Slaughter Pen is like Disney World, you can't see it all in a day | Mountain Biking Bentonville, AR 

It is so awesome to see how much Brian has progressed since the jumping clinic!! 👍

"Schroen Train" is actually the third iteration of the original trail. It was originally a descent down that Phase 2 East area, and Scott is an avid rider and lives up above it in a nearby subdivision. It has been completely revamped twice, and is undergoing a third, but it has retained his last name each time. WHY? He was originally the marketing and promotional manager for Phat Tire Bike Shop, but then transitioned into holding the same position, as the original marketing and promotional manager for OZ Trails!! He was instrumental in getting the Arkansas Enduro Series off the ground, as well as getting various big name Pros to come do the OZ Trails promotional videos. He was the face for OZ Trails marketing in the outset, alongside the Wizard of OZ, Gary Vernon. He went back to what he loves, which is woodworking, and he now owns TIMBERNAK, which is a custom wood shop, and he does AMAZING work!

Sara's jump game is on point, she's a ripper. It was a pleasure to meet you both in Bentonville when we were there, you made my kids whole trip. Its awesome to watch the two of you ride together really adds an extra element to the videos to see you having fun together. I hope to see way more duo videos in the future.

When you started talking about the inspiration thing it really made me remember last summer when I started watching your videos and I thought to myself “I wish there were trails like that by me” and I did a little research and found there are tons of trail systems by me I just didn’t know about. I started making RU-vid videos to help anyone by me find the trails too. You’re the man!

I grew up in Bentonville and haven't ridden the trails since bout 2013. I can't believe how much mountain biking has blown up. After spending the last 5 years or so in the PNW I'm excited to be moving back to the homeland and to see how much different/better the riding is now!

Its Awesome to see what they've completed since BKPOV was there and they were building the masterpiece. This was a great vid!

Scott Schroen is a native Houstonian and moved up to Bentonville to run Phat Tire Bike Shop when it originally opened. In 2018 he became the Director of OZ Trails. He didn't build or design the Schroen Train but he lived at the top so he would ride down it to go to work. I actually took Scott to his first XC Race when he was 17 and his first DH Race when he was 18. In 2019 he left OZ Trails to open Timbernak Wood Working. He makes the Big Oversized Adirondack chairs you will see all over Bentonville and work benches and bars at shops all around town. Super good dude and of course the namesake of the Schroen Train.

Thanks for the trail showcasing. Looks like this would make for a great family destination. Keep em comin!

Hey Brian, I met you at the race last weekend at passion play and just wanna say thanks for saying hi and letting me take a picture. Keep you the good work

Glad you came back here!

Brian keep it up on the jumping. Love seeing your growth. Keep being awesome. You inspire me to keep riding.

Sara needs a gopro, it would be cool to see her POV sometimes.

Love this area! Such an amazing spot to ride.

Nice your getting better in jumping

Nice Video! Trails look like lots of fun!

Thanks for this video, heading down to ride the first week of June. Can't wait!!

man those trails look awesome

That All American dirt was so smooth. Love it and the sound is cool

That’s so cool! I’m in town right now too. Doing some mountain biking, it’s amazing

I almost died on the jumps leading up to the drop you just did just this last week. I did a poor job controlling the roll of the bike and took hard nose dives on both of them. Didn't crash and did it again.

I love watching you ride the trails that my 4 year old son and I ride almost every weekend! He currently rides a Stacyc (motorized) stability bike and I can barely keep up with that awesome dude! I just started my mountain bike journey at 33 years old because of my boys and I am very grateful we live about an hour away from some of the best trails in the county. I like to use the Masterpiece as a barometer of my jumping ability. I'm not clearing them just yet, but I keep inching my way towards clearing them each time I ride it. Keep up the great work!

thanks blxc

Awesome showcase of some great trails! Loved the video Brian, and I like your new outro's too. Schroen Train is one of my favorites, so it's a bummer the last rock garden/drop section has been closed for a couple weeks 😅

Really fun to watch this now that I'm living here! Been on most those trails, but this video has exposed me to a couple I hadn't even heard of! Some of the trails have changed since this was filmed, and that downhill trail is still closed lol. Hope you get to come back out here soon! Would be great to ride with you again.

