Govt Data: Americans Love Outdoor Recreation – Outdoor Industry Association

Last year, the Outdoor Industry Association put out data on the economic impact of outdoor recreation in Arkansas. The numbers came in like this; 96,000 Direct Jobs, $9.7 BILLION In Consumer Spending, […]
Top 10 Things to Do in Arkansas | National Geographic Travel

Sometimes media sources from outside the state get it totally wrong. Not this time. In this National Geographic Travel list of top 10 things to do in Arkansas, written in […]
Fort Smith Approves Park Funding | Times Record

Great news for Fort Smith and the region. A Skate and Bike Park along the river. Talk Business and Politics has a great article from last Fall on how this […]
Winning Means Showing Up | Bike

Local trail advocate Bruce Alt, first chair of Central Arkansas Trail Alliance and former Vice President of Government Relations for the International Mountain Bicycling Association spells out what it takes to […]
Is there a difference between running outside and on a treadmill? | Science Questions | Naked Scientists

Something to think about when you feel the Winter weather is forcing you to the treadmill for your daily run. Chris Smith asked sport scientists Dan Gordon whether you get […]
Your Spring Break guide to the Buffalo National River | Travel Arkansas Blog

Jill Rohrback with the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism has put together a quick guide for enjoying the Buffalo National River on this upcoming spring break. Of course, much […]
The 5 Best MTB Trails Built in Arkansas in the Last 5 Years – Singletracks Mountain Bike News

From an outsiders view, here are the best trails built or with major additions in the past 5 years. We’re betting it will be a totally different list 5 years […]
Arkansas Mountain Bike Trail Conditions

For mountain bikers and other trail users, the thought of heading out to the trails when they are in bad shape or temporarily closed or in a fragile state sends […]
How is a carbon bike frame made? | Road Bike News, Reviews, and Photos

You want to build a carbon bike frame? Obviously, you start in Arkansas. Great story and video from Road Bike News on how Allied Cycles builds them right here in […]
If You Build It: Northwest Arkansas’s Siloam Springs Whitewater Park – Canoe & Kayak

We hear a lot about the mountain bike trails in Northwest Arkansas but they have a lot of outdoor recreation opportunities beyond the two-wheeled kind. Besides miles and miles of […]



