Monthly Archives: November 2023

If you happen to be behind the bucking chutes at a Texas high school rodeo, you may just come across a singing jokester who happens to be one of the top saddle bronc riders in the state. Jase Stout, from Decatur, Texas, has made a name for himself over the past three years._x000D_ Jase started  Continue Reading »

Pickup man Randy Britton has 154 performances under his belt and thousands of miles on his odometer from the 2023 rodeo season alone. Working for Cervi Championship Rodeo since 2012 has kept the Kiowa, Colorado cowboy involved in the sport that hooked him from boyhood._x000D_ “I started rodeoing when I was 12 or so. Me  Continue Reading »

[“Ryan Rouse is the western sports manager for Community Coffee and my family has known the Rouses for a long time.,” said Riley Webb, now a 2x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier in the tie-down roping. “We have always been close, but the Community Coffee Team is one big family, so it made sense to  Continue Reading »

[ “Never did I think I would be that caliber of cowboy to be inducted into the hall of fame.” ]_x000D_ _x000D_ “I think I was just cut out to be a bareback rider. I love that event and the attitude it took to be a bareback rider. And a bunch of my lifetime heroes  Continue Reading »

[ “I will always have bucking horses in my life. I can’t imagine my life without them.” ]_x000D_ _x000D_ “Rodeo is my passion,” said Kirsten Vold, who has continued her father’s (Harry Vold) legacy as a stock contractor. “Rodeo has fed me, given me a college education, and allowed me to be part of a  Continue Reading »

[ “If you never give up you cannot be beaten” – Keith Maddox ]_x000D_ _x000D_ I went to the home of American Hat in 2015, in Bowie, Texas, and spent several hours visiting with Andre Trevino, the factory manager, and a few days gathering information on the story behind the company. To hear company president  Continue Reading »

The cowboy who set the gold standard for PRCA bareback riders has called it a career. _x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_ Kaycee Feild, who has won a record six PRCA Bareback Riding World Championships (2011-14, 2020-21), confirmed to the ProRodeo Sports News that he’s retiring. _x000D_ _x000D_  _x000D_ _x000D_ “Man, it’s actually kind of a weight lifted off  Continue Reading »

Kim Thomas has been a horse trainer most of her life. Her business savvy and horsemanship skills have carried her to compete in the Barrel Futurities of America World Championship, the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo, serve on the WPRA board, and teach clinics in the United States and abroad._x000D_ While she now calls Noble,  Continue Reading »

Community Coffee strives to serve with consistency, integrity and excellence. This is only one aspect 7x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Coleman Proctor loves about the family-owned brand._x000D_ “They keep the freshness coming to you,” said the 38-year-old from Pryor, Oklahoma. “Having fresh coffee is something that us rodeo guys, particularly, can appreciate._x000D_ “We [rodeo  Continue Reading »

[ Pro rodeo cowboy-turned-cartoonist entertains with “Earl” cartoons about the western way of life ]_x000D_ _x000D_ Wally Badgett was a ranch kid-turned rodeo cowboy, then deputy sheriff -turned cartoonist._x000D_ And through it all, he’s had a sense of humor._x000D_ The Miles City, Montana man was born in 1952 on a ranch 75 miles south of  Continue Reading »