Looks amazing!!

Heading there in a month for hubby's birthday week! Definitely checking out all the green/blue trails you guys are riding. Minus the snakes!!

Good too see you flying Brian :)

Man, you're so much more playful out there, super stylish getting sone of those side hits in! So rad to see the payoff from the clinic!

Man I’m from Fayetteville and it makes me so happy my local trails are getting so much attention.

love these videos

I haven’t watched the video yet but I can tell it’s going to be good!!!!

A-blinking-mazing! Great vid. I've only been to Bella Vista. Want to do Slaughter Pen...maybe this year!

Really enjoying our residency tour Also great outro music

You did so much better on the jumps here compared to the beginning of the trip and even the jump lesson

Love this! Just started riding last week. Dig your video!

Great video! Just got into riding pretty recently and live in Bentonville. So much I haven't done yet. Already have outgrown my first bike and am loving the sport. Hopefully, I'll see you ride by my apartment haha!

Thank you, mister TREK!

I was out the same day you were. Great weather that week. Has a huge crash and the Rail Yard.. 3 full days of riding and still have so much to see and ride.

The water stations take a few seconds to start flowing but they work. There is even a dog bowl built into the bottom. Push the button and wait. Apologies if someone has covered that already. Great video.

I live in NW Arkansas. It's great watching you ride all the familiar trails and even some I haven't seen. That skinny you hit at the 2:49 mark on Scott Allen Alley and called ticklish, I rode it a few years back for the first time. It was wet and covered in moss. Those two rocks at the bottom came in contact with two of my ribs and broke them. The only broken bones I've ever had (I'm 55) It didn't tickle. 😂 (Just FYI....Most of the water bottle fountains are frost free....Therefore you have to hold down the button for an extended time in order for the water to make it up to the water spout)

Brian "the man the myth the legend" always here entertaining us and motivating through one of the shittest years we have ever had !! Thanks bud 👍 and wheres single track samp been hiding???

It was cool to have her in front to see what the features look like from third person or from following behind. Do that more plz

Sarah sure put those new jumping skills to work fast!!😁👍

Love you guys! Greetings from Ecuador

I really wanting to build some trails in my hometown of Burleson, Texas... we’re just 15 miles south of FW. Bentonville is really cool trail story and Love the idea of trail history.... that’s just a must !!! Thanks for the ride

The Seth comment is spot on and the drop-in looks so fun.

I love seeing Brian defeating any and every trail he rides and l wish there were more places like Bentonville. Here in Central NC it seems all land is being destroyed for industrial and/residential use, or even worse, rock quarries. Bentonville I’ll be back soon!

Noticed you been jumpin and droppin since you got to bentonville 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

we'll be there in June. I'm looking forward to it. This will be my first time there.

Brian I see you with the jump progression 🤘👀

Headed there (again) this weekend. Never tried the Ravine Trail but it looks like something my girlfriend can ride and have fun on so we'll give it a shot! Thanks.

So cool to see Arkansas on here. Born and raised in NWA

I fell to the right of the skinny feature at 2:40 and I rolled down the hill. Its good to see someone accomplish it and the feature right after it. Gives me anxiety to this day

Stoked on my 1st trip up there soon for a couple weeks or so! Gotta sort my van electrical out and should be good. lol.

new fav ytuber

My wife and I had two days to explore the slaughter pen trail systems, highly recommended. Ravine to masterpiece was super fun. Bentonville is the best.

Nice, I just saw you at Redemption Enduro! It’s too bad those rock gardens at the bottom of Schroen are closed, they’re a lot of fun.

Yoo.... New to the channel....happy you made it out this far. Don't forget to try Coler mountain....bit of a climb but it's all fast and flowing...perfect for those jump lessons you took....

Crazy that in 2 years when this video came out, that the trails you rode on in SP are now changed. Schroen Train has a wooden roll-in and is fast with a rock garden finish. SP jump area is now the skills zone with various progression stages. Berm Creek is all new and more fun. Angus Chute will have a new Black Diamond alternate line called Black Limousine which will be opening soon.

