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In this episode of The Luke Branquinho Show, Luke catches up with steer wrestler Justin Shaffer and his breakaway roper wife, Katie Shaffer! Like Luke and his family, the Shaffers, are now living in Hico, Texas. They have become Luke and his family's longtime friends. Justin has helped train Luke's son, Cade, as an up-and-coming steer wrestling star. Also, Jason was the last person Luke traveled with—and is his favorite traveling partner! Justin has built a successful rodeo career, but he credits much of that success to the incredible support of his friends and family, who have helped him both in and out of the arena. From traveling partners to loved ones who always have his back, Jason shares just how important his inner circle has been in his journey. They reminisce about life on the road, the wild times (and tough times) of competing, and what it's like balancing rodeo and family. Katie shares her journey of supporting Justin on his road to the NFR, while Justin reflects on his steer wrestling career and their life together in Texas.
To kick off the new year, Molly talks with one of our newer customers Angela Bivens with White Stone Ranch. Angela and Darrell's ranch is located in central Texas in the midst of the Fairy Mountain Range. Their adventure began with an unexpected purchase of a Longhorn heifer at a fundraising event for The Longhorn Project at the Johnson Space Center. This young heifer hooked them on their love for longhorns after she, Kettlles Ginger Snap, after she had great success within the futurities with the highlight being the High Point Female in the 2021 and 2022 Millennium Futurity. Although their journey has just begun, hear what they have learned so far, what they may have done differently and what they like to do when they are not putting up fence, working hay or feeding the longhorns. Happy New Year from Hired Hand! www.whitestoneranch.netwww.thelonghornproject.comSend us a textFrom the Pasture with Hired Hand:Hired Hand Websites (@hiredhandwebsites): https://hiredhandsoftware.comHired Hand Live (@hiredhandlive): https://hiredhandlive.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hiredhandwebsites/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HiredHandSoftwareTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hiredhandwebsitesNewsletter: https://www.hiredhandsoftware.com/resources/stay-informed
In this episode, host Doug Simcox sits down with the legendary Randy Steffens, a rodeo veteran who now calls Hico, Texas, home. Randy's journey began in Lake Forest, Illinois, as a bronc rider and bull dogger, but it's his incredible career as a pickup man that took him to the heights of Professional Rodeo.Randy shares captivating tales of his time with the Rafter M Rodeo Company, The Latting Rodeo Company and Steve Gander's Legendary World's Toughest Rodeo, where he earned his place at the International Finals Rodeo. Hear about his unforgettable experiences, including leading John Wayne's horse Dollar, sharing meals with Festus from Gunsmoke, and rubbing elbows with Hoss from The Ponderosa. Randy also opens up about his friendship with the iconic rodeo cowboy, Larry Mahan.Whether you're on the road or just dreaming of the open range, this episode is packed with stories that will entertain and inspire. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!Here are some resources for Beyond the Chutes:Larry Mahan:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Mahanhttps://www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/all-around/larry-mahan/World's Toughest Rodeo:https://www.facebook.com/worldstoughestrodeo/posts/10161938716810473/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093822821241Official Website:https://beyondthechutes.show/You Can Listen to Beyond The Chutes onSpotify: https://shorturl.at/bvK35Apple Podcasts: https://shorturl.at/jnGV4Amazon Music: https://tinyurl.com/24n3hmk4YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/bdcju8nzRSS: https://rss.com/podcasts/beyondthechutes/ParaSight SystemsCoupon: BTC023 for 50% off Mail In Test Kitshttps://www.parasightsystem.com/The IRA Projecthttps://www.facebook.com/groups/681292165259783#rodeo #cowboy #cowboyboots #cowgirl #cowgirlstyle #westernstyle #westernfashion #horse #horseriding #bullriding #podcast #podcaster #podcastersofinstagram #rodeopodcast #rodeohouston #rodeofashion #prorodeo #sttite #fwst #dance #fwst2023 #fwst2024 #rodeohorse #rodeoroad #rodeocharm #rodeoclown #yellowstone #ipra #prca #pbr #pbrbrasil #historychannel #history #historybuff #historylovers
Cody Ohl has numerous accolades from his professional rodeo career, 20x NFR Qualifier, a 5x World Champion Tie Down Roper, 1x All Around World Champion, and has 52 go round wins at the National Finals Rodeo, just to name a few! Cody talks about his career in the PRCA and the highlights of his roping style, mindset, and success. Cody has bought into the breakaway roping and is now helping ropers sharpen their skills. Living in Hico, Texas, Cody is in a great location if you are looking for one of the best tie down ropers in the history of the sport of rodeo, Cody Ohl is your guy! He has also started having weekly roping jackpots in Hico, Texas on Sunday's. Get in touch with Cody on all facebook or instagram.Cody's focus has transitioned now to his daughter Saylor Ohl, and helping her to learn to be one of the best breakaway ropers in the world. “I am training her to be in the top 10%, to get 3 checks out of 5 instead of 1 out of 10,” says Cody. He now helps breakaway ropers sharpen their skillset. Through his approach of building confidence in and out of the arena, Cody's main focus points are; horsemanship, roping cattle, roping mechanics, and keeping the winners mentality. Cody talks about roping cattle and how important they are in creating the best practice pen situation, “We rope great calves, so you don't get your skirt blown up, and these girls learn to trust their left hand, and go rope the calf.”Cody talks about learning the style of roping that works best for you. Learning the “feel” of roping, of horsemanship, and of self discipline. He has broken down the sport of roping to every finite detail that goes into the run. Cody talks about strength in riding, your core, and your mind. His biggest focus is trusting the process, and being the top 10% of ropers. In The LOOP Podcast hosted by Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, is inspired by the western culture and breakaway roping lifestyle. This podcast highlights the raw, real, truth behind the box of the breakaway roping industry. Bringing you behind the scenes stories of what real life looks like everyday from; breakaway ropers, cowgirls, cowboys, producers, leaders, trailblazers, and the like, all sharing stories of the western culture and lifestyle that they live daily. In The LOOP Podcast & Fabrizio Marketing LLC are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. Get In The LOOP Podcast with Jordan Jo Get the Newsletter at | www.inthelooprodeo.com/ Like us on Facebook | www.facebook.com/inthelooppodcast.jordanjo Tag us on Instagram | www.instagram.com/inthelooppodcast.jordanjo Follow us on TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@jordanjo.hollabaugh Watch more on our Youtube Channel Watch on Youtube @ JordanJoHollabaugh ...
This is the inaugural edition of the Texas Artist Series, a production of the Hand Engraving Podcast. In this episode I drive to Hico, Texas to interview Troy Flaharty. We talk about what his life is like as a western artist. It's boots and chaps and cowboy hats, or so the song goes. I hope you enjoy it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wade-oliver-wilson/message
On May 11th, 2022, professional cyclist Moriah Wilson traveled to Austin, Texas. She planned to participate in the 157-mile Gravel Locos race in Hico, Texas, on May 14th. She stayed with a friend and told Colin Strickland she was in town. The two made plans to see each other, but it was not a date. That night, she was found shot to death in her friend's apartment.Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Kaitlin Armstrong. Armstrong was dating Colin Strickland, and the two had an on-again, off-again relationship. During one of their breaks, Colin dated Moriah Wilson. After Moriah's murder, Kaitlin became the police's prime suspect. But they would have to find her and then try to put their case against her together. You can help support the show at patreon.com/truecrimeallthetimeVisit the show's website at truecrimeallthetime.com for contact, merchandise, and donation informationAn Emash Digital productionSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Bike Talk with Dave: Bicycle racing, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road and tech
Ian Boswell, aka Boz, spent several years racing at the highest level in the UCI World Tour with the likes of Bradly Wiggins, Chris Froome and Garaint Thomas on Team Sky. After nearly a decade in Europe, he made the decision to retire from road racing, move to rural Vermont and settle in with his young family. He kept a foot in the door of cycling and started a podcast: Breakfast with Boz as well as working at Wahoo Fitness, representing the company at gravel race expos around the U.S. and at one point, decided to bring his bike and line up in the event - and his legs did not fail him. In 2021 he and Laurens Ten Dam raced into Emporia Kansas at Unbound and Boz found himself standing on the top step of the podium. He now enjoys a balanced life racing in the events he chooses, representing Wahoo, publishing his podcast and enjoying time with his family in Vermont. One of the races he enjoys, and helped grow, is Gravel Locos. Fabian Sarralta, Director of that race, was a guest on Bike Talk with Dave (Episode 57) so I was curious what Boz's connection was with the Hico, Texas race. In this episode we talk about Ian's years at Team Sky and Katusha, his retirement from road racing and transition into the U.S. gravel scene. Follow Ian on Instagram and Facebook and tune into his weekly podcast: Breakfast with Boz. Consider supporting Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. We'd invite you to support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker! Bikeiowa.com is the online host of Bike Talk with Dave. Get your event listed on the extensive ride and race calendar for free! Create an account and add and edit your event to reach thousands of cyclists. Register for the core4 before Oct. 2 and get a 24% discount, and leave no surface untouched. New distances in 24 include a 20, 40, 60 or 100-mile option. Register at www.core4.bike Follow Bike Talk with Dave on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/biketalkwithdave/ and Facebook so you don't miss any of the fun, and you can now find every episode on your computer at www.biketalk.bike. And now available on YouTube on the Bike Talk with Dave YouTube channel!And if you need any digital media work: Photography, videography and editing, podcast production and editing, look no further than Mable Media. Connect at www.mablemedia.net to help grow your brand and connect with your audience! And remember, if you act fast, you can order your own Bike Talk with Dave stocking cap by sending a DM to Dave on instagram or facebook!
