August 29, 2025 • 25 mins
Welcome to A New American Town. In this episode, we’re talking with Adventure for All founder, Chase Pettey, about the new Bentonville adventure biking program launching in September 2025! Explore why Bentonville is the perfect place for their programs, how you can get involved, and the story behind it all.
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Welcome to A New American Town.
I'm your host, natalie.
With Visit Bentonville Today,I'm joined by Chase Petty, the
founder of Adventure for All, anorganization on a mission to
redefine the human potential forall humans with
exceptionalities Throughprograms like adventure, biking
sessions, outdoor challenges andinclusive experiences.
Adventure for All is openingdoors for people of all
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abilities to discover theirstrengths.
We'll explore the impact ofthese programs, why Bentonville
is the perfect place for themand how you can get involved.
Thanks for joining us, chase.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, thanks for having me.
That was a really good intro.
I'll try to deliver as well youjust did.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
No, no, so happy to have you on Right before this
podcast.
We were just digging into yourstory already and I'm so excited
to share it with our audience.
So, yeah, let's just start withwho are you and what is
Adventure for All?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
You said it really well, but I'm Chase Petty, the
founder of Adventure for All, asyou stated in our mission
statements to redefine the humanpotential for individuals with
exceptionalities.
I think when you hear that, youthink, oh, it's just this
statement that you created as apart of a business plan.
But it's deeper than that,because I feel, to redefine
something, it all comes back toone word, which is belief.
It comes back to instillingself-belief in these kids.
It's instilling belief inothers, within our society,
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within our communities, and so Ithink to redefine something is
to give us an opportunity toreflect on our current
perceptions and find that beliefwithin ourselves, belief in
others, and I think that's thebridge to a more beautiful world
.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, that's beautiful.
What made you want to startAdventure for All?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, yeah, that's beautiful.
What made you want to startAdventure for All?
Yeah, I think we were kind ofjoking about this before the
podcast.
It can be a long story but I'llkeep it relatively high level
here.
I grew up kind of in anupbringing that I think society
would perceive as a toughupbringing Just alcohol, you
know, being homeless at timesbut had a beautifully strong
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mother that you know, raised usand through that upbringing I
think there was some, you know,just sense of being an underdog,
I guess in a way, you know,having a lack of opportunities
maybe, or a lack of belief bythe outside world, just because
of you know where we werecurrently.
And so I think I kind of builtthis resiliency of you know we
define our future, we define ouropportunities, we define who we
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want to become, and so I'vealways kind of had this pull
towards people perceived asunderdogs, and so I think that
was the initial pull, just infinding that purpose in life of
who I want to help and how Iwant to give back to the world.
And so, leading into my 20s, Ihad never had actually any
interactions with theseindividuals.
You know, I think, like most ofsociety, we kind of build these
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walls, naturally growing up,because, you know, I didn't have
anybody in my family.
I didn't have a family member,a cousin, any outside family I
didn't.
I wasn't around them in school,in jobs, afterschool programs,
right, it's very segregated.
And so I think when you grow upthrough your main development
years and you never interactwith these individuals, you just
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kind of build up fears of like,whoa, I don't want to approach
them and say the wrong thing ordo the wrong thing.
And so you know, I think, justlike everyone else, we just I
had these kinds of fears orwalls to to approach them or
interact with them.
And so my little sister,luckily, is a lot more
courageous and brave than me is.
She went to a camp and itchanged her life.
You know it's called CampBarnabas, I believe it's in
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Springfield, and she did asummer program working with
these individuals.
And she called me after thecamp and she was like hey, I
just want you to go volunteer ata classroom, whatever, even if
it's just for a day, just Ithink it would really impact you
and I'm super close to mylittle sister.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So I was like, okay, For real living at the time.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
So I just moved to Florida.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Okay, wow.
So you came all the way back toMissouri.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Yeah, so actually I did the actually volunteering in
Florida.
So I was like in Missouri, andthen I literally packed my car
and it was like literally on mydrive to Florida, so I hadn't
even like made it there yet.
And so good timing on her end,Cause she was like you're not
going to know anybody, you havea new job.
Like this is a way for you toalso just like get out into the
community you're moving to.
I was like all right.
And so I remember driving tothat classroom and I always like
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to say this because I thinkit's important for us all to
understand like at the time, Idon't think I was truly believe
that I was doing it in a senseof to give back to these kids
fully.
I think I was also serving myego.
It felt good to go give back,and so sometimes the bridge to
doing great things in life isserving yourself at first and
then being humbled in thatprocess, and so that's what
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happened to me.
I walked into this classroom,12 beautiful kids and I've never
met them, they don't know myname Walk into the classroom and
they come rushing me andthey're hugging me and like
we're so glad you're here, we'regoing to do this today, we're
going to do that.
And and I remember looking atthe teacher and I was like I I
got, I forgot something in mycar because I just felt this
rush of emotion coming throughme and I went back to my car and
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I just cried and it was, um,one of the best moments of my
life because it it was atrajectory shift.
It's what I call now in theorganization miracle moments.
It's these moments where yourentire perception and trajectory
of life can shift, and mineshifted dramatically that day
because it was the first time Ihad felt authentic love, like
somebody showing up and notneeding to know who you are or
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how you're going to serve themor what you do for work.
It was just I'm glad you'rehere and that you're on this
earth and that you're breathing,and we're just, we just love
you for that.
And so that was the firstlesson these individuals ever
gave me was how to show up inthe world, and I think I'm still
working on that.
It becomes a little morenatural to them at times, but
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I'm.
It's a process of learning fromthem constantly.
And so there's that moment thatI realized this is my purpose,
this is a way for me to giveback, this is a way for me to
serve my self-growth, servetheir growth and honestly bridge
opportunities that I believe weshould all have access to.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Wow, yeah, I love that story.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Well, so after that point, were you beforehand
already involved in Outdoor Recand all of the things that the
program serves and is about?
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah.
So I don't believe incoincidences, especially not
anymore in life.
I feel like everything happensfor a reason and I know
sometimes as humans we wantthings to be the lessons to come
quicker.
Sometimes, you know, hindsightis 20, 20, sometimes it's five
years down the road and like, ah, that's why that happened is
you know, I went to school.
So in high school I broke myback playing football, had to
relearn how to walk took mealmost a year and a half.
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So I went through like PT, likereally intense rehab, and again
in that process I think I fellin love with anatomy and like
the biomechanics of like comingback from something like that.