+BKXC next time you're in town I'll give you the Urban Enduro tour of Park Springs and Slaughter Pen. So much new trail that it's hard to keep up but RAD to have the updates as a local.

Dang! It's totally different since I went last! I need to get back up there!

Looks like a lot of really good trails in Bentonville, AR. I might make the journey to Arkansas soon.

Man!! We were just there ourselves from Iowa! Freaking fun! We lost a lot of our trails due to a derecho.😔 We WILL be back!

Schroen is the last name of someone who helped build that trail, I think. Schroen Train is one of my favorite trails in Slaughter Pen. The drops are 👌 on that trail. This video makes me want to go ride NWA. Maybe I'll make it out there in the next week or so...🤔😊

It’s been fun watching you ride in town. Be sure when you are here to check out ozark mountain bagel. We have one on the square. I’m one of the owners of it!

Probably going to ride there today

Watching your Videos from Germany. Really cool Channel.

Hope Sara pulls through from the after affects of the Johnson & Johnson shot! Another great video that kept my peepers glued till the end!

Damn I love that place!!

Hey Brian! You should come up Missouri and check out shepherd DH park! It’s 600ft of vert with big features and huge boulders! I would love to have you come out and show you around! 🤘

pretty good !

That baby drop line was great lol

I live there around 2005 , I use to run and ride bike there all the time, back then there was only a few trails

I'll be there Wednesday !!!!

You've managed to really show off how expansive and how much variety bentonville has much better than anyone else I've seen so far! When do the locals say it starts getting really hot down there? it does look like for the amount of pedaling, some mild temps would make it that much better, I don't want a repeat our Ringwood ride!

Big fan bro, I am inspired by BKXC 👍

Local here, sorry about the water bottle fill up bazinga, I think they remain off while there is still the potential for a freeze-thaw during our spring. That, or they turned them off due to covid concerns. In any case, great videos showcasing our amazing trails!

Sara is a natural on the jumps!

The water bottle filling stations are frost proof, so you have to press and hold the fill button for a few seconds before the water can get thru the “frost proof” section.

Ok. A new outro. Cool

Slaughter Pen is great...Bentonville is great!!!

You should create a website that details all the trails you ride/ridden that you have obtained information on and upload a short synopsis video (5min or so) of said trail with you talking about the history of it.... I know its more work but it would be really cool to see and learn about them all in one spot.. Keep up the great videos and content!!!!

Hi definitely seem more comfortable and relaxed on the jumps. If not doing already perhaps you could session a few of the jump sections in these trails, just to keep the progression going buddy. Great work 🤟

Brian: is amazing at anything technical, god of skinnies, master of jank. Also Brian: really sketchy at jumping. Me: visible confusion........

Don't forget Coler 😎And you should take a day trip up to Lake Leatherwood 🤘

I remember this place from Van Girl Yuka!

If you haven’t been out to Hobbs State park you really need to check it out!

You and Sara are just to cute. I hope she’s feeling better

oh no...the rocky descent was closed off on Schroen Train! That's a great feature :(

You should do a residency in Montana! Big Sky is beautiful, but there's so much more to the state ;D

Nice dude. That looks fun. Anyone that trashes on someone for not making a jump or drop can suck it. As long as you are out there having fun that’s all that matters.

Berm Creek, cool!

Bellissimo complimenti 🙌🏽👊🏽🤟🏽

I don't know if you are still down there or not, but the water bottle filling stations have antifreeze mechanisms on them so you have to hold the button down for 4 or 5 seconds before water comes out.

Hey uhhhh btw, where the water bottle fillup was, there is actually a pump at the bottom of the hill that sprays out clean cold water...

Berm Creek is straight out of the Shire.

When I watch your videos, hear Mikey Day and think I'm watching an SNL parody of a youtube MTB channel.

So there is some actual single track there!

Beautiful trails and well maintained . It is like disneyland and there is a sterility to it unlike my local high desert trails that are raw with little maintenance . I got my first pfizer shot a few weeks ago and all I got was a sore arm for a couple days . I decided not to ride for a few days and not exerting my body letting my body develop an immune response without stress . Felt good on the ride .

Looks so sick and flowy I'd love to see Sara's pov