Tonight we cover the senseless murder of Zuzu Verk. Zuzu was reported missing in October, 2016. Four months later, her body is found in a shallow grave right outside of Alpine, TX. Her boyfriend at the time, Robert Fabian, was arrested and convicted of her murder. Even though there has been a conviction, there are still a lot of unanswered questions in this case. We are enjoying a Tempranillo tonight by Silver Spur Winery. Go visit our friends in Hico, TX and tell them your friends at Texas Wine and True Crime sent you!Treat yourselves to the finest of Texas Wines straight to your door! Check out our friends at Texas Wine Club at txwine.com. Support the showwww.texaswineandtruecrime.com
A jury had been set and opening argument will be presented today in the murder trial of Kaitlyn Armstrong. The yoga instructor is accused of killing professional cyclist Moriah "Mo" Wilson. Wilson was in Austin to tackle the “Gravel Locos” race in Hico. As luck would have it, Wilson has friends in the area, so instead of booking a hotel, bunks down with her friend. The friend already has plans for the evening, but that's ok. Wilson has plans of her own. She tells her friend that she's meeting up with a guy she dated briefly, to go swimming, grab a meal, catching up. Wilson's friend was also Kaitlyn Armstrong's boyfriend. During a brief period when Armstrong and Colin Strickland were separated, he and Wilson dated. It made Armstrong angry, to the point that she confronted Wilson, telling her not to contact Strickland. When Mo Wilson's friend returns home from her dinner plans, she finds Wilson unresponsive inside the home. There's blood everywhere and her friend is in the bathroom, lodged between the toilet and the wall. 911 is called. Police arrived to find Wilson has been shot multiple times, with a 9mm weapon, and it doesn't appear the shooting is random. As the Austin Police Department investigate, they reach out to neighbors, asking for surveillance video. A neighbor's camera, pointed at the driveway of the home where Wilson was staying, caught a Black Jeep Grand Cherokee driving past the house just one minute after Wilson went inside. In the meantime, police reach out to Colin Strickland, who agrees to an interview at his home. When the police arrived, they see a Black Jeep Grand Cherokee in the driveway... The same one, seen in the surveillance video. It belongs to Strickland's girlfriend Kaitlyn Armstrong. Police begin to look at Kaitlyn Armstrong as a suspect. An anonymous caller tells police Armstrong said she wanted to kill Wilson, and even bought a gun. On May 12th Kaitlin Armstrong was brought in for questioning but APD wasn't able to get probable cause until May 17. When Armstrong spoke with homicide detectives, she couldn't explain why her SUV was in the area the night Mo Wilson was murdered. Police release Armstrong. When officers try to talk to Armstrong again, she is nowhere to be found. Three days later, a video is released of Armstrong in Austin's airport. Investigators say she flew from Austin to Houston and then on to New York. Surveillance footage shows Kaitlin Armstrong flying into New York's La Guardia airport on May 14th, then on May 18th, the day after a murder warrant was issued for Armstrong, someone dropped her off at New Jersey's Newark airport, but there's no record of her taking a flight. US Marshalls tracked Armstrong to Costa Rica. She had used a family members passport to get there. She had died her hair and had plastic surgery to change her appearance. After a 43 day manhunt, Kaitlyn Armstrong is taken into custody. Joining Nancy Grace Today: Alan Bennett – Former Assistant District Attorney, Partner at Gunter, Bennett, and Anthes, gbafirm.com Dr. Bethany Marshall (Beverly Hills, CA), - Psychoanalyst www.drbethanymarshall.com/, Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, Twitter: @DrBethanyLive Irv Brandt - Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch, Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE” available on Amazon, Also "FLYING SOLO: Top of the World" Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor Joe Scott Morgan – Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", Twitter: @JoScottForensic Tony Plohetski - Investigative Reporter, Austin American-Statesman and KVUE, Twitter: @tplohetski (512) 507-0532 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Our seventh episode in our on-going series exploring domestic manufacturing takes us to West Tennessee, where Nick is joined by Jason Neal, President of Hyosung HICO and Senior Executive VP of HICO America. They'll discuss what makes Memphis a truly unique location logistically for HICO's manufacturing of transformers, a real life case study for high-tech, green energy driven domestic manufacturing right here in the United States. Industry leaders like Silicon Ranch and HICO are excited to share the practicalities and benefits of on-shore manufacturing and why more projects should capitalize on access to local resources, both industrial and human, as part of the green energy transition to bolster domestic manufacturing.
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ER EP.15 - In this episode, we travel on down to the Gold Buckle Arena in Hico, Texas, with 6x World Champ Tie Down Roper, Cody Ohl.If the term G.O.A.T describes one person to the fullest of its definition, it's Cody Ohl. He has been at the top of his class, qualifying for 20 Wrangler NFRs, and has won 55 go-rounds in Las Vegas. He set the arena record at the Thomas & Mack with a 6.5-second run in 2003. The record has since been matched but has never been broken.From gold buckles to being the second richest cowboy to Trevor Brazile, Cody has seen the top of the mountain, being named one of the most iconic calf ropers of all time. Since his retirement, Cody has been through some of the hardest struggles of his life. He suffered a terrible injury that forced him to fight for his sanity. Through months of rehab and constant care, he gradually regained his strength and skills. He worked tirelessly every day, pushing himself to the limit, determined to become the greatest once again only through God.He gives all the glory to God for allowing him to step off again to tie calfs for the benefit of other cowboys and folks in need.Watch the Video Here:https://youtu.be/C7K8uZzV7pI
Cody Ohl has numerous accolades from his professional rodeo career, 20x NFR Qualifier, a 5x World Champion Tie Down Roper, 1x All Around World Champion, and has 52 go round wins at the National Finals Rodeo, just to name a few! Cody talks about his career in the PRCA and the highlights of his roping style, mindset, and success. Cody has bought into the breakaway roping and is now helping ropers sharpen their skills. Living in Hico, Texas, Cody is in a great location if you are looking for one of the best tie down ropers in the history of the sport of rodeo, Cody Ohl is your guy! He has also started having weekly roping jackpots in Hico, Texas on Sunday's. Get in touch with Cody on all facebook or instagram.Cody's focus has transitioned now to his daughter Saylor Ohl, and helping her to learn to be one of the best breakaway ropers in the world. “I am training her to be in the top 10%, to get 3 checks out of 5 instead of 1 out of 10,” says Cody. He now helps breakaway ropers sharpen their skillset. Through his approach of building confidence in and out of the arena, Cody's main focus points are; horsemanship, roping cattle, roping mechanics, and keeping the winners mentality. Cody talks about roping cattle and how important they are in creating the best practice pen situation, “We rope great calves, so you don't get your skirt blown up, and these girls learn to trust their left hand, and go rope the calf.”Cody talks about learning the style of roping that works best for you. Learning the “feel” of roping, of horsemanship, and of self discipline. He has broken down the sport of roping to every finite detail that goes into the run. Cody talks about strength in riding, your core, and your mind. His biggest focus is trusting the process, and being the top 10% of ropers. Listen to this episode on in the LOOP Breakaway Roping Podcast.In the Loop Breakaway Roping Podcast hosted by Jordan Jo Hollabaugh, is inspired by the breakaway roping lifestyle. This podcast highlights the raw, real, truth behind the box of the breakaway roping industry. Bringing you behind the scenes stories of what real life looks like everyday from; breakaway ropers, cowgirls, cowboys, producers, leaders, trailblazers, and the like, all sharing stories of the western culture and lifestyle that they live daily. Get in the LOOP Breakaway Roping Podcast Get the Newsletter at https://www.thebreakawayropingpodcast.com Like us on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/intheloopbreakaway Tag us on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/intheloopbreakaway Follow us on TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@jordanjo.hollabaugh Watch more on our Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjpVQcSSiobXsMiD89OvTvA
Meet Fabian Serralta, who founded a popular gravel event called Gravel Locos after he discovered his love of gravel biking and the spirit associated with it. He wanted to share with others his experiences riding gravel roads, while raising money for the local volunteer fire station in Hico, Texas. Gravel Locos has attracted over 1,600 gravel enthusiasts, from newbies to pros, and successfully put the small town of Hico on the map. This event takes place in May, and Gravel Locos has expanded to a second event in the fall that takes place in Pueblo, Colorado. Find more information at gravellocos.bike. www.gravellocos.bike www.murphologypodcast.com https://linktr.ee/Murphology Email me at murphologypodcast@gmail.com if you have a topic or the name of a cyclist you find interesting. Support my podcast at Patreon.com/Murphology and visit my Facebook and Instagram page for daily entertainment!
Bike Talk with Dave: Bicycle racing, cyclocross, gravel, mountain bike, road and tech
Gravel Locos: "The biggest race you've never heard of." Betsy Welch - VeloNews. Fabian Sarralta, who came to America from Cuba with his family when he was eight, started riding gravel events in 2016 and loved the challenge, camaraderie and acceptance of the sport so much he began hosting his own race only a few years later. His first event, in Hico, Texas, now attracts top pros from around the U.S., as well as around the world and is known for it's scenic (read: challenging) courses, unique awards, and grassroots feel. The race now encompasses two events, the second in Pueblo, Colorado, and both exemplify the grass-roots spirit of gravel. Thank you to Fabian for sharing his story and how he works to continually offer the kind of event that attracted him to the sport in 2016. Follow Gravel Locos on Instagram and Facebook or register at www.gravellocos.bike. Support Bike Talk with Dave by rating, reviewing and sharing on your favorite podcast platform. Support the show financially at www.buymeacoffee.com or on Venmo @David-Mable. You'll receive a Bike Talk with Dave sticker! Bike Talk with Dave is supported by Chain and Spoke Coffee. Order your favorite flavor at www.chainandspoke.com. Bikeiowa.com is the online hose of Bike Talk with Dave. Get your event listed on the extensive ride and race calendar by following the guide listed here. Join Dave and the Iowa Gravel Gang on April 29 for the Driftless 100, a beautiful ride through the scenic Driftless region of Northeast Iowa. Starting in Elkader, a 100, 6o and 30 mile options are available. Register today at www.driftlessgravel.com.
Caleb shares his intimates with the listeners and we might have found SAC's origin story. Austin begins to embrace Aurstin and Spyder visits one of the most known to be charming little southernest hospitalitiest towns in all of Texas, Hico.
Real Estate Investing With Jay Conner, The Private Money Authority
One of the worst situations for a real estate investor is missing out on a deal because of the inability to secure funds. What if I told you that you don't have to wait for banks or financial institutions to lend you the money you need?Today's guest is Brett Johnson. He has been in the property business since 1997, when he started Brett Construction Company in Hico, Texas. Brett has always gone to banks for financing, but learning about Private Money allowed him to access so much more that he has managed to raise $1,950,000 in just four weeks!Learn more about his inspiring story in this episode!Key Takeaways:How Brett raised $1,950,000 in four weeks.Don't beg for money; instead, offer people the opportunity to invest in you.Why have a deed of trust for your lenders?On authenticity regarding faith and how it can even help attract lenders.How Brett discovered Private Money.Private Money is flexible.Check out my book: 7 Reasons Why Private Money Will Skyrocket Your Real Estate Business and Help You Build Incredible Wealth!Get it here for FREE: www.jayconner.com/moneyguide
As The Freefolk Brewery continues development of its new facility in Hico, WV, could it be a harbinger of more good things ahead? Rarely has a three and a half year-old brewery in West Virginia made such a significant investment… Continue Reading… The post New Freefolk location to open in spring appeared first on BRILLIANT STREAM.
Some small Texas towns have prospered and grown during the decades. Others have boomed and then settled into obscurity. Hico in Hamilton County appeared to be in the sad, second category, but determined citizens in Hico are bringing Hico back. Increasingly it is on the list of small towns to visit in Texas and (in my opinion) for good reason. In 1856, a few years prior to the Civil War, the rush to Texas was on. That year, eight families arrived in covered wagons and settled on Honey Creek in the northern corner of Hamilton County. In 1860, John Rankin Alfred and his family, also traveling in covered wagons, rode into Central Texas and joined the Honey Creek settlement. Alfred started a small business selling goods he'd brought by wagon and engaged in the cattle business. When the community petitioned for a post office, Alfred became postmaster and named the now official (but not yet incorporated) town Hico (HY-koh), after his birthplace, Hico, in Calloway County, Kentucky. When the Texas Central Railroad (which was part of the famous Katy Railroad) was built two and a half miles away, like so many Texas towns, the citizens decided that if the community was to prosper, they needed to relocate the town adjacent to the rail line. So they moved. Ten years later, two major fires destroyed downtown's wooden buildings. The town rebuilt with big blocks of limestone. The move to the rail line proved to be a smart one. By 1883, Hico was incorporated and became a major center of Texas trade. Hico's grain market exploded. By the turn of the century, Hico was shipping more grain than any other location on the Texas Central rail line. By 1907, the cotton shipments through Hico were in the tens of thousands of bales. Business was good and downtown Hico boomed with almost one hundred businesses—from hotels and grocery stores to both a broom and a candy factory. An 1895 opera house, a theatre, and tented roller rink offered fun and entertainment. But by 1955, the trading boom—which had been fueled by train transportation—fizzled and the town's business and population declined. A situation aggravated by major interstate construction bypassing the community. But today, more than sixty-five years later, when one might have expected Hico to be a near ghost town, it is a thriving example of a historic small town creating a new history. From 2019 to 2020, the population grew by 12.5% to 1,780 people. Not a big town. but a growing one with lots to offer. Main street is lined with handsome, historic stone buildings from more than 100 years ago—some structures sport old fashioned ads painted on their sides — the billboards of the past. A walk down Main Street is a trip back in time. Except—these old fashioned buildings now house charming inns and restaurants, boutiques, and various shops. The newly restored 1896 Midland Hotel recreates the hospitality of the past in its fourteen guest rooms, while its Chop House restaurant serves up thoroughly up-to-date dishes with a flavor of Texas and the 1896 Saloon has drinks to help you “wet your whistle” as early Texans said. A Texas-history mystery also beckons in downtown Hico. Was a Hico resident named William Henry “Ollie” Roberts, known as Brushy Bill Roberts, none other than the outlaw Billy the Kid? Many believe that he was. Brushy Bill claimed that Pat Garrett, the man who took credit for shooting Billy the Kid, really shot another outlaw named Billy Barlow and that he, Billy the Kid, slipped into the night and vanished, becoming another miscreant GTT—“Gone to Texas.” The full story is an interesting one and there are lots of clues—from scars on Brushy Bill that match scars where it is known Billy the Kid was wounded, plus testimonials from other noted outlaws of the time that Brushy Bill was in fact Billy the Kid. Brushy Bill died in Hico in 1950 before he received the pardon he was hoping for from New Mexico's governor- a pardon promised..
