Past work & credentials

Fifteen years on the ground

Public lands, bike parks, BLM trail systems, and volunteer crews — a record of accessibility work built from lived experience, field data, and projects that actually got implemented.

Since launching Unified Dirt

Current projects

Grand Teton National Park trail crew walking into the backcountry with an adaptive rider
2026

Grand Teton National Park

Trail & facility accessibility assessment support

Continuing accessibility work in the park — assessing trails, trailheads, and visitor facilities so staff have objective data on what the terrain actually requires and where practical improvements exist. Includes staff training in multiple departments throughout the park.

Adaptive riders testing the Laramie Bike Park pump track and jump lines
2026

Laramie Bike Park — Laramie, Wyoming

With Wyoming Pathways

Field-tested Wyoming's newest bike park — including the state's first asphalt pump track, jump lines, and skills areas — riding the features with adaptive equipment to evaluate access, flow, and usability for riders of all abilities.

Adaptive rider on a Laramie-area trail with the Trail Fairies crew
2026

Laramie-area trail assessments & Trail Fairies training

With Wyoming Pathways

Assessed local trails around Laramie and trained the Trail Fairies volunteer crew on adaptive recreation, barrier identification, and how maintenance decisions change who can use a trail.

Where the work has happened

Coast to coast, on the ground

Public lands, resorts, bike parks, race courses, and city trail systems across the country — every marker is a place the terrain got measured, ridden, and improved.

Hover or tap a marker to see the project.

Track record

Where the experience comes from

  1. 2023–2025

    Dovetail Trail Consulting

    Founding member (shares sold June 2026)

    Co-founded and helped build a national adaptive recreation accessibility practice — trail assessments, ADA/ABA/Wilderness Act training, design review, and policy guidance for land managers across the country. Sold his shares in June 2026 to launch Unified Dirt.

  2. 2020–2023

    Teton Adaptive Sports

    Former Executive Director — Jackson, Wyoming

    Worked directly with hundreds of people with disabilities and expanded adaptive recreation programming across the Greater Yellowstone region.

  3. 2012–2020

    Joe Stone Foundation

    Founder

    Built an integration-first model — putting adaptive athletes into existing outdoor events rather than creating separate ones.

Credentials

Recognition, training, and technical depth

Recognition

  • Condé Nast Traveller — "25 People Making the World More Accessible" (2025)
  • Subject of the award-winning documentary It's Raining, So What
  • First known wheelchair-using quadriplegic to attempt a full IRONMAN triathlon

Speaking & Training

  • Agency staff, board, and trail-crew workshops
  • National and regional conference presentations
  • ADA, ABA, Section 504, and Wilderness Act applied to recreation
  • Adaptive mountain biking and mobility technology

Technical Experience

  • Trail, trailhead, and facility data collection
  • Adaptive equipment testing on purpose-built features
  • Assessment reporting for land managers and grant funding
  • Design review from planning through construction

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