Eureka Springs Fat Tire Festival Recap

I love bikes, beer, music, my wife, my friends, and road trips. Made sense to load up for this event, so I splurged on the add-on for my bike rack and somehow crammed all our camping gear, riding gear, and entire booth/ inventory setup into the truck with four people for our fifth long weekend in a row. It was quite the load, and after some creative organizing and excellent tie down skills, we hit the road.

I LOVE the drive into NW Arkansas. Just to get out of North Texas and into some hills is amazing, and reminds me how sketchy of a driver I can be on anything but open highway.

We bunkered in for Thursday Happy Hour and a nice evening with friends in Fayetteville. Much love to the Chancellor Hotel for being bike friendly and keeping an eye on the rig over night. 

Just add caffeine, calories, and dirt for a good time. Friday morning breakfast and straight to Slaughter Pen to meet up with some riding buddies!

This should be a testament to how much fun Slaughter Pen is. One of my "to-do's" for the weekend was document everything with pics, videos, etc. We had 2 GoPros and my Nikon, and all I got was this shoddy iPhone pic at the top of the freeride park. I couldn't make myself stop and take pictures, we just wanted to RIDE! Huge props to Brantley on his first ever downhill run, and Jami's first MTB experience!

After visiting Bentonville's bike shops and the original Wal-Mart, it was time for Eureka. A great weekend for tent camping, I actually woke up cold for the first time in a long while! Great KOA facility outside of town. 

Fresh chainring logos for the weekend, loved seeing how many of these made it onto bikes, windows, etc.

...and then we went to work! We tweaked a few things on the booth, and it looked GREAT for the weekend, especially with a couple good looking ladies running around it. Thank you girls for all the help!

Bikes were ridden, minimal blood was shed, and a TON of promotion took place! VB Clothing was a proud sponsor of the Downhill Duo event (combining the DH and Super D Races), and we hope you enjoy the prize packs. It was a great gathering of riders and racers on some of the best trails around. We enjoyed meeting everyone that came by, as well as our fellow vendors! A huge thanks to all the promoters and everyone that came out, now go check out the site and store at VBCLOTHING.COM!!!