Mel Kendrick, HOTstudio Underwritten by Peconic LandingSculptor Mel Kendrick joins Gianna Volpe to discuss the first major survey of his work, coming to the Parrish Art Museum in Southampton on November 5 at 6 p.m. For more information visit parrishart.org.Reverend Kimberly Johnson, Tasty Tuesday Underwritten by Southampton Arts CenterReverend Kimberly Johnson of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the South Fork joins The Heart of The East End to talk about HICO's third annual grant awards. The awards are being given to several local non-profit organizations, as well as helping those who are food insecure. The church community food pantry will be holding a collection this weekend. Visit uucsf.org for more information.
Fugitive Kaitlin Armstrong wanted in murder of cyclist Moriah Wilson: US Marshals #LoveTriangle Austin professional cyclist Colin Strickland apparently thought he was fooling his live-in girlfriend of three years, yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong. He snuck out to see a former fling — who was in town from San Francisco — early in the evening on May 11 and later texted Armstrong that he'd been off on an errand and his phone battery died. Armstrong knew better, police say. Video surveillance footage shows that one minute after Strickland, 34, dropped off his date, elite cyclist Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson, a black SUV matching Armstrong's pulled up at the apartment on Maple Avenue in East Austin where Wilson was staying. Wilson, 25, was found shot to death with a 9mm handgun multiple times later that night by her friend. According to the arrest affidavit, police believe Armstrong, 35, killed Wilson in a jealous rage, using a gun given to her by Strickland earlier this year. Neighbors wonder if the killer may even have used a silencer. Strickland, who has not been charged with any crime, appears to have given somewhat conflicting accounts of his relationship with Wilson, and others have contradicted his statements. “Colin's a douche and a player,” a woman in Austin's tight-knit cycling community told The Post. “All he cares about now is covering his ass.” Meanwhile, police say Armstrong is on the lam, having slipped through their fingers on a technicality after they questioned her two days after the murder. They believe she flew from Austin to New York City's La Guardia Airport on May 14 — and then vanished from sight. The arrest warrant charging Armstrong with first-degree murder was not issued until three days later. So far, only Armstrong's father is on the record saying she's innocent. “I know her. I know how she thinks, and I know what she believes. And I know that she just would not do something like this,” Mike Armstrong, 62, told ABC's “Good Morning America” last week. “We can't imagine the pain the Wilson family is going through,” he added, saying “there are a lot of unanswered questions.” Wilson's death has devastated her family in Vermont, where she grew up skiing and biking in an athletic family. A 2019 engineering graduate of Dartmouth College, she was a nationally-ranked skier who switched to gravel racing — a hybrid of road, cyclocross and mountain bike riding — according to her obituary. She was considered a rising star in the niche sport. She worked most recently as a demand planner for Specialized, a bike equipment company that sponsored Strickland but which has cut ties with him since the murder. According to the affidavit, Wilson was in Austin ahead of a bicycle race in Hico, Texas, where she planned to compete the following weekend. “Mo's death is making lots of people realize that it's important to live life fully as she did,” Linda Guerrette, a cyclist and professional photographer who took pictures of Wilson, told The Post. “She was a fierce competitor with utmost respect for all of her fellow competitors. Her simple philosophy of be your best self' was all she asked of herself.” What has apparently pained the Wilson family even more are allegations in the affidavit that she and Strickland — who officially got together when the male cyclist said he was on a break from his romance with Armstrong — were still involved behind Armstrong's back.
Mystery of star cyclist love triangle #KaitlinMarieArmstrong #AnnaMoriahWilson #ColinStrickland A Texas yoga teacher allegedly killed a professional cyclist who had previously dated her boyfriend before going on the run, authorities said. Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, a 34-year-old yoga instructor, is wanted for killing Anna Moriah Wilson, 25, who was found dead May 11 in Austin after she arrived from San Francisco to take part in a race in the city of Hico, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Armstrong's boyfriend, pro cyclist Colin Strickland, 35, told authorities that he had a romantic relationship with both women, and had gone swimming with Wilson shortly before a friend found her dead on the bathroom floor from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the arrest affidavit. Strickland said he had a relationship with Armstrong for three years, but he had a fling with Wilson while they were on a break in October. A tipster told police that when Armstrong learned in January about Strickland's relationship with Wilson, she “became furious and was shaking in anger” — and wanted to kill Wilson. the American-Statesman reported, citing the affidavit. Strickland told authorities he had changed Wilson's name in his phone and deleted text messages “to prevent Armstrong from finding them,” according to the affidavit. Texts from the night of the slaying showed that Strickland lied to Armstrong about where he had been “to hide he was with Wilson throughout the evening,” the affidavit says. Strickland bought two handguns around the same time, one for himself and another for Armstrong, officials said. Police said they found Armstrong's 9mm handgun at the home where she lives with Strickland. Investigators who compared shell casings from the pistol to those found at the home where Wilson was gunned down said the likelihood that the same weapon was used is “significant,” the paper said.
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Gravel Locos made an immediate impact on gravel last year in it's first edition. In 2022, Fabián Serralta is bringing back the popular Hico event and also adding a second option in Colorado. This is a long episode, but what a great conversation. Lear about Gravel Locos, what makes Hico great, and what pros you will have the chance to see and ride against. Music: Back to the Woods by Jason Shaw Links: Gravel Locos, Bear Creek Crits, Houston Grand Crit, Ride to Remember, TexBikerNet, Drop Bar Texas Shop --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dropbartexas/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dropbartexas/support
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Sara-Chana Silverstein, master herbalist, joins the show to share her expertise in the realm of complementary medicine.This episode challenges the medical model of care, encourages the listener to advocate for their own health, and provides ideas for integrating wholistic medicine into your life.How can you implement holistic medicine to become the highest functioning version of yourself?ABOUT SARA-CHANA SILVERSTEINInstagram: @sarachanasFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarachana.ibclcrhBook “Moodtopia”: https://www.amazon.com/Moodtopia-Stress-Balance-Remedies-Aromatherapy-ebook/dp/B078CZ1N5C/Website: https://sarachana.com/As a Master Herbalist RH (AHG) Sara-Chana spends much of her time teaching about the use of complementary medicine, a practice which integrates alternative and conventional medicines. She shows her clients how using herbs can help them become emotionally and physically stronger.She is trained in Classical Homeopathy and is an International Board-Certified Lactation/Breastfeeding Consultant (IBCLC). She is also an author, columnist, keynote speaker, adult education teacher, community advocate for women and children, and a wife and mother of seven children (yes, she birthed all of them).She guest lectures at medical schools to help doctors learn how to incorporate alternative medicine in their practices, which is difficult because Alternative medicine has not been and is not part of their regular curriculum. Herbs have been used since the beginning of time. They fell out of popularity due to the availability of pharmaceuticals, but today they are making a robust comeback. Why? Because they work! Herbs make us feel better without side effects and they are easy to use.Her recent book on moods is in bookstores now.Knowledge is power and Sara-Chana hopes to help give you the education so you can become empowered to be an active participant in your health and feel confident and joyful.CONNECT WITH USDecidedlyPodcast.comInstagram: @decidedlypodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/decidedlypodcastShawn's Instagram: @ampadvisorSanger's Instagram: @sangersmithMENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEKoffee Kup Family Restaurant in Hico, Texas: www.koffeekupfamilyrestaurant.comDr. Emily Oster's Episode, “Deciding to Expect Better”: https://api.spreaker.com/v2/episodes/48357122/download.mp3Join us every Wednesday for more strategies to DEFEAT bad decision-making – one episode at a time!
