Ian Dille

5 days ago | redbull.com | Ian Dille

The Cowboy Ninja wears a black hat, brown work boots and blue jeans. Running through the soft dirt spread across the arena floor at the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas, he leads a reporter through four obstacles being tested in the lead- up to a new, one-of-a-kind event called Red Bull Rancher Strong. A fitness and agility challenge designed to celebrate and test the folks who produce our food, Rancher Strong is part American Ninja Warrior, part CrossFit Games—and all country.

Jan 28, 2025 | texashighways.com | Ian Dille |Tyson Bird

Standing amid the head-high dirt jumps at 9th Street, my 3-year-old son, August, and I peered up into the dense tree canopy as trains of BMX riders soared through the air, propelling themselves from one jump to the next without even pedaling—turning bike riding into performance art. We were in the heart of Austin for the 2017 annual Halloween Jam at the 9th Street bike park.

Oct 22, 2024 | texashighways.com | Ian Dille |Tyson Bird

To most Texans, hospitality extends beyond one’s own home. Just ask JeriLynne Clifford, a hospitality expert known as the Hill Country Bon Vivant. In 2023, Clifford and her husband were vacationing in Italy when lightning struck and burned down their Fredericksburg home.

May 23, 2024 | bicycling.com | Ian Dille

The crash occurred on September 25, 2021, the first crisp day of fall after a hot Texas summer. Claudius Galo intended to ride a hundred miles or more that morning. “There was a chill in the air. It felt so good. The energy was high,” he recalls of the small group that gathered to ride with him. Galo had moved to the Houston area from Rio de Janeiro, about 14 years prior.

Feb 26, 2024 | outsideonline.com | Ian Dille

Heading out the door? Read this article on the Outside app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . Pizza. At an Italian restaurant in a strip mall just outside an idyllic town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, seven teenage mountain-bike racers and two coaches crowd around a table. It was a busy Saturday in May 2022 at Virginia’s interscholastic mountain-biking series, known as VAHS.