And so I went into school likelearning exercise, physiology,
kinesiology, anatomy and justkind of fell in love with the
biomechanics of the body.
And then I really fell in lovewith the psychology of it, like
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when you're all of a suddenyou're an elite athlete and then
you're bedridden for eightmonths, like how do you function
, like mentally, and overcomethat.
And so that was kind of mybackground going into this.
And so after the classroom,volunteering, I ended up
actually helping train thesekids at a gym with another
for-profit at the time thatworked with these individuals
and just did it for free, likein the gym, just wanted a way to
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give back to these kids andchallenge them in the gym.
And so, yeah, my background wasdefinitely working with
individuals through rehab aftersurgery and elite athletes.
I worked with a lot of mountainclimbers, like mountain bikers,
things like that, to do thesecrazy adventures.
So, yeah, it's funny how it allkind of starts stacking into
having the skill sets toactually do what we're doing
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today.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Yeah, wow.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
So the biking part is the part that you're launching
here in Bentonville soon.
You recently came into thecommunity.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
You said a couple years ago yeah, the first time
was two years ago, 2023.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Okay, so what brought you to Bentonville and why did
you choose to plant yourself?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
here.
It's probably a lot due to yourall's work at Visit Bentonville
.
I think you guys have promotedthe town as this adventurous
city.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
The non-viking capital of the world.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
So there you go.
Exactly I think some Googlesearches of what are the
cultures and the communitiesthat are going to be most ready
to dive into saying Right,because it's easy to go to
somebody that lives a life ofadventure and be like, hey,
don't you think these other kidsdeserve that feeling as well?
And it's really like that's theonly thing you have to say and
people are like yeah, becausethey understand what it feels
like to connect with nature, tobe outdoors, to like move, and
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so I don't really have to likeeducate them on those things
yeah, because the community isalready bought in our whole
community is obsessed with notliking exactly so it was like I
don't, wouldn't it be cool tosee these kids on the trail as
well?
And so everybody was like,absolutely Like, Kohler opened
their doors.
They actually gave us theKohler grow preserve completely
for free the last two years torun the camp, and so they've
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been extremely helpful inhelping make that happen.
So, yeah, that was um.
And then last year you want meto roll into this?
Yeah, totally.
I'm a rambler so you may have tojust cut me off sometimes.
But yeah, last year we ran thecamp again and one of the
fathers, jason Minton, who's nowthe community lead, he was like
hey, like I can't let you guysleave again.
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Like every time you guys comehere, like we want to continue
this program, like your approachis just so different.
The way you look at our kids isdifferent, the way you push our
kids is different.
Like you're not just givingthem an experience, you're
actually giving them tools tolearn a skill to do this for the
rest of their lives.
You're not just giving theexperience of writing, you're
giving them the tools to becomea writer.
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And he said it perfectly.
I mean, that is the wholeentire foundation of why we
started biking in the firstplace.
Was, you know, when you look atthis, there's some crazy
statistics out there, which is Ibecame obsessed with those,
which is another reason why Imoved this mission.
But you know these individuals,you know, when you look at
biking, they say, on average,14% of kids with
exceptionalities ride atwo-wheel bike around the nation
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.
So I think you know, as humans,right, we look at one singular
data point and it does create anassumption.
Right, psychologically, ourbrains are going to go okay, I
received this information.
The assumption now is this mustbe a hard activity for these
kids, or a lot of these kidsdon't ride a two wheel bike.
And then maybe the next layerof assumption is well, maybe
it's because it's too hard forthem.
And then maybe the nextassumption is well, maybe it's
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like almost impossible, right,and you start to kind of create
these, which is natural, reallydramatic instances.
Yeah, it's kind of a dramaticdata, point right.
It's like, okay, well, there'sover 17 million kids in the
nation.
Only 14% can ride a two wheelbike.
This must be like really hardfor them.
And so it kind of creates this,yeah, this lack of belief
system, maybe within parents,doctors, parents, doctors,
society generally.
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So I looked at that data point.
I was like, okay, well, let'sgive people another data point
so then we can actually assumedifferently, Because the current
assumption is attached to theidentity of the individual.
That's too hard for them.
And so through three years ofbreaking down how we teach
biking, we now have a 92%success rate in five days in our
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five-day camp on how we teach,and then 92% ride a two-wheel
bike after just five days.
And so when people look at 14and then 92% now they go okay,
it's no longer an assumption onthe individual, it's now an
assumption on the process.
Right Now they go, oh, okay, soover here, 92% can ride a
two-wheel bike Over here, whichis probably how you and I
learned to ride a bike, which isyour parents Maybe get a slight
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downhill to pick up some speedand you just kind of fall a lot
until you're like I don't wantto fall anymore, and you just
that's how you learn, you justfall way too many times and so I
was like, hey, look like a lotof these kids are older, so it's
like falling is also harder,Like when you're six, you can
just smack the concrete and youkind of like bounce, you know,
when you start getting older,just you know those fears are
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bigger because it's been longerperiod of time, et cetera.
So, anyways, I just wantedpeople to see that, um, with a
different process, a differentbelief system, it's solid
different style of coaching,like micro steps along the way,
like breaking down the processwhich we trademarked, called our
hidden potential process.
You know there is a, an outcomethat they can reach.
It's just the approach looksdifferent, the process looks
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different, but it doesn't meanthey can't achieve the same
things we can.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Wow.
So yeah, walk us through thatprocess.
What does the camp look like?
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Yeah.
So first day is mind to bodyconnection.
So it's actually half the dayis just body movements, even
though the kids are like we wantto get on the bike, I want the
bikes over there, but it'sreminding them that, hey, I'm
your coach, right?
So, like, I want you to trustme.
So there's this.
There is a lot of ourdevelopment that is teaching
coaches how to coach, not justinstruct.
I think there's a hugedifference.
Right, it's one thing to teachskills.
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It's another thing to invest insomeone's character and help
them overcome fears, workthrough challenges, obstacles,
things like that.
And so there's a lot of that.
There's a lot of micros,buildups to kind of like cause.
Most of the kids are like right,if you ask, what are you afraid
of?
I'm afraid of falling, right,of course, I would be afraid of
falling too.
I'm bouncing on these two inchand a half tires going downhill
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on concrete or grass, like it's.
It can be scary.
So the first day is mind tobody connection.