This week we sit down with Gravel Locos founder Fabian Serralta to unpack the road to developing a stand out event. New for this year, Gravel Locos will be adding an event in Peublo, CO in addition to the original event in Hico, TX. Episode Sponsor: Hammerhead. Use coupon code 'TheGravelRide' for a free custom color kit and premium water bottle. Gravel Locos Website Support the Podcast Join The Ridership Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: Gravel Locos [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. [00:00:26] Craig Dalton: Have you ever thought about organizing a gravel event? I certainly have this week's guest Fabion. Serralta took that passion and idea to create an event. And created gravel Locos. The original event in Heico Texas is joined this year by a new event in Pueblo, Colorado. I sat down with Fabi and to learn about his inspiration for gravel Locos, the charitable component of what he does and the general theme of all gravel Locos events. Before we jump into the conversation. I need to thank this week. Sponsor hammerhead. The hammerhead kuru to you as raised the bar for cycling computers. You can get advanced GPS, navigation, and intuitive software right on your handlebars. In a way you never thought possible. I spent this past weekend down in Tucson, Arizona. After speaking with John from the mountain lemon, gravel grinder, a few years back, I've been itching to get out on the course. 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For a limited time, our listeners can get a free custom color kit and exclusive premium water bottle with the purchase of a hammerhead crew to visit hammerhead.io right now and use the promo code, the gravel ride. At checkout to get yours today, that's a free custom color kit. And a premium water bottle with the purchase of a career to. Go to hammerhead.io at all three items to your cart and use the promo code. The gravel ride. With that said let's jump right into my interview with Fabienne from gravel Locos. [00:03:40] CraigDalton.: Fabian , welcome to the show. [00:03:41] FabianSerralta: Hey, Craig. Thank you. [00:03:43] CraigDalton.: It's good to talk to you again. [00:03:44] FabianSerralta: Same here. Thank you. [00:03:46] CraigDalton.: I'm excited to learn all the things about gravel locus and, but would love to learn a little bit about your background first, just kinda what drew you into the sport originally, and then what led you to take on the huge challenge of creating an event? [00:04:01] FabianSerralta: Well, I, I would definitely say I was probably what led me to the sport was purely accidental. I I purchased a, a ranch in Oklahoma in 2012, and I remember the first time driving out there to see this ranch with the R I was following a realtor and wearing this perfectly smooth country road. And I was just thinking, this is great. I'm gonna have my road bike out here. And and as soon as we get to the one road leads to the ranch, it was this. Awful road with rocks and gravel and dirt. And I was like, oh my gosh, this is terrible. I'm not gonna be able to ride my road, bike out here. And then we're on this road. And this lady is just like flying on this road and just dusting, dirt everywhere. And then we're just flying on their road and, and it was like a 15 mile drive from on this. Awful gravel dirt road to the driveway of this ranch that I had just purchased and or I was about to purchase. And then the driveway from this road to the ranch was another mile and a half. And when we get to the ranch property in the house, I said to her. This is terrible. I'm not gonna be able to ride my bike when I'm out here. She's like, well, what do you mean? I said, I'll get a flat tire by the time I get to, to the to the main road. And she's like, well, you can just drive your bike in your car and, and go out there and just park out there. I'm like, where am I gonna park? That's like somebody else's property out there. So this is 2012. And I, so I buy this property and probably from 20 12, 20 13 until about 2015. I didn't get to ride my road bike every time that I went out there. [00:05:41] CraigDalton.: yeah. I was gonna say there wasn't a lot of options [00:05:43] FabianSerralta: Yeah. [00:05:44] CraigDalton.: of gravel bikes at that point in time. [00:05:45] FabianSerralta: Yeah. But then in 2015, I'm visiting my son in Denver. He was gonna school at the university of Denver and I just happened to go to a, a bike store. It was a, I believe it was a specialized bike store and I walk in there and there's. White and red bike Witham, and it looked like a road bike and it had these Nobby tires on it and zip wheels. And I'm like, what in the world is this thing? And the sales guy comes up to me and I'm like, what is this thing? You know? And he's looking at me like, he's like, where are you from? I'm like, well, I'm from Cuba. And he's probably thinking this guy just fell off of open a Palm or something. Cause likes a, and I'm like, what's a, you, I had idea what a. He's like, you don't know what a cross bike is. I was like, I don't know, but I want that bike. He's like, well, you gonna Doy lacrosse. I'm like, no, I bought this ranch and it has these horrible roads that are rocks. And he's like, oh, so you want a gravel bike? I'm like a gravel bike. I said, no, I want that bike. And I need you to ship it to Texas. And the guy is just like, looking me, like I'm nuts. But it was like, It looked like a road bike and it had, you know, what looked like to be mountain bike tires. And I'm like, this is it. So I purchased a bike and it happened to be on my size, a 54 centimeter. They ship it to to Texas to my local bike shop and gets over there. They had 700 by 33 C tires. I start writing it in Oklahoma and I thought was the greatest thing ever. And I was running 90 PSI on the tires, which I thought at the time was perfect. As you know, on my tubular road tires, I was running 120 PSI. And so I thought this thing was just as smooth as can be on these gravel roads. And I signed up for my first gravel event, October 1st, 2016. And I thought, Hey, you know, it was 15 miles, no big deal. I showed up at the time, I think I had 95 P assigned a rear and 90 in the front. And I thought it was gonna be very much like a road rally where you have, you know, rest stops every so many miles. And so I think I had two water bottles and, or maybe a one snack or whatever, and man, it was a nightmare. [00:07:55] CraigDalton.: Was was that in Oklahoma, the event that you signed [00:07:58] FabianSerralta: it was Texas. It was a really hilly area monster, Texas. And you know, I paid my registration fee, which I think it was, I don't know, 85, $90. And I was expecting it to be just like many of the road rallies I had done. And. You know, grass stops with bananas and oranges and cookies and pickle, juices, and Gatorade. And there was nothing. all they had was a water table. with warm water, no food. And by the end of the 50 miles, I thought I was gonna die. And with that tire pressure on those 33 sea tires. I was so beat up. I swear, I'll never do this again. I remember getting to the finish and calling some buddies. I'm like, I am never doing this again. This is horrible. Why would anybody ever do this? You know, [00:08:43] CraigDalton.: Yeah. It's, it's funny. What a difference the evolution of the equipment has made in the enjoyment of the sport. I'm with you. I, I got my first gravel bike a little bit later than the, I think back in 2016, but it was a. 2014 model year bike, 32 C tires. Fortunately it, it did have tubeless on it, but it still, like, I just felt like it wasn't that much better than Ayro bike. I had five or six years earlier, which I had pretty much quit riding because I would either flat or get the crap beat outta me every time I rode it. [00:09:15] FabianSerralta: Yeah, this, this, I mean, it was, it was ay, it was a cycle cross bike. It was specialized crux. I mean, it had great, I mean, it had zip three or threes. I was running tubes. Which was, you know, a big difference from running tubers on my other bikes road bikes. And they had ceramic red, I couldn't complain it was a great bike, but I was just running to run tire pressure, the wrong tire size. And I really didn't have any, any knowledge of, of gravel, but, you know, I did see other people running big, your tires and all that. And it, it was just this learning curve. But that first experience was horrible. And I really, I swear I never did this again. And it took a while and then I, I started learning from others like, Hey, yeah, you can't be out there running tire pressure like that. And you can't, you, you gotta run bigger tires than that. And you gotta run, you know, tube, you know, tubeless. And and you know, I, it probably took me a few, a couple of months before I even wrote again. But as I, I started getting more and more advice from others that were doing it. But it was so early on. But it was that experience that really led me to wanna have eventually at one day have a gravel event. That was a lot like a road rally, but that it was also, you know, it, it had the, it was at the time it was, you know, the dirty cancer event, the DK 200. So I wanted to have a, a DK 200 event with the pro component, but yet. Beginner friendly. So have all the support that you would need for beginners like myself or, or people just really interested in gravel. So having all the bunch of rest stops and having portable bathrooms at rest stops for the women and having sag vehicles all over the place, but yet having a ton of pros. So having, you know, an event that was a DK 200 packed with pros, but yet packed with. All the support and all the things that you are accustomed to experiencing and having at a, you know, family road, rally type event. [00:11:15] CraigDalton.: Interesting. So it sounds like, I mean, if we fast forward a few years from that original event, it sounds like you competed in a handful of events every year to try to, you know, obviously continue your enjoyment of the sport. The, the equipment had continued to evolve and, and you'd had a number of experiences at other events where you're like, I like part of what this event has done, but part of what that event has done. And you thought, well, like what if I did this on my own? [00:11:41] FabianSerralta: Yeah, look so it, the events continue. I con I would go to every gravel event that I could go to, but it just, it was, you know, you pay your 75, 85, a hundred something dollars, but. You're lucky you got a water table and it was, everything was always self support, self support, self supported, and you're paying all this money, but you're not really getting a whole lot in return. And to me, it really excluded a lot of beginners. It excluded people that didn't have a lot of bike skills or, or bike mechanic knowledge because, you know, I always say what, what makes riding gravel so great is that you're out in the middle of nowhere. , but what that's also, what makes it kind of dangerous and also kind of keeps a lot of people out of it because you know, you're out in the middle of nowhere. You don't have cell reception, you don't have convenience stores. Oftentimes you don't have many houses or you don't see a vehicle or cars don't even go come by half the time. So yeah, you're out there in the middle of nowhere, but then you don't help of neighbors and you don't have convenience stores and you don't have others to reach out to in case of an emergency or a mechanical. And I feel that that deters a lot of people from venturing and, and experiencing gravel. And as a result, you know, a lot of people miss out on experiencing gravel. So how do you bring in all those people? And for me, Is the way to do that is by bringing in all the support, the sag vehicles, aid stations, every so many miles. So for example, in gravel Locos, you have, you know, six aid stations you have 20 something sag vehicles for the women. We have portable bathrooms at all the aid stations where there is in HaCo or in Pueblo, Colorado . And that's how we take out that, that fear of, you know, Being out there in the middle of nowhere. So, but yet we still have, you know, 20 something, 30 pros out there participating just like you, we did, you know, at events like dirty cans, 200 or, you know, what was land run, you know? And I referred to them by those names because that's what I was modeling. Then. [00:13:42] CraigDalton.: I'm glad we unearthed that because I think it's important to kind of think about people's orientations as event organizers in terms of how they're gonna set up the overall experience. You know, it's one thing when you've got a, a top level pro who's decided they want to get into the event business. And oftentimes they do design events that are driven from the front. They're really a professional experience that does trickle down to the rest of us. But it's you know, it's pretty refreshing to hear you talk about. Wanting the last person in the event to have the best time possible as well as, as the first. So stepping back for a second, you, you live in Arlington, Texas, you've got property in Oklahoma. You'd experience the gravel community for a number of years. You decided, Hey, there's something missing. I'd love to highlight my perspective of a gravel event. How did you decide on, on, on Texas for the original event and what was that process like? [00:14:36] FabianSerralta: Well, I, you said it in, cause that's where I predominantly ride, you know, so I've a lot gravel. I've done gravel in California. I've done gravel in Vermont, in, in Montana. I've done gravel in Scotland. I, you know, I've, I've done gravel in other parts and, but Texas, where, where I mostly write gravel and I've done gravel all over Texas and HaCo. I remember writing and close to close to HaCo. And one of the folks that I was riding with says, man, if you like this area, You've gotta check out. Heico so I said Heico where's that? So I found it went out there and, [00:15:13] CraigDalton.: And where, where is it relative to, to the Dallas area [00:15:17] FabianSerralta: for