New Traditions, the end of Black Friday

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After gorging ourselves on Thanksgiving meals, watching football, drinking, tip-toeing around family issues, etc., the American tradition is to get up incredibly early the next morning and go stand in […]

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Arkansas’ Scary Places – Halloween Hauntings

The Old Roberts House

It’s pretty well known that around the Arkansas Outside International offices, strategically centered here in the middle of the state, Halloween reigns supreme. We tend to outdo the rest of […]

Welcome to the Party

This weekend I attended a party and a bike race broke out. Okay it was actually billed as a bike race, but I’ve been to this annual event and it […]

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The Governor and Cycling

With less than a year in office, Governor Asa Hutchinson has suddenly rolled into the local cycling scene. I first met Governor Hutchinson during the last Governor’s race. I happened […]

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New Arkansas Mountain Biking Guide

The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is all in on mountain biking in the Natural State. Not only did they send yours truly to Sin City to attend Interbike […]

Where the Magic Happens

  Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a bicycle nut advocate. I spend a lot of time talking about the importance of bikes as a transportation solution. I talk about […]

Dennis Moore Trail Closed

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We just got word of this through the Ozark Off Road Cyclists: OORC – IMPORTANT NOTICE: Dennis Moore Trail is CLOSED Hey Everyone, We sincerely regret having to make this […]

About that party at Horseshoe Canyon Ranch…

…it looks like it was legen…(wait for it)…dary. Thanks to 1st Place Winners of the 24HHH Film Race: Estephan Coronado & Nolen Ingersoll, this video rocks. Partners from AFS – […]