The second day is called biketo body connection, which is
like now, we're going to getthem in tune with the bike.
So I'll even break down thismovement.
So in the English language, youand I assume a lot when we talk
just from enough societal likeinteractions, we can assume and
actually be on the same page,even though it was never
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directly said.
So if I, you and I went outsideand I said, hey, jump on your
bike and get ready, there's noinstruction with that, but
you're probably going to grabyour bike, pull it out of the
bike rack, you know, swing yourleg over the seat, put your
helmet?
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Actually, yes, there, you held on first, then swing
your leg over, right, you'regoing to be holding the brakes
your bike doesn't roll out fromunderneath you and then you're
going to sit on the seat, you'regoing to rotate your pedals so
that your pedal is kind of inthis ready position or so you
can push the pedal hard and getgoing.
You're going to do all thesethings purely from the statement
of, hey, get ready to take offon your bike.
So really it's going.
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I think this is just anapplication for all of us, as
we're teaching these individualsany skill, right?
It's the process we're going todevelop across the board with a
multitude of things.
But, staying on the topic ofbiking, so we teach them what's
called ready position, and so inthat position, that's what I
just asked you to do, right?
And so that's really six steps.
I'm going to go hey, I want youto have two hands on the
handlebars.
You're going to pull the rearbrake, which is your right brake
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.
You're going to swing your legover and then you're going to do
on, which is sitting on thebike seat.
You're going to do level pedals, which is then rotating your
pedals, and then you're going tocues, right.
How do I then make it?
I guess inclusive where,outside of this camp now, their
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parents can say a cue that willtrigger them doing those seven
steps, which is ready position.
So then we compress all ofthose cues and I go all right,
athletes, now that youunderstand the exact steps and
we've worked through all thosesteps individually, now when I
say ready position, I just wantyou to go through those steps in
that order and you'll see it,it just clicks.
So it's just finding ways tofurther break down the process,
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to give them the ability toprocess, learn and then stack.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Wow, and what's so cool is you have a whole team
that's trained on that, thatlives here in our community.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, yeah, we have 11 coaches now.
That and I'm so impressed.
It's really cool.
Like this is a big, monumentalmoment coming to this community
because it's it's the first timewe've launched a community
without myself, sean, likesomebody on our internal team
that was one of the foundingmembers of AFA.
This is completely volunteerdriven.
Like this is a seven personleadership team that is giving
their time to this community toserve these kids.
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It's a 11-person coaching teamthat and our coaching
certification process is intense.
Like I had to write out fourmanuals.
Each manual is almost over 100pages.
Like these are books.
And then we built out a digitalcertification process and it has
200 videos in the certification.
Like you go through and youwatch, and so it's an intense
certification and these coachesgave their time, went through
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the process, passed all thetests, did the in-person
training, and so they're readyand so even in the winter they
have a barn, so it allows us tokind of run this camp literally
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year round and get these parentstogether, build community,
build friendships.
And then we're working with acouple other partners, like
Kohler is going to help with theblast here, which is like the
one where they start learning ontrail etiquette.
So we're going to work withKohler whenever they get to that
stage of their developmentwithin biking, to take them to
Kohler learn how to ride ontrail.
Then we have a few otherpartners that we're actually
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finalizing today for thispodcast.
So I guess, until those arefinalized, I won't mention all
those partners yet.
But yeah, it's been beautifulto see the community come
together.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
And the fact that you have so much support from not
only the community but alsothese businesses and you have
opportunity for partnerships.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah, yeah, it's a win-win because ultimately I
come from the corporate world.
That was my.
I chased that ladder for awhile too, Climbing this ladder,
thinking there's happiness atthe top of it, and then you just
realize there's actually justmore ladder.
The ladder actually is neverending.
And so I do have anunderstanding when I approach
partners of like hey, you are afor profit.
Like I'm not going to guilt youinto, it is your job to support
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nonprofits.
Right, I go to them and I'mlike hey, like I want to give
you content, I want to be ableto give you like true community
integration, to show that likeyour brand does actually care.
Like how can I serve the forprofit in that process?
And so, yeah, it buildsbeautiful partnerships beyond
just hey, give us some equipmentbecause we're a nonprofit you
know, approaching it like apartnership in a sense that how
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can I also serve you so you cangrow your business, because you
do have to make a profit or yourbusiness goes under.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
So yeah, so how many other year-long camps, where are
they located?
Do you guys offer?
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Yeah, great question.
So in Sarasota, florida, whichis where we were originally
founded, all of our programs runthere.
So we have rock climbing, wehave experienced outdoors, which
is a backpacking program wherewe actually teach the survival
skills like how to make a fire,how do you pitch your tent, how
do you set up a campsite, andthen we take those kids on a
week-long backpacking adventure.
And then we have the bikingprogram, and then we have what's
called our gravel and givingprogram, which is, once you go
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through the adventure bikingtiers, if the kids really love
the sport, right, and they lovethis new process of like a
growth mindset, which is like Iwant the next thing and the next
thing, which most of them do,right, we all thrive off of
achieving that feeling.
That's a feeling you can't givein life.
You know you have to achievethat feeling, and so most of
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them want to then go on and dotheir first ever bike race, and
so gravel and giving is givingthem the opportunity to train
for six to eight months to takeon their first gravel race.
And actually tomorrow I head toLincoln for our five-year
anniversary.
Yeah, thank you.
We have eight kids doing agravel race.
We got three doing a 75 milerace and the rest doing a 31
mile or 35 mile race.
So it's like, guys, thesearen't just things that are
impressive because of you knowthey're doing it.
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It's impressive period, exactly,and that was our approach with
the organization.
I want people to see thesethings and go.
Could I do that?
Because that's, that's that'sallows a shift of perception.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yeah, so are you going to do the gravel program
here?
Speaker 2 (19:08):
That's the goal, okay Are you going?
to do the gravel program here.
That's the goal.
Okay, yeah, so the goal nextyear we're starting to discuss
doing some just nature walksthat kind of introduces people
into like hey, here's an easyentry point.
Right, we're doing these withKohler.
We're going to take differentareas that they own and just do
nature walks.
It allows 50 to 100 families ata time to come and just get
together so they don't feel soisolated.
And then our goal next year isto launch potentially experience
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the outdoors, which is thebackpacking program.
But we're definitely going tolaunch gravel and giving, just
because, you know, we've kind ofperfected that process and so
it just feels like it matchesreally well with our community
too.