me, it's about an hour and 20 minute drive [00:15:20] CraigDalton.: and is that to, to the east or which direction [00:15:23] FabianSerralta: I'm the guy that gets lost with Garmen. So so I'm gonna take a chance here. Say I think it's so out. [00:15:30] CraigDalton.: Okay. [00:15:31] FabianSerralta: So, yeah, I'm horrible. I'm like directionally challenged. So I get asked this all the time. Like the other day I was in Pueblo for meetings and I was meeting with the the the PBR, the folks for the professional bull riding association, which one of our sponsors in there were asking me. So which direction I, I have no idea. Here's the route, you figure it out. And really, I do get lost even with Garman. I'm that guy that I'm following route. And I always end up with more mileage. So I, up going out to HaCo. And I follow this route and it had so much more climbing, even though I am not built like a climber. I love as these challenging routes. I really love taking on routes to have as much climbing as possible. And it, even though it takes me all stinking day and HaCo has that, you know, for Texas as one of these guess that you get so much climbing and I absolutely fell in love with it. And Heico has it's heart packed. And it has a lot of beautiful canopy areas, you know, tree canopy, tree areas. It has lots of water crossings. It has. I mean, it's just a really diverse terrain. And even if it were to rain, it's so hard packed. It's it's got a lot of smooth areas. There's really nothing rough or nasty about it. It, and. Even, even if it rains it's, it's not an area that, that you get much mu much more than a couple inches of mud. So it's not like, like Mid-South where you have, you know, six inches, 12 inches of mud in your foot, you know, is, you know, foot into the mud. For example, last year in may it did run, it did rain. And so yeah, people got my, but you're talking, you know, an inch of mud, two inches of mud. Maybe two and a half. So it's not a situation that you're just bogged down and you, you have to walk, you, you can ride through it. So it it's really a, an area that you can ride it all year long rain or shine. And it was just perfect. And. I said, this is it. We're gonna do it here. So, you know, we had last year, we had three routes this year. We have four routes. Last year we had a 30 mile or a 60 and 150 something. And after our survey of the event, it was a very positive survey folks, which is absolutely thrilled with the event. But what kept coming up was have a 100 mile. I said, all right. So for 2022, we have a hundred mile as well. And it just filled up immediately. So folks really wanted a hundred. Not everybody wants to do 150 something miles, but they want it more than a 60 mile. So the hundred mile, you know, I never even thought of it, you know? So you learn, I've learned a lot, you know, I thought, [00:18:03] CraigDalton.: feel, I feel like I'm in that category where 150 mile, maybe I can muster that up once a year, if I'm lucky, but a hundred keeps me honest. I need to train for that pretty well. But I, I believe in my heart, like I can always uncork a hundred miles if I'm like relatively fit. [00:18:20] FabianSerralta: Yeah. And you know, and the hundred mile it is, it's a legit route. I mean, it's, it's over 5,000 feet of climbing and it's really a beautiful route and it, and it really incorporates all the hard climbs that are in the 150 something mile. And [00:18:33] CraigDalton.: what I, one of the things I always wanna unpack with event organizers, because I think it is a challenge depending on where you are, is okay. So you you've decided on HaCo as a, as a great riding location. But there are also logistics and permits and all kinds of things. You need to go through granted in a rural community. Maybe those are less than a more populous community, but you still need to do that. So what was that process? What was that process like for you? [00:18:59] FabianSerralta: Really easy, you know, what, what I have learned with I, you know, this is for me as a hobby and HaCo has, you know, it's really been incredibly easy. They they've really take care of all that for me. And I went in there with, you know, the understanding that, look, I'm doing this to help the volunteer fire departments. If you're willing to help me, I'm willing to do it. [00:19:17] CraigDalton.: And was that perspective, something that was already in your head. Hey, I wanna have a charitable component to the event I put on. [00:19:24] FabianSerralta: Yes. Yes. And, and if you're willing to work with me and, and take care of these things, I'm willing to do it. If you're not willing to work with me, I'm outta here. I just, you know, it's, it's one of those things that I, I don't have the time to mess with all that stuff. So if the town is willing, then I'm willing, I, if they want to put me through all these hoops and things and, and, and, and barricades and all these. All this red tape, I'm just, I'm outta here because I just don't have time for it. You know, I've got four kids and two other businesses to run. And so I was really upfront and they were really honest about it. And they just, they facilitated everything that I needed. They, they provide all the things that I needed. They provide law enforcement, they provide crowd control and barricades and they provide everything. The same thing with Pueblo, you know, they're. [00:20:09] CraigDalton.: you know, hike in the original gravel locus event. Sorry to interrupt you there for it. It took off through the gravel cycling community as a event option incredibly quickly. And there was a couple things that. Kind of at least caught my eye right off the bat, which were one was correct me if I'm wrong here. But it seemed like the registration was entirely a donation based model, which was unheard of. And two for a first year event, you had all these top pros saying I'm gonna be there. [00:20:40] FabianSerralta: Yes. [00:20:40] CraigDalton.: How did both of those things happen? [00:20:43] FabianSerralta: well, you know, it was, it was out of really, so the event was initially gonna take place in 2020 in November and I canceled it cuz of COVID, you know, so I had the Greenlight from, from HaCo, but I canceled it because of COVID. My basically, you know, I have absolutely zero connections in the bike industry. And what I tried to do was try and get the bike industry board. And the only way that I could do that was reaching out to them via Instagram and Facebook. And that really didn't really work. I couldn't get anybody to, you know, return any messages or anything, despite the amount of money that I spent on bikes. You know, I have the the record of my local bike shop for spending the most money on bicycles every year. just absurd. despite all that I couldn't get a response from anybody. So I said, you know what? I'm not gonna let that discourage me. I'm gonna have this event with, or without the bike industry. And so I said, I'll, I'll fund it. I'll do it myself, cuz I I'm gonna have this event. And this event is gonna have the component of the pros and the component of the beginners. And there is not there. Isn't gonna be a cutoff. So if folks are gonna train for the geo one fifty, a hundred fifty something miles with over 8,000 feet of elevation gain. I'm not gonna yank 'em off the course. They're gonna be out there as long as they want to be. And if they want to give up, they're gonna give up, but it's not gonna be, I'm not gonna take it away from anybody. I'm not gonna be that person. That's gonna say, Hey, you know what? You didn't make the cut off by 10 minutes or an hour or two hours. And you're off the course. Because I'm always that person, who's the last one. And you know, when I was at Ted's event in Vermont last year, I didn't make the cutoff. And when they came up to me and they, Hey, look, you, you didn't make the cutoff. I said, , we're gonna have a fricking fight. . And they said call Ted. And they did. They called Ted and it's like, leave him alone. He's fine. I I'll take care of, I'll wait for him. And Ted did. And he understands, he, he waited out there for me and I didn't make the cutoff by over an hour. And he was out there in the rain, in the cold waiting for me, everybody was gone. The whole thing was shut down. And he followed me for like the last 15 miles, cuz it was pouring rain. It was cold, but you know, he, he let me finish the, the event and to me, that's what being inclusive and, and finishing and, and you know what it's about. So to, Hey said, I'm gonna have this event regardless. So in 20 for 2021, how I was able to. Do what I did is with, like you mentioned earlier, this, this donation thing I said, you know what? Let's just, I've gotta get the attention of, of folks. Cause I don't have the support of the bike industry and I don't have name recognition and I certainly don't have, you know, experience. I've never done this before. So how do we capture attention? We're gonna do this for free. It's gonna be a free event. And, and first thing I said, all right, this event is gonna have 1200 free registrations. And what you're gonna do is it's up to you to make a donation, a direct donation to the volunteer fire department. Most folks are used to paying a hundred, something to hundred dollars or more for an event like of this caliber. Remember you have all these age stations you have. So you're getting 20 something pros. Top level pros from around the world. You're getting over five age stations, fully S stocked, 20 something, sag vehicles, portable bathrooms at all. Age stations. You're getting a draw string swag bag. Really nice. You're getting with zipper. You're getting T really nice. T-shirts you're getting purest water bottles from specialized. You're get all this swag, all this stuff for free. So, whether you give the fire station a dollar or $0, you're gonna get everything for free. So it was an honor system. And really, I think that showed people that it, Hey, this is an event that has Lawrence 10, Dan Ted king, Peter TNA, Allison Terick Jess, Sarah. You know, Colin, Strickland, you know, all these names that I, that are all of 'em are gonna be at at Unbound, all of 'em are, are all these huge events and there's no cutoff. There's all of this support that you don't get at these big events, you know, as far as aid stations and it is entirely up to me to decide how much I'm willing to pay with what I think it's worth well out of those 1200 free registrations. Less than 400 people donated anything. So that was a bit of a shock, but we still had the event [00:25:11] CraigDalton.: Yeah. And, and just to unpack that a little bit, you know, quite disappointing, obviously, that just like sort of the percentage of people that actually donated and to, to put a finer point on it, like, as you describe all the things that one would get for participating, you're talking about a hundred dollars worth of. Effort per rider to give them nutrition, to provide them porta potties, to give them swag, all those things. So it's a, it's a big proposition that I think often gets lost and and you put it in the proper context in that without someone supporting you without a, you know, a nutrition sponsor coming in and dumping. Tens of thousands of dollars worth of product on your tables. Like that's coming outta your pocket as the race organizer. And there's no way around that. So pretty incredible effort to get it off the ground. And sorry to hear that the donations were not as great as you wanted them to be, but with those donations, something great. Did material realize for the fire department. [00:26:12] FabianSerralta: Yeah. And. That that side didn't happen the way that it had. I had hope, but it, we don't really even think about it because we, at the end of the day, there were so many articles written about the event that I never expected in a million years. I honestly, I never thought that GCN would write about it. That basically magazine would write about it. That cycling news, the Velo news, all these publications wrote about it. You know, it was listed as a, as a basically magazine listed as a. Top 20 bucket list event. You, it was mentioned like 17 times in VLO news. GCN mentioned it cycling news had articles about it. These are all things that I never even consider would happen. [00:26:55] CraigDalton.: Yeah. it was absolutely incredible to reach the brand and the event got in that first year. [00:27:00] FabianSerralta: We smoking great deal on the, the fire. We were still able to buy it with the money that we raised. We, you know, we still had great registration numbers we had. And then for 2022, you know, we have over 1500 people registered and we raised enough to build a bigger fire station. So [00:27:20] CraigDalton.: That's [00:27:20] FabianSerralta: while maybe, you know, less than 400 people register out of 1200, it doesn't matter to me because cuz we still accomplished everything that we set out to do. We still got more numbers than I ever thought were gonna happen. And as a result, we, we have interest from other cities that are contacting me that wanna have events. So, you know, I, I was several cities reached out to me. Hey, can, can you do the same at our city? And it is, you know, I've had to turn down cities cuz it's just too much. You know, I've had two, two other Texas cities that I asked me to host events at their cities. And I unfortunately I've had to say no because I just don't have the time [00:27:59] CraigDalton.: Yeah. Yeah. [00:28:00] FabianSerralta: Pueblo. Against my better judgment. I was like, sure. It's you know, the, the Pueblo story. I really, really I, I couldn't say no, it's just, they they've, they've been wanting to do an event there and they even they were bidding to try and get an event and they, they lost the bidding most cities that want to do something like this. They're paying promoters to do the events there. That's one of my rules. I will not charge a city to host any event, cuz it goes completely against what I'm trying to do. So what I'm trying to do is bring money to the city and build and bring