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What gets you stoked?

“stoked” – adjective – to be “stoked” is to be completely and intensely enthusiastic, exhilarated, or excited about something. those who are stoked all of the time know this; being

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Bentonville Trifest
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Out of the Red and into the Black

I spent over 20 years on the battlelines of “Black Friday” working in both small camera shops and big box electronics stores. I got out before it started creeping into

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AO contributor, Cliff Li, enjoying the inaugural Race the Base, 2012.

Another Lap…

…around that big burning ball of gas. ~ Lisa Mullis That’s right, we’re coming up on two years of cramming every weekend (and a few weekdays) with runs, rides, floats

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The Community Bicyclist
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Things you Can and Can’t do.

First a Bit of Bad News We have a lot of great recreational opportunities in Arkansas, unfortunately many of them are on federally managed land and during the government shutdown

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I really don't see the problem here. (photo courtesy of bmxmuseum.com)

Cleaning Out The Garage

People who play outdoors love their toys. Their stable of bikes, collection of running shoes, boats for every kind of water, “cute technical tops”, measuring devices like pedometers, gps mapping

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The "medals" at the OORC hosted, Battle of Townsends Ridge Mountain Bike Race.

A Trail Community

Years ago I decided to purchase a kayak. I had been a canoe guy for most of my life but was drawn to the much more comfortable seating of a

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Making the Lists

Little Rock has made some interesting lists lately. The word is getting out so hold on tight. Kiplinger.com is running a list of “10 Great Places to Live” in their

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