Exactly you have Big Sugar here.
You have like the rule of three.
You have so many awesome racesaround here as well.
It just allows the community tobe even more embedded in these
kids' process and their growth.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Yeah, that's amazing.
I love it.
So for our listeners that arepumped and want to get their
kids involved.
They want to volunteer or theyjust want to support.
How can they learn more?
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, it's a great question.
I mean if you want to volunteeror coach.
So if you go to our website, itsays Join the Movement.
If you go there, you'll see anapplication for coaches or
volunteers.
Fill that out.
You'll be able to pick the cityas where you want to volunteer
directly, and we'll set up acall with you.
We'll walk you through thatprocess and, yeah, once you're
involved, I promise you it'ssomething that will definitely
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change your life.
If you're a parent and you'relike I really want my kid to be
a part of this, or you have asibling that has an
exceptionality, or you just knowsomebody in your life that
you're close to has anexceptionality, you want to be a
part of this.
You can apply now.
We do already have thefinalized set of families for
this first camp.
Just again to give our internalteam, or this team here in
Bentonville you don't want tooverwhelm them at first.
Hey, here's 50 families.
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Good luck Giving them an entrypoint that allows them to feel
again empowered and buildmomentum on their skills as well
.
But for parents, the biggestthing I always say, though, is
you know, I just like to be veryhonest up front is this isn't a
drop your kid off and, yeah,they're just going to.
Kind of experience riding a bikelike this is the parents
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actually have to be involved.
We teach the parents theprocess as well so that they can
also further invest with theirkids outside of the camp so they
can actually ride bikes withtheir kid, and so it's as much
challenging for the parent as isthe athlete.
And I can say that confidentlynow, just because you know and
I'm not projecting this ontoevery parent, but just through a
lot of experiences a lot ofparents have been told a long
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list of things their kids willnever do.
One of those things is normallyride a bike, just because of
the multi-processing and all thethings that go with it.
And then here I come along,here our team comes along going,
no, they can and right.
That can be conflicting and Iknow at times it can feel like,
yeah, but I want to believe mykid can do this.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
But I've also had to been told otherwise forever,
yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
I've had to put a lot of things in the graveyard that
like, maybe, yeah, and I've hadto put a lot of things in the
graveyard that like, maybe I'vehad to.
I've already gone through theprocess of learning to accept
that maybe I'll never do that,and now I have to dig that up
and potentially, you know, likeBe disappointed this again.
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And so I think there is a lotof emotional growth that parents
go through and I can't ever beable to say like, oh, I get it,
I don't even have kids, letalone kids with exceptionality.
So it's like, sure, through alot of experience and
conversations I can try torelate the best I can, but
ultimately I'll never fullyunderstand what it's like to be
a parent of child withexceptionality and feel like
you're constantly fighting forthe next thing for them.
And I just always tell parentslike, hey, I want you to
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approach this relationship, thatyou don't have to fight with us
, that I want you to work withus and I want us to be partners
in this process of helping yourchild grow, not just through
biking but through life.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Right Because then, like the aftermath of it, 92%
success rate is amazing.
Yeah, and it changes their lifeforever.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
For sure.
And it shows them that like, oh, there is like this process of
learning tools and now like,right, forever, they have the
tool of riding a bike.
Right, it's not, I can onlyride a bike if I'm on this type
of bike or if I'm with thisperson, or if I'm on this
specific trail.
It's like no, like now you, youcan go explore the world and
you can go where you want to go,and, sure you may, you're
probably going to fall at somepoint.
Still, you're going to like,try as you continue to advance
in the sport, like that's justnatural with adventure and
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growth.
But what's great is, throughour process, you know, we teach
them what it's, what it lookslike to get back up.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
So after this first initial camp, do you have any
other dates on the books thatthey can be thinking about?
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Yeah, so we're going to do this kind of first cohort
I guess you could call it, andthen they're going to run,
they're going to work everySunday for eight weeks and then
after the end of that eightweeks it feels like enough time
where the coaches will feelconfident with those kids.
Those kids will probably bepretty far in the process of
like learning all the advancedskills of turning sharp, using
both breaks, like all of thosemore advanced skills to become
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even more independent.
And then that's a good, goodtime for us to then onboard
another 12 to 15 families.
And so that's kind of how it'sgoing to work, because then it
allows those athletes to go intoa more higher tier, which
requires a little less, you know, individual coaching, and then
allows those coaches to thenindividualize their training for
these new athletes and then beable to just give cone drills to
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the you know more higher tierathletes that were in the first
cohort and then have theirparents kind of help direct
those cone drills and thosethings like that.
And so, yeah, we're going tokeep building it pretty much
every quarter, kind of running acamp, and then eventually it's
just like which is why we endedup going with Thayden Rick.
Hey, we need a place with a bigenough grass field that, as
this thing grows we don't, youknow, we don't have external
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variables be the limited, youknow, barrier to growing it.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
And I mean it's literally a campus for students,
so what better way than to havethese students go onto another
campus?
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Yeah, exactly, and having those students volunteer
and be involved like that'ssomething we're working on with
them.
There's like a volunteerprogram where their race team
can actually help teach thesekids.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
And, yeah, maybe one of them will walk out crying
like you.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Yeah, that's why I always share it, cause I'm like
guys, like there's some intenseemotions along this process,
like just process them, let themgo, like it's, it's a beautiful
feeling.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
So yeah, well, I'm excited to see what you guys do
here.
Thank you for joining us on ourpodcast.
For anyone listening, what'syour website?
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Yeah, it's relatively easy.
So, wwwadventureforallorg.
And again, if you want to justget a taste of it, on September
13th, which is the Saturday,that'll be kind of a celebration
day, so that's when the kidsare most of them are riding the
two wheel bike at the end of thecamp and we set up like a
little finish line.
They get to cross the finishline and, you know, we just play
music, we're probably gonnahave food, like.
So if you're just kind ofcurious as a parent, you maybe
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just want to come out and justfeel what it's like to be a part
of this community and thismovement.
Um, you know, feel free just tocome out and experience it.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Yeah, amazing Cool.
If you guys want to learnanything else about Bentonville,
you know.
Welcome to A New American Town.
I'm your host, natalie.
With Visit Bentonville Today,I'm joined by Chase Petty, the
founder of Adventure for All, anorganization on a mission to
redefine the human potential forall humans with
exceptionalities Throughprograms like adventure, biking
sessions, outdoor challenges andinclusive experiences.