equipment and funding to the volunteer fire departments. So why would I be charging them money to host events [00:28:39] CraigDalton.: Yeah, it's super, it's super interesting. When you look at the economics of events, just events in general, how much they cost, but the economic impact to these rural communities, which in your case is very specific to raising money for these volunteer fire departments. But even beyond that, the, you know, the amount of meals purchased the amount of hotel nights, cetera. Like it's it, it has a significant impact. and, I'm super interested to get into your second event in Pueblo and learn how that happened. But one more question, just outta my own curiosity, how did you end up getting those 20 to 30 pros to come to a first year event? [00:29:15] FabianSerralta: I will see the credit to that goes to Ted king because I reached out to several pros. First was him. Via Instagram. Again, I don't have any connections or I don't really know anybody. And he was the only person that responded. And I wrote him this long thing through Instagram, direct messaging through Instagram. And I explained to him, look, this is what I'm trying to do. I'm I'm gonna have this event and it's gonna be free to everybody and gonna be up to them to donate. And this is all that they're gonna get, and this is all I'm gonna give them. And this is what I'm trying to buy a fire truck for the fire department. And I'm trying to get this many pros and he, he rides back. He's like, are you nuts? and he finally calls me. He's like, are you nuts? He's like, I'm so intrigued by this. And. [00:30:04] CraigDalton.: The idea, the idea was so crazy. He had to call and talk to the guy behind [00:30:08] FabianSerralta: That's exactly what he said. He's like, this is absolutely insane in this, but I'm so like intrigued by this and he's like, are you really gonna do this? And I said, oh yeah, I'm really gonna do this. And he's like, you know, this is how stuff gets done. You know, when, when people just take a chain and, and, and do something completely outside of the box. And, and he said, can I have two weeks to think about this? And I said, absolutely just take your time. And and he's, and he did two weeks later, he calls me back and I'm like huge fan of Ted. And, and I remember watching him in the tour de France and all that, and sure enough, two weeks later he calls me back. He's like, all right, I'm in. And. Do you have a website? No. He's like, you need a website and then he's like, what are you gonna do for registration? I don't know. I mean, he just went down this list. He's like, you gotta have registration, you gotta have this. And, and then and then he says to me and your social media post suck [00:31:11] CraigDalton.: suck [00:31:12] FabianSerralta: and he is, starts helping me, you know, he starts Giving me so much guidance and stuff like that. And he is like, and how are you gonna get ahold of all these other riders? Cause I give 'em a list. Like I want to get ahold of, of all these other riders. And he is like, I don't know. He says that, you know, let me help you. So he started really vouching for me and, and contacting them. And. And then he gave me a lot of advice. He says, you know, don't, don't do a don't, don't give money, don't do a purse, don't do this and don't do that. And, and you're gonna find that the folks that believe in what you're trying to do are gonna jump on board. And, and that's how it happened. He just, the folks that came forward are, are folks that care about what I was trying to do. And really wanted to be a part of something totally different. That was more about giving back. To communities and, and, and not so much about, you know, a big corporate event, it was more of a Grasso type thing. They, they were just interested and a lot of 'em have their own events that are grassroots focused, you know, Ted and Jess, Sarah, Sam Boardman, Laura King, and Ted, you know, all of them Lawrence Tanem has his own events in the Netherlands. Peter has his own event. So all of there's a connection amongst all of us. That have to do with our own little small events that are, they're not corporate they're just small community type events. [00:32:32] CraigDalton.: Yeah. Yeah. Amazing, amazing [00:32:34] FabianSerralta: then what would I do in return? You know, I help with the hotels and things like that and meals and stuff like, you know, that's how, what we do, you know, they, they ride for a living that's, that's, that's how they make a living. So you certainly, you have to help out in some way, you know, and you know, when with HCO helps me out with the hotel cost, so I provide them with a room and, and stuff like that. [00:32:54] CraigDalton.: Gotcha. Interesting. So now let's shift gears to Pueblo. I know you had mentioned you had a number of rural communities. See what you had done and reach out to you, but what was it about going to Pueblo in a state that you don't and you don't have property at this point? What was it about the Pueblo opportunity that said, Hey, this is the right next step for the gravel locus event team. [00:33:16] FabianSerralta: Well, I, I found out that they helped, they they've been wanting to have a gravel rent and I found out that. They had been bidding on, on, on having an event hosted there and, and they lost somebody else got the bid and that kind of bugged me. It bugged me, it bugs me that these small towns that are hurting and economically, and they're trying to bring business and they're trying to bring funds to their towns that they're, that there. Trying to get events by paying promoters and paying corporations money or offering to pay money. So that events are being hosted there. And to me, that it just doesn't make sense because if you're doing it for, for, as a business, you're making money. If, if you're hosting an event somewhere, you're gonna make money from registration, you're gonna make money from cells of, of, of, you know, shirts and, and you're making money from. Vendors and, and the bike industry's paying you per and, and, and all this stuff that I, I have, I don't have access to cause I don't have any, you know, I don't have the bike industry behind me and you know, or any of that, but you know, the, the lifetime events and the big corporate events have all of that, you know, you know, all those, you know, shaman and spa and all those companies that are, there are not there for free, you know, let's just be honest, you know, I was born at night, but not last night. So, And then to have these small towns that are struggling financially and have high unemployment paying significant amount of money for, for them to host the event there, to me that that just seemed wrong. And as a result, they, they were outted by another town and they didn't get the event. And I learned about this and I said, all right, we'll do the event there. So I met with the city I met with the mayor. And one of the questions were, well, how much are you gonna charge us to do the event here? I said zero. And I said, if I ever ask you for money to do an event here, kick me in your ass, please. I said, that's not. That goes completely against what I'm trying to do. I said, the reason I'm I'm doing these events is to bring funds to cities that are struggling financially, but also to bring funds to the volunteer fire department, because. Guess who we call when we fall and wipe out and bust our asses out, riding gravel, volunteer, fire departments, guess who's out there. That's, who's out there. You know, when we're out there riding gravel that, and all of us know this it's volunteer fire departments. We're out in the middle of nowhere and it's a volunteer fire department. It out there charge and really taking care of hundreds of, of miles. That they're covering and that's who we rely on. So if we're gonna support a, a department as a gravel community, I mean, I would think that I, you know, logically we're gonna support the volunteer fire departments in those areas that we ride. So it's not that I'm Mr. Nice or anything like that. It's just logical that we're gonna support the very same people that come to help us. And it's the volunteer fire departments in those areas that we ride. So. And I think they, they appreciate that, you know, so to charge them, it doesn't make sense. I don't think it's fair, but they do help. You know, they provide, like we said earlier, they help me with the permitting and they help me with law enforcement and they help me with barricades and things like that. So they, they do help. It's not like they're doing nothing. So it's, it becomes a, a community, a true community involved event. And we, we get that. We throw that word around all the time, community, this community, that, but when you really dig into it, poor community is paying a few hundred thousand dollars. And it's really no longer a community. Now we're talking about a service and a fees and stuff like that. But in, in our case, you know, HaCo provides all this help and volume and stuff like that. The same with Pueblo. That's. [00:37:03] CraigDalton.: think that's, you know, it's, it's in, I think it's refreshing to take that expansive view of community cuz oftentimes the gravel community, those words are thrown around a lot. Generally implying your fellow athletes, the fellow people out there riding with you. But it, it really is in these rural communities. It's the people of the community that are coming out, coming out, whether they're, you know, Manning the registration booth or Manning an aid station, or, you know, opening their doors and giving you a glass of water. If you're stuck out there somewhere like that, that really is the breadth of the community that gravel does touch in these town. [00:37:38] FabianSerralta: Oh, I mean, you better believe it. If they don't help me, I'm not doing it. mean, there's no way I, I would do it. It it's just, you know, I wouldn't do it. And they understand that and, and, and I'm really open about that. It's like, I'm not charging anything, but you gotta help me. You know, when I met with the fire department, it's like, you all gotta help me. There's, you know, I don't have, this is, you know, and I, and I say this, you know, like, My social media, it's one Cuban and an iPhone. You know, I don't have a, a, a, a crew or anything like that. It's, you know what you see on social media? It's Fabian, you know, one Cuban and an iPhone. I don't have employees. I don't have anything. It's just myself. So I, I will take all the help that I can get. And you don't need an entire staff to, to do anything like this, but you do need, you know, help and, and volunteers and, and Pueblo understands that. And HaCo understands that, you know, I'm looking at another state right now and we're looking at a third event and they understand the same thing that, Hey, we need, we want to have event grab a locus type event. We don't have, you know, a few hundred thousand dollars to. Give a promoter to bring the event here, but we do have willing bodies and people that are willing to, you know, help and, and volunteer. And, and that's the model. And, but we also like having 20 something pros and we like having the, that racing component. But yet we also want to have an environment that the Fabians that are gonna come in last know that they can train for this. And it's not gonna be taken away. They're not gonna be turned around and yanked off the course because to me, that's, I can't imagine training for something for a year. And, you know, not being a Ted king or, or, or a Allison Terick or Jess, Sarah, I'm not those folks. You know, I can't imagine training and having my family behind me and all of that support and, and the struggles of having to work other jobs and then being yanked off the course until, Hey, you know, you can't finish you because you didn't make it by 30 minutes or an hour or two hours. I cannot imagine what that feels like. And to me that just, that that's not inclusive, that that's just telling somebody you're not good enough and turn around. I, I, to me, there's no explanation that you can give me that tells me that's rational, reasonable, not even safety. What do you mean safety? There's, there's nothing. If it's a issue then guess what? You know, the amount of money that these events make, then you plant a fricking sag vehicle behind those folks to follow them till the end. What does that cost? I mean, lemme know I'll pay for it. What's the big deal. You know, and that's what we do at gravel locus. Last year, we had a vehicle sag vehicle to follow five folks, cuz it was dark. They didn't have lights. I said, well you freaking follow them. Follow 'em all the way to the end. You're gonna be their light because. Again, why would we yank somebody off the course? Now, if they want to quit, it's on them. If they want to throw in the towel, it's on them. But, and, and then the other thing that we have with our pros and, and, and they're more, and you, we don't even have to ask em and it's like, Hey, you know, make yourself available to the, to the folks, to the regular folks. And I do, there are so many selfies out there with Ted and, and kids and, and Pete. Lawrence. It's just super cool and funny as hell. Allie Terick and Jess, you know, all these young girls and, and folks that got to meet them personally. And they were out there available to all these folks, which, you know, it's, those are memories and things that you just, you know, all their fans get to meet them. [00:41:16] CraigDalton.: A hundred percent. So I guess we, you know, I feel like we've unpacked pretty completely what the gravel Locos, eco ethos is and what the experience is gonna be like on the Pueblo side. What is that terrain like? I've driven through Pueblo, but I've never, I've never put rubber on the its and trails there. What, what do you expect the courses to be like in Pueblo? [00:41:36] FabianSerralta: Oh, my gosh, it's silky smooth, but you know, it's, it's, it's so beautiful. I got to ride 23, 24 miles the other day. So we, we, we rode from the fire station. We did