Monday, October 26, 2009

Sorry MT. Poopular


Sorry are the words but as you know the time has come and I have to shred actual mountains now. I'm so excited about it I don't know what to think of it all. I'm used to the east coast were there is usually not much snow but here its like a winter paradise in the desert. Sorry MT.Poo Is going to have to wait until next year.

Snow!!!!!!


For all snowboarders alike the time has come winter is around the corner and this morning Cerrillos New Mexico got a taste. This small quite town hasn't seen the white fluff since mid April,today the change has come the fields filled with blankets of white the rooftops submerged in white cream and above all the horse pen is filled with white dumps. May I say it one more time............ the time has come!

Friday, October 23, 2009

The Cave..........Duh Duh Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Among the many cool things around my house I have a mountain. To me this is a very special mountain I can go collect my thoughts there I could take a short hike or study the cave.....duh duh duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Actually its not really deep and scary but it does have a fire pit in it which im sure is pretty old since it is the same stone as the ruins. Also it has some dates and names in it which makes me come to a conclusion that it was primarily used by setlers with dates like 1880 and names like Max. I dont think very many Indians were named Max. These are the pictures I took and I threw water on the dates and names so they would come out better but dont worry I didnt hurt them.

Petroglyphs





Among old Settlers in the 1800s way before that Indians lived here and they left a trace behind with petroglyphs, petroglyphs are marking made in stone or rock. They usually tell a history because people try to document their lifestyle, but back in the day rock and stone is all the had im not to sure what these mean but obviously the horse means they were using horses or something like that. Well Enjoy!

Ortiz




Hmmmmm I'm not sure but I think that is how you spell the name of the ghost town I live in. Yeah that's right I said ghost town, back in the 1800s the Gallisteo basin was inhabited by this little town called Ortiz. A lot of the ruins are actually on my ranch. I've heard that the settlers that tried to live here had a pretty touf go because the indians would come through and slaughter them. Sounds prety brutal but i guess thats how it was back then, kill or be killed right? Maybe not anyways just thought it would be cool to share my little knowlege on the whole scene.

Friday, October 16, 2009

The Burner





I was recently in Angel Fire, New Mexico for a big mountain bike race. I actually was not racing but my dad and his friend were. The Race was 12 straight hours of hardcore downhill trails. Fortunately I still helped by being the one man pit crew, doing mechanics such a s bleeding brakes or helping with lighting mounts. Although we didn't place first are team Nova Gang placed third from last oh yeah, it was all in a days work. Also since the event was sponsored by Redbull energy drink I got all the free Redbull I wanted it was a dream come true. In conclusion it was a hardcore blast.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

I Think Im SICK


The tea,tissues,emergen-c,and cheez its, I think this is a sign of a cold. My dad came home with a cold a couple of days ago and thats what seems to be the culprit. I woke up with a runny nose and a little weezy. I said to myself "hmmmm if I want to go mountain biking this weekend I guess I shouldnt be sick". So for today I am simply going to reach the ultimatom of not being sick in my sick person grounds. Wish me luck..............please.

Monday, October 5, 2009

The Great Bob Dylan


Since my name is Dylan Murphy and I'm pretty sure my parents named me after Bob Dylan. I would have to say this is a pretty appropriate article to write about and he is a god of folk singing, but really does anyone understand what he is saying I mean on part in a verse he says " as pointed threats they bluff with scorn suicide remocsatorn from the fools gold mouth peace to the hollow horn he plays the wasted words blues to worn he not busy being born as busy dieing". Wow is all I can say to that if someone can analyze this and tell me what it means then you are a amazing. Personally I like his music its just very weird. I think its pretty cool that when he performed back in the sixties he left such an impact that people still listen to his music now. Bottom line he was a very gifted person and I think its pretty sweet that I'm named after him.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Murphy the Survivor Dog


Murphy, My dog that has the heart of a lion, The brains of a sophisticated monkey, and the agility of a mountain goat. This dog has been through a lot, I first adopted Murphy at a local animal shelter. The officials at the shelter said that the original owners left him tied up on the fence one night. I felt so bad and he was just to cool to not have in my family. I am originally from Connecticut so this is were I originally got Murphy. He was a bit of a trouble dog always ending up in the pound for running away and such. One weekend I went snow boarding with my dad and step mom and heard the news that my dog had been run over. I was crushed inside and thought he was dead, it turns out that the car broke his leg so hard he had a compound fracture and had to have skin graphs, at least it didn't kill him. Since this was in the process of me moving to Virginia with my dad and step mom we were able to get Murphy the surgery and take him with me. Still the dog continued to run away but not to far only to the neighbors house or so. When we moved out here to New Mexico I was afraid he was going to get eaten by a coyote. Well Murphy just learned that simple life on a ranch is quite great so no longer does he go on his little expeditions, he has turned into quite the ranch dog taking naps in the hay or going on long hikes with me as you can see in this picture he is relaxing from the steady climb to the top of my backyard mountain. Long story short this dog is a survivor, a great companion, and one of my best friends.

The Great wall of Graffiti


Some people have obsessions, my personal obsession is snowboarding, for some others it's forms of art. Today I discovered the form of art, graffiti or tagging at its finest. There were tags that were more interesting then others my personal favorite the green and white letters, it is very hard to make out what the artist tried to spell. I wonder were they practice and how they know about this little spot under the railroad it makes me wonder if its anyone in they neighborhood. Anyways whoever it was is pretty good.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

New Mexican Shredding


We all know that winter is coming but for some snowboarders like myself I just cant wait. Since I live on a ranch there's lots of chores to be done. One of mine are cleaning out the horse pens. One day I was pretty bored and put the two and two together. Think about it a big mound of poo and the urge to be snowboarding as you can see I had a little fun with MT. Poopular and busted out some old tricks hope you enjoy.