Adventure for All is openingdoors for people of all
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abilities to discover theirstrengths.
We'll explore the impact ofthese programs, why Bentonville
is the perfect place for themand how you can get involved.
Thanks for joining us, chase.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
Yeah, thanks for having me.
That was a really good intro.
I'll try to deliver as well youjust did.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
No, no, so happy to have you on Right before this
podcast.
We were just digging into yourstory already and I'm so excited
to share it with our audience.
So, yeah, let's just start withwho are you and what is
Adventure for All?
Speaker 2 (01:05):
You said it really well, but I'm Chase Petty, the
founder of Adventure for All, asyou stated in our mission
statements to redefine the humanpotential for individuals with
exceptionalities.
I think when you hear that, youthink, oh, it's just this
statement that you created as apart of a business plan.
But it's deeper than that,because I feel, to redefine
something, it all comes back toone word, which is belief.
It comes back to instillingself-belief in these kids.
It's instilling belief inothers, within our society,
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within our communities, and so Ithink to redefine something is
to give us an opportunity toreflect on our current
perceptions and find that beliefwithin ourselves, belief in
others, and I think that's thebridge to a more beautiful world
.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, that's beautiful.
What made you want to startAdventure for All?
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Yeah, yeah, that's beautiful.
What made you want to startAdventure for All?
Yeah, I think we were kind ofjoking about this before the
podcast.
It can be a long story but I'llkeep it relatively high level
here.
I grew up kind of in anupbringing that I think society
would perceive as a toughupbringing Just alcohol, you
know, being homeless at timesbut had a beautifully strong
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mother that you know, raised usand through that upbringing I
think there was some, you know,just sense of being an underdog,
I guess in a way, you know,having a lack of opportunities
maybe, or a lack of belief bythe outside world, just because
of you know where we werecurrently.
And so I think I kind of builtthis resiliency of you know we
define our future, we define ouropportunities, we define who we
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want to become, and so I'vealways kind of had this pull
towards people perceived asunderdogs, and so I think that
was the initial pull, just infinding that purpose in life of
who I want to help and how Iwant to give back to the world.
And so, leading into my 20s, Ihad never had actually any
interactions with theseindividuals.
You know, I think, like most ofsociety, we kind of build these
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walls, naturally growing up,because, you know, I didn't have
anybody in my family.
I didn't have a family member,a cousin, any outside family I
didn't.
I wasn't around them in school,in jobs, afterschool programs,
right, it's very segregated.
And so I think when you grow upthrough your main development
years and you never interactwith these individuals, you just
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kind of build up fears of like,whoa, I don't want to approach
them and say the wrong thing ordo the wrong thing.
And so you know, I think, justlike everyone else, we just I
had these kinds of fears orwalls to to approach them or
interact with them.
And so my little sister,luckily, is a lot more
courageous and brave than me is.
She went to a camp and itchanged her life.
You know it's called CampBarnabas, I believe it's in
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Springfield, and she did asummer program working with
these individuals.
And she called me after thecamp and she was like hey, I
just want you to go volunteer ata classroom, whatever, even if
it's just for a day, just Ithink it would really impact you
and I'm super close to mylittle sister.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So I was like, okay, For real living at the time.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
So I just moved to Florida.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Okay, wow.
So you came all the way back toMissouri.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Yeah, so actually I did the actually volunteering in
Florida.
So I was like in Missouri, andthen I literally packed my car
and it was like literally on mydrive to Florida, so I hadn't
even like made it there yet.
And so good timing on her end,Cause she was like you're not
going to know anybody, you havea new job.
Like this is a way for you toalso just like get out into the
community you're moving to.
I was like all right.
And so I remember driving tothat classroom and I always like
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to say this because I thinkit's important for us all to
understand like at the time, Idon't think I was truly believe
that I was doing it in a senseof to give back to these kids
fully.
I think I was also serving myego.
It felt good to go give back,and so sometimes the bridge to
doing great things in life isserving yourself at first and
then being humbled in thatprocess, and so that's what
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happened to me.
I walked into this classroom,12 beautiful kids and I've never
met them, they don't know myname Walk into the classroom and
they come rushing me andthey're hugging me and like
we're so glad you're here, we'regoing to do this today, we're
going to do that.
And and I remember looking atthe teacher and I was like I I
got, I forgot something in mycar because I just felt this
rush of emotion coming throughme and I went back to my car and
(04:55):
I just cried and it was, um,one of the best moments of my
life because it it was atrajectory shift.
It's what I call now in theorganization miracle moments.
It's these moments where yourentire perception and trajectory
of life can shift, and mineshifted dramatically that day
because it was the first time Ihad felt authentic love, like
somebody showing up and notneeding to know who you are or
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how you're going to serve themor what you do for work.
It was just I'm glad you'rehere and that you're on this
earth and that you're breathing,and we're just, we just love
you for that.
And so that was the firstlesson these individuals ever
gave me was how to show up inthe world, and I think I'm still
working on that.
It becomes a little morenatural to them at times, but
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I'm.
It's a process of learning fromthem constantly.
And so there's that moment thatI realized this is my purpose,
this is a way for me to giveback, this is a way for me to
serve my self-growth, servetheir growth and honestly bridge
opportunities that I believe weshould all have access to.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
Wow, yeah, I love that story.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
Thanks.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Well, so after that point, were you beforehand
already involved in Outdoor Recand all of the things that the
program serves and is about?
Speaker 2 (06:09):
Yeah.
So I don't believe incoincidences, especially not
anymore in life.
I feel like everything happensfor a reason and I know
sometimes as humans we wantthings to be the lessons to come
quicker.
Sometimes, you know, hindsightis 20, 20, sometimes it's five
years down the road and like, ah, that's why that happened is
you know, I went to school.
So in high school I broke myback playing football, had to
relearn how to walk took mealmost a year and a half.
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So I went through like PT, likereally intense rehab, and again
in that process I think I fellin love with anatomy and like
the biomechanics of like comingback from something like that.
And so I went into school likelearning exercise, physiology,
kinesiology, anatomy and justkind of fell in love with the
biomechanics of the body.
And then I really fell in lovewith the psychology of it, like
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when you're all of a suddenyou're an elite athlete and then
you're bedridden for eightmonths, like how do you function
, like mentally, and overcomethat.
And so that was kind of mybackground going into this.
