Are You a FOX/IMBA Hero?

IMBA Trail News
Volume 19, Number 1
Spring 2006

IMBA and corporate supporter FOX Racing Shox are pleased to announce the FOX/IMBA Heroes project. The program honors trail advocates who advance mountain bike access in their communities. IMBA will announce five honorees in 2006 - four to coincide with each of issue of the IMBA Trail News, and one to be announced at the IMBA Summit/World Mountain Bike Conference in Whistler, BC, June 20-23.

FOX/IMBA Heroes: Jay Jones

All FOX/IMBA Heroes will receive a new FOX Racing Shox fork of their choice, and an assortment of gear and clothing, courtesy of FOX.

A hero to mountain bikers in the Garden State, Jay Jones has tirelessly worked to ensure New Jersey riders have great places to turn the cranks. Jay served as part of the Jersey-Off Road Biking Association (JORBA) leadership during its recent reformation, led the local IMBA-affiliated club, Jersey Action Riders (JAR) since 1997, co-founded the Delaware Valley Mountain Bike Patrol in 2000, and has served as an IMBA representative for southern New Jersey since 2000. On top of all this, Jay has spent thousands of hours supporting mountain biking and protecting trail access in the Wissahickon Valley Park in Philadelphia, just across the river from his Haddon Heights, NJ, home. Wissahickon is a favorite ride for mountain bikers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Jay was instrumental in utilizing the National Mountain Bike Patrol program as an advocacy tool in the Wissahickon. In 2000, bike access was in jeopardy, and the patrol made a real difference in the way land managers viewed mountain bikers. In 2005, Jay helped the bike community conduct its first mass mountain bike event in southern New Jersey, raising $7,000 to support trail maintenance. To say that Jay Jones is dedicated to improving our sport is an understatement, and for that reason he is most certainly a FOX/IMBA Hero.