on 5 continents. His national and international experience ranges from professional trail building companies to governmental agencies and non-profit organizations.

His passion is creating sustainable, kinesthetically and aesthetically diverse trails that mountain bikers love to ride. He is highly skilled on the utilization and training of state-of-the-art trail technology like the Sutter 300 Mini Dozer/500 Trail Dozer, SWECO 480 Trail Dozer, miniature/micro excavators, loaders, tracked carriers, ATV rakes & harrows, hydraulic & gas powered drilling, and blasting with Magnum Blaster.

Tony is a pioneer in the evolution and art of creating sustainable, machine-built trails for mountain bikers. His accomplishments include: establishing the first mountain bike patrol in Colorado in 1989, training eight IMBA/Subaru Trail Care Crews (1997-2011), inspiring the IMBA Trail Solutions Program (2001), and assisting with both IMBA books (Trail Solutions: IMBA’s Guide to Building Sweet Singletrack and Managing Mountain Bikes: IMBA’s Guide to Providing Great Riding).

He has been an active member of the Professional Trail Builders Association and American Trails since 1995.  He is a board member of PTBA.

Specialties: Diggin in the dirt!