And so after the classroom,volunteering, I ended up
actually helping train thesekids at a gym with another
for-profit at the time thatworked with these individuals
and just did it for free, likein the gym, just wanted a way to
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give back to these kids andchallenge them in the gym.
And so, yeah, my background wasdefinitely working with
individuals through rehab aftersurgery and elite athletes.
I worked with a lot of mountainclimbers, like mountain bikers,
things like that, to do thesecrazy adventures.
So, yeah, it's funny how it allkind of starts stacking into
having the skill sets toactually do what we're doing
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today.
Speaker 1 (07:36):
Yeah, wow.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
So the biking part is the part that you're launching
here in Bentonville soon.
You recently came into thecommunity.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
You said a couple years ago yeah, the first time
was two years ago, 2023.
Speaker 1 (07:51):
Okay, so what brought you to Bentonville and why did
you choose to plant yourself?
Speaker 2 (07:54):
here.
It's probably a lot due to yourall's work at Visit Bentonville
.
I think you guys have promotedthe town as this adventurous
city.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
The non-viking capital of the world.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
So there you go.
Exactly I think some Googlesearches of what are the
cultures and the communitiesthat are going to be most ready
to dive into saying Right,because it's easy to go to
somebody that lives a life ofadventure and be like, hey,
don't you think these other kidsdeserve that feeling as well?
And it's really like that's theonly thing you have to say and
people are like yeah, becausethey understand what it feels
like to connect with nature, tobe outdoors, to like move, and
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so I don't really have to likeeducate them on those things
yeah, because the community isalready bought in our whole
community is obsessed with notliking exactly so it was like I
don't, wouldn't it be cool tosee these kids on the trail as
well?
And so everybody was like,absolutely Like, Kohler opened
their doors.
They actually gave us theKohler grow preserve completely
for free the last two years torun the camp, and so they've
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been extremely helpful inhelping make that happen.
So, yeah, that was um.
And then last year you want meto roll into this?
Yeah, totally.
I'm a rambler so you may have tojust cut me off sometimes.
But yeah, last year we ran thecamp again and one of the
fathers, jason Minton, who's nowthe community lead, he was like
hey, like I can't let you guysleave again.
(09:13):
Like every time you guys comehere, like we want to continue
this program, like your approachis just so different.
The way you look at our kids isdifferent, the way you push our
kids is different.
Like you're not just givingthem an experience, you're
actually giving them tools tolearn a skill to do this for the
rest of their lives.
You're not just giving theexperience of writing, you're
giving them the tools to becomea writer.
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And he said it perfectly.
I mean, that is the wholeentire foundation of why we
started biking in the firstplace.
Was, you know, when you look atthis, there's some crazy
statistics out there, which is Ibecame obsessed with those,
which is another reason why Imoved this mission.
But you know these individuals,you know, when you look at
biking, they say, on average,14% of kids with
exceptionalities ride atwo-wheel bike around the nation
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.
So I think you know, as humans,right, we look at one singular
data point and it does create anassumption.
Right, psychologically, ourbrains are going to go okay, I
received this information.
The assumption now is this mustbe a hard activity for these
kids, or a lot of these kidsdon't ride a two wheel bike.
And then maybe the next layerof assumption is well, maybe
it's because it's too hard forthem.
And then maybe the nextassumption is well, maybe it's
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like almost impossible, right,and you start to kind of create
these, which is natural, reallydramatic instances.
Yeah, it's kind of a dramaticdata, point right.
It's like, okay, well, there'sover 17 million kids in the
nation.
Only 14% can ride a two wheelbike.
This must be like really hardfor them.
And so it kind of creates this,yeah, this lack of belief
system, maybe within parents,doctors, parents, doctors,
society generally.
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So I looked at that data point.
I was like, okay, well, let'sgive people another data point
so then we can actually assumedifferently, Because the current
assumption is attached to theidentity of the individual.
That's too hard for them.
And so through three years ofbreaking down how we teach
biking, we now have a 92%success rate in five days in our
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five-day camp on how we teach,and then 92% ride a two-wheel
bike after just five days.
And so when people look at 14and then 92% now they go okay,
it's no longer an assumption onthe individual, it's now an
assumption on the process.
Right Now they go, oh, okay, soover here, 92% can ride a
two-wheel bike Over here, whichis probably how you and I
learned to ride a bike, which isyour parents Maybe get a slight
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downhill to pick up some speedand you just kind of fall a lot
until you're like I don't wantto fall anymore, and you just
that's how you learn, you justfall way too many times and so I
was like, hey, look like a lotof these kids are older, so it's
like falling is also harder,Like when you're six, you can
just smack the concrete and youkind of like bounce, you know,
when you start getting older,just you know those fears are
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bigger because it's been longerperiod of time, et cetera.
So, anyways, I just wantedpeople to see that, um, with a
different process, a differentbelief system, it's solid
different style of coaching,like micro steps along the way,
like breaking down the processwhich we trademarked, called our
hidden potential process.
You know there is a, an outcomethat they can reach.
It's just the approach looksdifferent, the process looks
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different, but it doesn't meanthey can't achieve the same
things we can.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
Wow.
So yeah, walk us through thatprocess.
What does the camp look like?
Speaker 2 (12:13):
Yeah.
So first day is mind to bodyconnection.
So it's actually half the dayis just body movements, even
though the kids are like we wantto get on the bike, I want the
bikes over there, but it'sreminding them that, hey, I'm
your coach, right?
So, like, I want you to trustme.
So there's this.
There is a lot of ourdevelopment that is teaching
coaches how to coach, not justinstruct.
I think there's a hugedifference.
Right, it's one thing to teachskills.
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It's another thing to invest insomeone's character and help
them overcome fears, workthrough challenges, obstacles,
things like that.
And so there's a lot of that.
There's a lot of micros,buildups to kind of like cause.
Most of the kids are like right,if you ask, what are you afraid
of?
I'm afraid of falling, right,of course, I would be afraid of
falling too.
I'm bouncing on these two inchand a half tires going downhill
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on concrete or grass, like it's.
It can be scary.
So the first day is mind tobody connection.
The second day is called biketo body connection, which is
like now, we're going to getthem in tune with the bike.
So I'll even break down thismovement.
So in the English language, youand I assume a lot when we talk
just from enough societal likeinteractions, we can assume and
actually be on the same page,even though it was never
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directly said.
