Interview: News Gets the Dirt on Dirt From ABA Track Builder Billy Allen

Minutes after the final main crosses the line at an ABA indoor national, Billy Allen and his crew go to work to dismantle what was a perfect track moments before.

No matter who is king of the hill at the end of an ABA Local or National race, chances are that Billy Allen built the hill (and the jumps, and the turns to go along with it). Since Billy and his team have just about the most impact on “rider experience” as anyone else in American BMX, we thought we’d invite him to sit down with us to talk about how he goes about building new tracks, some of the trends in track design, and what might be coming next. Billy gives us all the good scoop, and more—as well as early news on his promotion to the “executive suite” in Gilbert.

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