a loop and it was about 24 miles and about 1400 feet of elevation gain. The the main route we call it the, the GL one 50, that's just our, our, our, the, the big route is always gonna be called the gravel locals one 50, but it's really 169 miles. So you get, you get a little extra, but it's, you know, right with GPS says it's over 13,000 miles, but as we know, it's always under, it's always more than. [00:42:14] CraigDalton.: feet of climbing. [00:42:15] FabianSerralta: So I would expect just about 14,000 feet of elevation gain and, you know, it's it's for me coming from Texas, it was a little, a little harder cuz there there's that whole, you know, the altitude, but it is just so smooth and so nice. It's you know, it's hard packed also. It's it's smoother. The gravel there is it. It's just hard to explain. It's just, it's beautiful. [00:42:40] CraigDalton.: So do you imagine this being the type of event that larger groups can stay together and benefit from drafting off one another and things like that? Just given the type of terrain you're on. [00:42:48] FabianSerralta: Yeah. Yeah. It's just, I mean, it, it's hard to explain. I mean, there it's, I was, I was telling them over there, it's like, it's hard and it's definitely challenging, but you're looking at mountains and you're looking at, at all this beautiful terrain, it's really, you know, I was, I was exhausted. Again, I'm not, I'm not anybody who's in the kind of shape and certainly I've, I've gained. I, I was telling them the other day, I was like, you know, there was the COVID 19 pounds. I, I managed to, you know, I went from riding a ton of mileage every year. And when I started gravel Locos, I've gained 50 pounds in, in two years of not riding and running two businesses and gravel Loco. So. I've gotta find a way to get these 50 pounds off. So yeah, going downhill was great over there, but going up was tough, but just a scenery is just so, so interesting. [00:43:37] CraigDalton.: and are the courses punctuated by like a significant climbs? Like in terms of like, oh, you're gonna be climbing for an hour at a time. Like [00:43:44] FabianSerralta: know, gradual they're gradual climbs. There was nothing that like in HCO, you get these punchy climbs over. There's more gradual. So. You know, you can get away with with less big gears in HighCo. I tend to run bigger gears over there. You know, I didn't get in any of my big gears, you know, I, I run a 10 52 in a rear Ram and I, I wasn't using it over there because they're, they're more of the gradual climb. You kind of get into a rhythm and they're kind of, I prefer that to be honest, that you just kind of get into this groove and you get into this rhythm. Whereas high code has these. You know, we have some, some climbs that are 22% 23, and they're pretty punchy. And we have these three climbs that are back to back that we call the three bees. You can decide whatever you want to call those bees, but bitches they're rough. And then and man, those kick up into the 22, you 23, 20 4%. and it's, you know, they're kind of loose rocks and you just kind of gotta lean forward and you gotta get that big granny gear and just work your way up. Whereas in Pueblo, you don't have, I didn't experience anything like that. And, and most of what's out there is these long gradual climbs that you kind of get into a rhythm. So I prefer the, the type of climbing that they have out there in Pueblo, but they're both very, very different, very different type of riding. [00:45:05] CraigDalton.: And would you change your, your tire width from HaCo to Pueblo? Would you do [00:45:10] FabianSerralta: I think that you can. I think that at, at both, you can get away with smaller diameter tires. So I've done HaCo with 35 centimeter tires. I've done HaCo with 47. I think that in Pueblo again, we rode Pueblo last week where it had been snowing. and it was muddy, but even then, you know, I wrote it with 45 centimeters and there was folks out there running it, riding it with 30 eights and they still did just fine, but the, the Pueblo gravel is much smoother than the HaCo. And I, I can see some folks getting away with when it's dry, especially over getting away with, you know, 30 fives, [00:45:50] CraigDalton.: Yeah. [00:45:50] FabianSerralta: somes. I. [00:45:52] CraigDalton.: It's funny. It's so it's so counterintuitive to me to, and S B T gravels the same way I remember getting like my arm twisted to run 30 eights, and I was like, there's, there's no way, like I'm going to Colorado. And at home, I'm all about the 40 sevens here in Marin county, cuz it's so Rocky and but sure enough, like I definit could have ridden that as they call it champagne, gravel in Colorado on 38 with absolutely no issue. So it, it, it's quite fascinating to me and. One of the things I. [00:46:20] FabianSerralta: racers recently that are 40 threes. I haven't put 'em on yet, but they're kind of, you know, they're not slicks, but they're not Nobbies and I can't wait to try something like that. They're 40 threes. And normally in HighCo I run 40 fives or 40 sevens, but I'm looking forward to running those 43 as a whole new tire I've never used for, but I can certainly see a. And in Pueblo getting away with 38, even, even a slick or a semi slick. [00:46:45] CraigDalton.: Yeah. so, so interesting. It's obviously, it's like, it's a never ending debate and discussion about which tires to use. And I remember reading, you know, where the, when we're recording, it's the weekend of Mid-South and you know, there's a lot of people. Twisting their arms and, and twist getting all twisted inside about what tires are gonna run tomorrow or today. Excuse me. On race day at Mid-South. So always fun and appreciate the insight there. So for people looking to find out more information about the events, where can they find information about gravel locus? Why don't you tell us the, the website and the dates of the events this year? [00:47:19] FabianSerralta: So HaCo is May 14th. And Pueblo is October the first you can sign up on our website, which is www dot gravel, locos.bike. Just make sure you click the link for one or the other, or if you wanna do both I've left. He still opened. But we've got a or 1500. I haven't decided where I want to shut it down because HaCo is open to having more Pueblo is still open as well. but just all the information is on there. There's four routes for each. So there's the gravel locals, 30, the 60, the hundred. And the one 50 information about the routes is on both of them. The cause for each of the events is always gonna be a volunteer fire department. Pretty much everything you need to know about it is on the website. You'll find all the different pros that are gonna be there. We've got more pros to add to the website every day you get, you know, we get new pros that wanna come on board. As far as our sponsors there, aren't not many of them, but the, the ones that are on there, you'll find out that these are folks that are very, have been very loyal since the beginning. And if somebody wants to be a sponsor, they're more welcome. Welcome to send us a message or email us, but. We're pretty much self supported and really it's just a community thing. And, and it's really, this whole entire thing has been made possible by, by the towns and, and little businesses within the towns. Very small involvement from the bike industry. It's been a, a community thing to be on. Oh, just kind of how it worked out. [00:48:42] CraigDalton.: Amazing. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for putting so much of your heart out. there and, and making a making events that you wanted to see happen in the world. And I think it's such a sort of beneficial place for the gravel cycling community to have event organizers with that orientation and From this conversation in our earlier conversations. I know how much of yourself, both personally and financially you put on the line to create this event series. So again, for, from, for me, thank you for doing that and exciting to hear that Pueblo is going off this year and exciting to hear that yet another community has come to you and talking about like, how do we have grow Ava three. [00:49:19] FabianSerralta: Yes, we we'll release that soon. I'll let you know. . [00:49:23] CraigDalton.: Awesome. Thanks for your time, Fabian. [00:49:25] FabianSerralta: you. Thank you. So. [00:49:27] Craig Dalton: That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. Huge. Thanks to Fabion, not only for joining us on the show, but for everything he's doing around the gravel Locos series, I think he's got his heart in the right place and I've no doubt. These are some of the best gravel events out there to attend. Big. Thanks. Also to our friends at hammerhead for sponsoring the show member, you can get a free custom color kit and premium water bottle with the purchase of the new hammerhead kuru two computer, simply go to hammerhead.io and use the promo code. The gravel ride. If you are interested in supporting the show, ratings and reviews are hugely helpful as is sharing the show with other gravel cyclists. If you're able to support the show financially, simply visit buy me a coffee.com/the gravel ride. Until next time. Here's to finding some dirt onto your wheels
You'll meet Bobby Kerr from Hico, Texas, in this episode. When I think of fabulous people, horsemen, and horse trainers - all rolled into one - Bobby rises right to the top of that list. He is most known for training mustangs and performing at rodeos. His acts are a combo of superb horsemanship with some wild west thrown in. His brave and talented horses do incredible feats - like jumping over fire on the running boards of his car - and then they sit in the passenger seat as he drives out of the arena. Bobby is all about developing trust with his horses and doing amazing feats that demonstrate that deep trust. Bobby and I also have a fun and very special family connection that dates back over 50 years. You're in for a treat and some extraordinary Bobby Kerr wisdom and stories. A horse trainer of more than 40 years, Kerr has shown in roping, reining, working cow horse and cutting. His experience training mustangs into brave and talented trick horses led him to perform rodeo acts at rodeos across the country. His memorable “Good and broke limo” sees his horse sit in the passenger seat as Kerr exits the arena after a performance. His popularity garnered him awards such as 2017 PRCA Specialty Act of the Year, 2016 NFR Specialty Act and 2012 Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover Champion and Fan Favorite. Career highlights include: 1997 founded the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, 2020 Extreme Mustang Makeover Champion, 2020 Mustang Magic Celebrity Freestyle Champion, 2x PRCA Specialty Act of the Year (2017, 2019), 2013 IPRA National Finals Rodeo Showcase Champion, 2012 Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover Champion and Fan Favorite. Also, a talented craftsman, Kerr has made metal signs, motorcycles and more with his son Cody. He has also produced several Texas Music concerts featuring the country's top music artists.
Charly Ligety is the Director of The Housing Innovation Collaborative (“HICo”), an action-oriented non-profit housing research and development platform based in Los Angeles, CA. HICo highlights the next generation of construction, finance, and policy solutions to address the housing affordability crisis. His recent work on rapid shelter solutions has been featured in national press and published with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Obrolan kali ini akan membahas mengenai Sheriff yang secara mengejutkan mengalahkan Real Madrid, duel PSG vs City, Messi yang akhirnya mencetak gol, Juventus yang bermain parkir bis secara efektif, dan masih banyak lagi pembahas menarik lainnya.
Martinez renting a 2 bedroom flat at Old Trafford for free! Is La Liga becoming a farmer's league?Kane giving Spurs more pain!
Museums are important. They're places where we can explore our heritage, and learn about culture, history and ideas in environments that foster conversations. Say the word, and palaces of civilization like The Met, Prado or Louvre often come to mind. In this episode, however, we'll criss cross the state of Texas to visit a few you've probably never heard of. Sites featured include The Billy The Kid Museum in Hico, The Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemarata in Austin, and Houston's Museum of Funeral History. www.billythekidmuseum.org www.mnae.org www.nmfh.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/evan-stern1/message
Buckle up because if Jimmy Bell is involved, it's gonna be a wild ride! We sat down with Jimmy to discuss what brought him to where he is today, at his gun shop, Texas Ordnance Depot in Hico, Texas. His story has many twists and turns, but ironically, he landed back full circle, only 3 miles down the road from where he was raised by his mom and grandfather, who he was named after.Jimmy doesn't only have his name in common with his grandfather, though. He also followed in his footsteps in joining the United States Marine Corps. Those footsteps led him to a deployment – boots on the ground during the Battle of Fallujah – as well as becoming part of the Second Force Recon, and HVT (High Value Targets) Task Force.In this episode, you'll learn about the guy who built his dream with his high school friend, Cody Kerr. You'll also learn about his time as a SilencerCo rep, and how every single experience led to his creation of Texas Ordnance Depot.Hico, Texas (between DFW and Austin) may sound unfamiliar, but Texas Ordnance Depot has put the town's name on the map. It features a gun range, shop, workshop, and even a room for classes in case you're looking to get your LTC (license to carry). The purpose of Texas Ordnance Depot is to cater to the modern gun owner – whether they're experienced, or they're looking to learn about firearm and suppressor ownership.As you can see, Jimmy is more than just the man behind the gun counter. Listen in to hear more.