So if I, you and I went outsideand I said, hey, jump on your
bike and get ready, there's noinstruction with that, but
you're probably going to grabyour bike, pull it out of the
bike rack, you know, swing yourleg over the seat, put your
helmet?
Speaker 1 (13:31):
Yeah, thank you.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Actually, yes, there, you held on first, then swing
your leg over, right, you'regoing to be holding the brakes
your bike doesn't roll out fromunderneath you and then you're
going to sit on the seat, you'regoing to rotate your pedals so
that your pedal is kind of inthis ready position or so you
can push the pedal hard and getgoing.
You're going to do all thesethings purely from the statement
of, hey, get ready to take offon your bike.
So really it's going.
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I think this is just anapplication for all of us, as
we're teaching these individualsany skill, right?
It's the process we're going todevelop across the board with a
multitude of things.
But, staying on the topic ofbiking, so we teach them what's
called ready position, and so inthat position, that's what I
just asked you to do, right?
And so that's really six steps.
I'm going to go hey, I want youto have two hands on the
handlebars.
You're going to pull the rearbrake, which is your right brake
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.
You're going to swing your legover and then you're going to do
on, which is sitting on thebike seat.
You're going to do level pedals, which is then rotating your
pedals, and then you're going tocues, right.
How do I then make it?
I guess inclusive where,outside of this camp now, their
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parents can say a cue that willtrigger them doing those seven
steps, which is ready position.
So then we compress all ofthose cues and I go all right,
athletes, now that youunderstand the exact steps and
we've worked through all thosesteps individually, now when I
say ready position, I just wantyou to go through those steps in
that order and you'll see it,it just clicks.
So it's just finding ways tofurther break down the process,
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to give them the ability toprocess, learn and then stack.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Wow, and what's so cool is you have a whole team
that's trained on that, thatlives here in our community.
Speaker 2 (15:07):
Yeah, yeah, we have 11 coaches now.
That and I'm so impressed.
It's really cool.
Like this is a big, monumentalmoment coming to this community
because it's it's the first timewe've launched a community
without myself, sean, likesomebody on our internal team
that was one of the foundingmembers of AFA.
This is completely volunteerdriven.
Like this is a seven personleadership team that is giving
their time to this community toserve these kids.
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It's a 11-person coaching teamthat and our coaching
certification process is intense.
Like I had to write out fourmanuals.
Each manual is almost over 100pages.
Like these are books.
And then we built out a digitalcertification process and it has
200 videos in the certification.
Like you go through and youwatch, and so it's an intense
certification and these coachesgave their time, went through
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the process, passed all thetests, did the in-person
training, and so they're readyand so even in the winter they
have a barn, so it allows us tokind of run this camp literally
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year round and get these parentstogether, build community,
build friendships.
And then we're working with acouple other partners, like
Kohler is going to help with theblast here, which is like the
one where they start learning ontrail etiquette.
So we're going to work withKohler whenever they get to that
stage of their developmentwithin biking, to take them to
Kohler learn how to ride ontrail.
Then we have a few otherpartners that we're actually
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finalizing today for thispodcast.
So I guess, until those arefinalized, I won't mention all
those partners yet.
But yeah, it's been beautifulto see the community come
together.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
And the fact that you have so much support from not
only the community but alsothese businesses and you have
opportunity for partnerships.
Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah, yeah, it's a win-win because ultimately I
come from the corporate world.
That was my.
I chased that ladder for awhile too, Climbing this ladder,
thinking there's happiness atthe top of it, and then you just
realize there's actually justmore ladder.
The ladder actually is neverending.
And so I do have anunderstanding when I approach
partners of like hey, you are afor profit.
Like I'm not going to guilt youinto, it is your job to support
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nonprofits.
Right, I go to them and I'mlike hey, like I want to give
you content, I want to be ableto give you like true community
integration, to show that likeyour brand does actually care.
Like how can I serve the forprofit in that process?
And so, yeah, it buildsbeautiful partnerships beyond
just hey, give us some equipmentbecause we're a nonprofit you
know, approaching it like apartnership in a sense that how
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can I also serve you so you cangrow your business, because you
do have to make a profit or yourbusiness goes under.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
So yeah, so how many other year-long camps, where are
they located?
Do you guys offer?
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Yeah, great question.
So in Sarasota, florida, whichis where we were originally
founded, all of our programs runthere.
So we have rock climbing, wehave experienced outdoors, which
is a backpacking program wherewe actually teach the survival
skills like how to make a fire,how do you pitch your tent, how
do you set up a campsite, andthen we take those kids on a
week-long backpacking adventure.
And then we have the bikingprogram, and then we have what's
called our gravel and givingprogram, which is, once you go
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through the adventure bikingtiers, if the kids really love
the sport, right, and they lovethis new process of like a
growth mindset, which is like Iwant the next thing and the next
thing, which most of them do,right, we all thrive off of
achieving that feeling.
That's a feeling you can't givein life.
You know you have to achievethat feeling, and so most of
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them want to then go on and dotheir first ever bike race, and
so gravel and giving is givingthem the opportunity to train
for six to eight months to takeon their first gravel race.
And actually tomorrow I head toLincoln for our five-year
anniversary.
Yeah, thank you.
We have eight kids doing agravel race.
We got three doing a 75 milerace and the rest doing a 31
mile or 35 mile race.
So it's like, guys, thesearen't just things that are
impressive because of you knowthey're doing it.
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It's impressive period, exactly,and that was our approach with
the organization.
I want people to see thesethings and go.
Could I do that?
Because that's, that's that'sallows a shift of perception.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yeah, so are you going to do the gravel program
here?
Speaker 2 (19:08):
That's the goal, okay Are you going?
to do the gravel program here.
That's the goal.
Okay, yeah, so the goal nextyear we're starting to discuss
doing some just nature walksthat kind of introduces people
into like hey, here's an easyentry point.
Right, we're doing these withKohler.
We're going to take differentareas that they own and just do
nature walks.
It allows 50 to 100 families ata time to come and just get
together so they don't feel soisolated.
And then our goal next year isto launch potentially experience
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the outdoors, which is thebackpacking program.
But we're definitely going tolaunch gravel and giving, just
because, you know, we've kind ofperfected that process and so
it just feels like it matchesreally well with our community
too.
Exactly you have Big Sugar here.
You have like the rule of three.
You have so many awesome racesaround here as well.
It just allows the community tobe even more embedded in these
kids' process and their growth.
