This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Arkansas, the natural state.

Arkansas is a year-round destination with outdoor activities for every season.

Climbing, floating, hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting, all year long.

It also has Bentonville, which if you know, you know.

Calling itself the mountain biking capital of the world, in 2009 a group

in Bentonville decided to make the city a bike-friendly, bike-centric community. And now it's

the crown jewel of over 400 miles of trails in northwest Arkansas.

There's 70 miles just in the city limits alone.

Then there are the monument trails.

Seemlessly woven into the beautiful landscape of Arkansas State Parks to highlight unique terrain, historic landmarks, and scenic vistas, the Monument Trails are both rideable by anyone and were named the best mountain biking in the United States by outside magazine

for gravity riders the Big Mountain Enduro Race in May showcases some of the best trails Arkansas has to offer.

For gravel grinders, the Arkansas Graveler in June is a tour of the most scenic roads in Arkansas.

Whatever you're looking for, find is the Outside Podcast.

This is the Outside Podcast. Everyone has that one friend. They're funny, they're clever. There's a light in their eyes. Everyone enjoys being around them. They have all the talent and natural

ability in the world, and they could really be making something of themselves if they weren't

flushing it all away on their addiction to golf. My friend's name is

Alex Ward and he also makes podcasts. In fact he's a regular contributor to

this podcast.

And here at Outside, we have exactly two rules.

First rule, don't call it outdoors magazine.

Second rule, we acknowledge the existence of golf once every two years.

Most of the time, when a writer takes on golf, the story follows a similar arc, a defense of the sport, an argument for its relatedness to the outdoors,

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