Did Pat Garrett kill Billy the Kid? It was a moonlit night in Ft. Sumner, NM when history tells us that Sheriff Pat Garrett shot down the notorious outlaw Billy “the Kid”. Newspapers across the country quickly reported that the Kid was dead and Garrett quickly put the body in the ground. But rumors spread that the Kid had survived and the testimony of Garrett’s posse was contradictory about how, exactly, the shooting had gone down. Nevertheless, without evidence, the story of the heroic Sheriff stood for almost 70 years. Then, in 1950, an old man from Hico, TX petitioned the governor of New Mexico for a pardon for crimes he committed as Billy the Kid. No one took him seriously, and yet the old man was an exact match in physical characteristics and knew intimate details about the Kid’s life. He also knew details about the fateful shooting the night Garrett claimed to have shot him that had been erased by history. Details, for example, that Garrett had killed his very drunk bearded half-Mexican partner, a claim that has only recently been verified by modern research. It has been said that the living write history and not the dead, but when one returns from the dead, so to speak, that which was lost to history is restored. This is the true story of Billy the Kid, complete with new evidence that he lived to a ripe old age and died a free man. THE STORY In 1882 the notorious outlaw Jesse Evans, a childhood friend of Billy the Kid and a participant in the Lincoln County War, walked out of jail after serving a sentence for killing a Texas ranger. Jesse walked out of prison a free man and disappeared, never to be heard from again. Never, that is, until 1949 when Jesse came out of hiding after almost 60 years to claim an inheritance left to him by his brother. In the course of proving his identity to a court, Jesse told some amazing stories of his time when he was an outlaw but his biggest revelation of all was that his good friend Billy the Kid was still alive. Jesse led a young lawyer named William Morrison to an old man named not William H. Bonney but William H. Roberts who after some consideration finally agreed to come forward and reveal himself as Billy the Kid. He agreed to this on one condition- that the lawyer helps him obtain the pardon he was promised by the Governor but never received so he could die a free man. You see, Billy the Kid was still wanted for murder and was condemned to hang. To reveal himself was to risk arrest and death. This was a risk that William H. Roberts was willing to take. He sat down with Mr. Morrison and told his story. This book contains that story. It is the one true autobiography of Billy the Kid. A story that aside from some definite highlights and adventures that one would expect from the Kid, was remarkable normal and focused on his skill breaking horses as much or as more as his skill as a gunslinger. Billy the Kid was, in fact, just a gifted young cowhand who found himself juxtaposed against corrupt officials and lawmen at what became a key moment in American History. Before one dismisses Mr. Roberts it should be considered that 5 living acquaintances of Billy the Kid, aside from Mr. Evans who revealed him, were willing to sign legal affidavits that Mr. Roberts was the man they knew as Billy the Kid. Further, the new photographic comparison shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that they were the same man. Mr. Roberts' story became the inspiration for the opening scene in the hit movie "Young Guns II" starring Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid. Also, Consider that Pat Garrett was denied his reward for killing the kid for many months and that only a special act of the legislature allowed him to finally receive it. All of this and more is contained in this book. Thanks to Mr. Morrison each of us can now pull up a chair, sit down across from Billy the Kid, and listen as he shares his story. 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PRIMEIRA VERSÃO (1975)* Sei que estás em festa, pá Fico contente E enquanto estou ausente Guarda um cravo para mim Eu queria estar na festa, pá Com a tua gente E colher pessoalmente Uma flor do teu jardim Sei que há léguas a nos separar Tanto mar, tanto mar Sei também quanto é preciso, pá Navegar, navegar Lá faz primavera, pá Cá estou doente Manda urgentemente Algum cheirinho de alecrim SEGUNDA VERSÃO (1978)* Foi bonita a festa, pá Fiquei contente E inda guardo, renitente Um velho cravo para mim Já murcharam tua festa, pá Mas certamente Esqueceram uma semente Nalgum canto do jardim Sei que há léguas a nos separar Tanto mar, tanto mar Sei também quanto é preciso, pá Navegar, navegar Canta a primavera, pá Cá estou carente Manda novamente Algum cheirinho de alecrim
In our latest episode, we're live with Coach Randy Thornton, Athletic Director and Head Football Coach at Hico ISD. Coach shares the importance of understanding that each program is unique in the way they need to be coached. There can't be a one size fits all mentality when it comes to coaching. Coach shares the importance of focusing on the younger players and giving your older players the best opportunities to be successful as well. Coach shares some of his program's values such as being a man of your word because your character will follow. Key takeaways from this podcast: Say what you mean and mean what you say You've got to build that relationship before you can be a coach As a coach, you're no defined by the outcome Follow us on social: @2wordstv @FullCurlColton @MackeySpeaks YouTube: www.youtube.com/mackeyspeaks www.2words.tv
We know, we’re a day late, but.. *que the bells and whistles* The Hub team was launching The 2018 Boutique Awards!! And holy cow, our boutique members rallied their customers. We’ve had 100,000+ votes in less than 24 hours. The timing couldn’t be better this week, then to have on the show the reining 2017 Global Boutique of the Year - The Lace Cactus, and founder Kelsey Darby of Hico, Texas. This episode is near and dear to our hearts. Kelsey Darby started as a 19 year old single mom, blew up the boutique world, and hit rock bottom. She went from The top of the world, to wanting to completely give up, selling nearly everything she had, to back again and winning The 2017 Global Boutique in the same year. She is a woman on a mission, and her authenticity speaks for itself. Get the tissues ready, girl. She is speaking to us all. More about the 2018 Boutique Awards here: http://tbhub.co/tba For show notes & resources visit the episode webpage below or click here. Want more information on #BoutiqueChat? Visit www.theboutiquehub.com/boutiquechat *** Facebook: @boutiquehubashley Instagram: @boutiquehubbusiness & @ajalderson Join our community of retailers, brands, influencers, service providers and insiders: www.theboutiquehub.com/join
En este episodio hablamos sobre la entrega número 90 de los premios Óscar y una noche de discoteque. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Did Pat Garrett kill Billy the Kid? It was a moonlit night in Ft. Sumner, NM when history tells us that Sheriff Pat Garrett shot down the notorious outlaw Billy “the Kid”. Newspapers across the country quickly reported that the Kid was dead and Garrett quickly put the body in the ground. But rumors spread that the Kid had survived and the testimony of Garrett’s posse was contradictory about how, exactly, the shooting had gone down. Nevertheless, without evidence, the story of the heroic Sheriff stood for almost 70 years. Then, in 1950, an old man from Hico, TX petitioned the governor of New Mexico for a pardon for crimes he committed as Billy the Kid. No one took him seriously, and yet the old man was an exact match in physical characteristics and knew intimate details about the Kid’s life. He also knew details about the fateful shooting the night Garrett claimed to have shot him that had been erased by history. Details, for example, that Garrett had killed his very drunk bearded half-Mexican partner, a claim that has only recently been verified by modern research. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
NASA and the Naval Research Laboratory has put a powerful imaging system on the International Space Station that's aimed at long term, detailed imaging of ocean coasts
Part 2 covers the algorithms and processing of the data to produce ocean products including atmospheric correction, algorithms for both optically shallow (e.g. coral reefs) and optically deep (e.g. river plume) coastal environments. Example applications using airborne hyperspectral and HICO data are presented. Bibliography Corson, M. and C. O. Davis, 2011, “The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) provides a new view of the Coastal Ocean from the International Space Station,” AGU EOS, V. 92(19): 161‐162. Davis, C. O., J. Bowles, R. A. leathers, D. Korwan, T. V. Downes, W. A. Snyder, W. J. Rhea, W. Chen, J. Fisher, W. P. Bissett and R. A. Reisse, 2002, Ocean PHILLS hyperspectral imager: design, characterization, and calibration, Optics Express, 10(4): 210‐221. Davis, C. O., K. L. Carder, B‐C Gao, Z. P Lee and W. P. Bissett, 2006, The Development of Imaging Spectrometry of the Coastal Ocean, IEEE Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, V. 4: 1982‐1985. Gao, B‐C, M. J. Montes, C. O. Davis, and A. F.H. Goetz, 2009, Atmospheric correction algorithms for hyperspectral remote sensing data of land and ocean, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.015 Lee, Z‐P, B. Casey, R. Arnone, A. Weidemann1, R. Parsons, M. J. Montes, Bo‐Cai Gao, W. Goode, C. O. Davis, J. Dye, 2007, Water and bottom properties of a coastal environment derived from Hyperion data measured from the EO‐1 spacecraft platform, J. Appl. Remote Sensing, V. 1 (011502): 1‐16. R. L. Lucke, M. Corson, N. R. McGlothlin, S. D. Butcher, D. L. Wood, D. R. Korwan, R.‐R. Li, W. A. Snyder, C. O. Davis, and D. T. Chen, 2011, “The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO): Instrument Description and First Images,” Applied Optics, V. 50 (11): 1501‐1516 doi:10.1364/AO.50.001501 Mobley, C. D., L. K. Sundman, C. O. Davis, T. V. Downes, R. A. Leathers, M. J. Montes and J. H. Bowles, W. P. Bissett, D. D. R. Kohler, R. P. Reid, E. M. Louchard and A. Gleason, 2005, Interpretation of hyperspectral remote‐sensing imagery via spectrum matching and look‐up tables, Applied Optics, 44(17): 3576‐3592.
Part 1 covers the nature of hyperspectral imaging and the history of the development including airborne systems AVIRIS, PHILLS and the new PRISM, and the spaceborne HICO instrument on the International Space Station (http://hico.coas.oregonstate.edu). Calibration and characterization of the sensors and on‐orbit calibration is also covered. Bibliography Corson, M. and C. O. Davis, 2011, “The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) provides a new view of the Coastal Ocean from the International Space Station,” AGU EOS, V. 92(19): 161‐162. Davis, C. O., J. Bowles, R. A. leathers, D. Korwan, T. V. Downes, W. A. Snyder, W. J. Rhea, W. Chen, J. Fisher, W. P. Bissett and R. A. Reisse, 2002, Ocean PHILLS hyperspectral imager: design, characterization, and calibration, Optics Express, 10(4): 210‐221. Davis, C. O., K. L. Carder, B‐C Gao, Z. P Lee and W. P. Bissett, 2006, The Development of Imaging Spectrometry of the Coastal Ocean, IEEE Proceedings of the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, V. 4: 1982‐1985. Gao, B‐C, M. J. Montes, C. O. Davis, and A. F.H. Goetz, 2009, Atmospheric correction algorithms for hyperspectral remote sensing data of land and ocean, Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.12.015 Lee, Z‐P, B. Casey, R. Arnone, A. Weidemann1, R. Parsons, M. J. Montes, Bo‐Cai Gao, W. Goode, C. O. Davis, J. Dye, 2007, Water and bottom properties of a coastal environment derived from Hyperion data measured from the EO‐1 spacecraft platform, J. Appl. Remote Sensing, V. 1 (011502): 1‐16. R. L. Lucke, M. Corson, N. R. McGlothlin, S. D. Butcher, D. L. Wood, D. R. Korwan, R.‐R. Li, W. A. Snyder, C. O. Davis, and D. T. Chen, 2011, “The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO): Instrument Description and First Images,” Applied Optics, V. 50 (11): 1501‐1516 doi:10.1364/AO.50.001501 Mobley, C. D., L. K. Sundman, C. O. Davis, T. V. Downes, R. A. Leathers, M. J. Montes and J. H. Bowles, W. P. Bissett, D. D. R. Kohler, R. P. Reid, E. M. Louchard and A. Gleason, 2005, Interpretation of hyperspectral remote‐sensing imagery via spectrum matching and look‐up tables, Applied Optics, 44(17): 3576‐3592.
Gretchen and Tabitha are back with another Texas tale, and this case is certainly living up to the city's mantra: “Keep Austin Weird.” However, the story begins with a gravel racing competition in the tiny nearby town of Hico. “Kind of sounds like hymen. Not a good name for a town. I don't know why my brain is like that…” – Gretchen (7:38)Dartmouth graduate, engineer, and biker Anna Moriah “Mo” Wilson absolutely loved the cycling scene, so when she heard about this competition in Hico, she had to go. She knew many people in the biking community, of course, but it was no surprise that fellow cyclist and previous romantic interest Colin Strickland was there as well. Their short-lived fling was nothing out of the ordinary... Until she began to receive calls from an unknown number telling her to stay away from Colin.Colin's girlfriend, Kailtin Armstrong, had strong feelings about Colin's little romance with Mo, so she became the prime suspect after poor Mo was found dead in her friend's Austin home following an evening with Colin on May 11, 2022. And after incriminating evidence was found relating Kaitlin to the crime, she fled to Costa Rica…“Kaitlin… That is so predictable! That's where all those types of tapestry-hanging people go on vacation!” – Gretchen (32:46) The case is still awaiting trial, so hopefully Gretchen and Tabitha will have an update for you in 2023! In This Episode(0:48) Gretch and Tab gab about holiday germs, the Casey Anthony case, and HWTC content on YouTube(4:25) Introducing this week's case(15:00) Things take a turn after her and Colin's short-lived fling(21:58) May 11th Murder Mystery (25:34) The investigation ensues (31:43) Kaitlin Armstrong runs(36:53) Back in the U.S., Kaitlin awaits trial (42:00) If you're feeling up to it, leave us a review!Resources & LinksHWTC ContentWebsite: https://www.housewivesoftruecrime.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/housewivesoftruecrime/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/housewivesoftruecrime/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BFNwyu4KhFpSGdQXS6PzwTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@housewivesoftruecrimeThis Week's Promotions:https://higherdose.com/ – Use promo code “Clink”https://armoire.style/refer/clink/ – Get up to 50% off your first monthSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/housewives-of-true-crime/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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