Tony Torres: WCMX Athlete, Coach And Author
Tony Torres is a pro wheelchair athlete from St. Petersburg and the executive director of ASF Adaptive Sports, the adaptive division of Action Sports Foundation.
Rider
Tony competed at the WCMX World Championships multiple times, including 2017 and 2018, and took third place at the first ASF Adaptive Sports Jam in 2019. He was also interviewed by Bay News 9 about WCMX.
Coach And Mentor
A 2020 press release on his book described Tony as pouring most of his energy into ASF Adaptive Sports, where he coaches and mentors wheelchair athletes. He was at the heart of ASF’s WCMX clinics, school demos and the visit that brought the Adaptive Sports Circus to Tampa General. His work with the St. Pete Skatepark Alliance helped make the city’s new skatepark accessible to WCMX riders.
Author
Tony created Jimmy Wheelz, a wheelchair-riding character, and the children’s book Jimmy Wheelz and the Minilights. The second edition came out in August 2020.
In The News
- Tony Torres releases 2nd edition of 'Jimmy Wheelz and the Minilights'PR Underground · August 7, 2020
- Sponsor post supporting Tony Torres, ASF and Florida WCMXLinkedIn · Embrey's Moving Solutions · October 22, 2017
Originally published on PR Underground. Recovered from the Internet Archive. View the archived original.