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In a way, MTB Trail builder extraordinaire Brad Stone got his
dream job before he even knew trailbuilding would be his job.

ORTY-YEAR -OLD WAYNESBORO native Brad

Stone is one of the world's preeminent builders
of mountain biking and motocross trails. But his
company, 402 Trails, was founded completely by
accident. Here's how it happened.
Though Stone was an avid BMX biker by the
age of six-and oft incurred his parents' wrath by
building huge jumps in their backyard-he didn't
ride a legit mountain biking trail until after high school.

"I graduated in 1996 and cut out for Steamboat,
Colorado, to be a ski-bum," explains Stone. "Out
there, everybody was mountain biking in the
off-season. I'd always loved bikes and gravity
sports, and this combined them both. I fell in
love pretty much right away."
Within a year, Stone was racing professionally.
Sponsored by Chevrolet, he roamed the country
competing in world-class events held on moun-

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