Speaker 1 (19:51):
Yeah, that's amazing.
I love it.
So for our listeners that arepumped and want to get their
kids involved.
They want to volunteer or theyjust want to support.
How can they learn more?
Speaker 2 (20:02):
Yeah, it's a great question.
I mean if you want to volunteeror coach.
So if you go to our website, itsays Join the Movement.
If you go there, you'll see anapplication for coaches or
volunteers.
Fill that out.
You'll be able to pick the cityas where you want to volunteer
directly, and we'll set up acall with you.
We'll walk you through thatprocess and, yeah, once you're
involved, I promise you it'ssomething that will definitely
(20:24):
change your life.
If you're a parent and you'relike I really want my kid to be
a part of this, or you have asibling that has an
exceptionality, or you just knowsomebody in your life that
you're close to has anexceptionality, you want to be a
part of this.
You can apply now.
We do already have thefinalized set of families for
this first camp.
Just again to give our internalteam, or this team here in
Bentonville you don't want tooverwhelm them at first.
Hey, here's 50 families.
(20:44):
Good luck Giving them an entrypoint that allows them to feel
again empowered and buildmomentum on their skills as well
.
But for parents, the biggestthing I always say, though, is
you know, I just like to be veryhonest up front is this isn't a
drop your kid off and, yeah,they're just going to.
Kind of experience riding a bikelike this is the parents
(21:04):
actually have to be involved.
We teach the parents theprocess as well so that they can
also further invest with theirkids outside of the camp so they
can actually ride bikes withtheir kid, and so it's as much
challenging for the parent as isthe athlete.
And I can say that confidentlynow, just because you know and
I'm not projecting this ontoevery parent, but just through a
lot of experiences a lot ofparents have been told a long
(21:27):
list of things their kids willnever do.
One of those things is normallyride a bike, just because of
the multi-processing and all thethings that go with it.
And then here I come along,here our team comes along going,
no, they can and right.
That can be conflicting and Iknow at times it can feel like,
yeah, but I want to believe mykid can do this.
Speaker 1 (21:44):
But I've also had to been told otherwise forever,
yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
I've had to put a lot of things in the graveyard that
like, maybe, yeah, and I've hadto put a lot of things in the
graveyard that like, maybe I'vehad to.
I've already gone through theprocess of learning to accept
that maybe I'll never do that,and now I have to dig that up
and potentially, you know, likeBe disappointed this again.
(22:13):
And so I think there is a lotof emotional growth that parents
go through and I can't ever beable to say like, oh, I get it,
I don't even have kids, letalone kids with exceptionality.
So it's like, sure, through alot of experience and
conversations I can try torelate the best I can, but
ultimately I'll never fullyunderstand what it's like to be
a parent of child withexceptionality and feel like
you're constantly fighting forthe next thing for them.
And I just always tell parentslike, hey, I want you to
(22:35):
approach this relationship, thatyou don't have to fight with us
, that I want you to work withus and I want us to be partners
in this process of helping yourchild grow, not just through
biking but through life.
Speaker 1 (22:44):
Right Because then, like the aftermath of it, 92%
success rate is amazing.
Yeah, and it changes their lifeforever.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
For sure.
And it shows them that like, oh, there is like this process of
learning tools and now like,right, forever, they have the
tool of riding a bike.
Right, it's not, I can onlyride a bike if I'm on this type
of bike or if I'm with thisperson, or if I'm on this
specific trail.
It's like no, like now you, youcan go explore the world and
you can go where you want to go,and, sure you may, you're
probably going to fall at somepoint.
Still, you're going to like,try as you continue to advance
in the sport, like that's justnatural with adventure and
(23:18):
growth.
But what's great is, throughour process, you know, we teach
them what it's, what it lookslike to get back up.
Speaker 1 (23:26):
So after this first initial camp, do you have any
other dates on the books thatthey can be thinking about?
Speaker 2 (23:31):
Yeah, so we're going to do this kind of first cohort
I guess you could call it, andthen they're going to run,
they're going to work everySunday for eight weeks and then
after the end of that eightweeks it feels like enough time
where the coaches will feelconfident with those kids.
Those kids will probably bepretty far in the process of
like learning all the advancedskills of turning sharp, using
both breaks, like all of thosemore advanced skills to become
(23:52):
even more independent.
And then that's a good, goodtime for us to then onboard
another 12 to 15 families.
And so that's kind of how it'sgoing to work, because then it
allows those athletes to go intoa more higher tier, which
requires a little less, you know, individual coaching, and then
allows those coaches to thenindividualize their training for
these new athletes and then beable to just give cone drills to
(24:12):
the you know more higher tierathletes that were in the first
cohort and then have theirparents kind of help direct
those cone drills and thosethings like that.
And so, yeah, we're going tokeep building it pretty much
every quarter, kind of running acamp, and then eventually it's
just like which is why we endedup going with Thayden Rick.
Hey, we need a place with a bigenough grass field that, as
this thing grows we don't, youknow, we don't have external
(24:32):
variables be the limited, youknow, barrier to growing it.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
And I mean it's literally a campus for students,
so what better way than to havethese students go onto another
campus?
Speaker 2 (24:45):
Yeah, exactly, and having those students volunteer
and be involved like that'ssomething we're working on with
them.
There's like a volunteerprogram where their race team
can actually help teach thesekids.
Speaker 1 (24:52):
And, yeah, maybe one of them will walk out crying
like you.
Speaker 2 (24:55):
Yeah, that's why I always share it, cause I'm like
guys, like there's some intenseemotions along this process,
like just process them, let themgo, like it's, it's a beautiful
feeling.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
So yeah, well, I'm excited to see what you guys do
here.
Thank you for joining us on ourpodcast.
For anyone listening, what'syour website?
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Yeah, it's relatively easy.
So, wwwadventureforallorg.
And again, if you want to justget a taste of it, on September
13th, which is the Saturday,that'll be kind of a celebration
day, so that's when the kidsare most of them are riding the
two wheel bike at the end of thecamp and we set up like a
little finish line.
They get to cross the finishline and, you know, we just play
music, we're probably gonnahave food, like.
So if you're just kind ofcurious as a parent, you maybe
(25:35):
just want to come out and justfeel what it's like to be a part
of this community and thismovement.
Um, you know, feel free just tocome out and experience it.
Speaker 1 (25:42):
Yeah, amazing Cool.
If you guys want to learnanything else about Bentonville,
you know.
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