Eliot Jackson

After over a decade at the top of the downhill MTB scene, Eliot Jackson is now devoting his attention to creating sustainable, inclusive community building and career development for marginalized groups through cycling.

The result is Grow Cycling Foundation, a non-profit organization promoting inclusion and diversity in the community.

“If more people of color get excited about cycling but go out their front door and they don’t have a place to ride then nothing moves forward. There’s a decision you have to make: you can either say people in the cities are not near mountains so they don’t deserve to ride a mountain bike. Or you could say let’s build a pump track and empower that community to create their own culture around it.”

While still relatively young the foundation is already in full swing, with plans to build a pump track in Los Angeles, and a desire to hold the Pump Track World Championships.