Yearly Archives: 2023

The first armless pilot will be the grand Marshal of the 2023 Rodeo Parade on February 23rd.  Jessica Cox has been named the Grand Marshal for the 98th Tucson Rodeo Parade.  Jessica Cox is known for becoming the world’s first armless pilot and is building The Impossible Airplane.  The Impossible Airplane will be the first  Continue Reading »

  James (Jim) Floyd Svoboda, Jr. was born November 8th, 1934 at Ord Nebraska, and passed February 19th, 2023 at the age of 88. The cause of death was inoperable stomach complications/perforation which were exacerbated by a longstanding unrecognized rodeo injury. He passed comfortably at peace with his wife and family at his side thanks  Continue Reading »

Cindy Schonholtz will join the Rooftop Rodeo team as the new Rodeo Coordinator. Cindy is a Rodeo Management Consultant offering expertise in management, marketing, media relations, event planning and budgeting to various rodeos. In addition to joining the Team in Estes Park, she serves as the General Manager of the Redding Rodeo in Redding, California.  Continue Reading »

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Feb. 4, 2023)—The $1.2 million FWSSR ProRodeo Tournament came to a rousing close on Saturday, February 4, in Dickies Arena. No one was more excited to win their first championships at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo than bareback rider Rocker Steiner and barrel racer Jackie Ganter. Steiner, who calls  Continue Reading »

Celebrated entertainer will officially retire from his entertainer role at PBR World Finals in Fort Worth, May 12-21 Pueblo, Colo. (February 2, 2023) – Flint Rasmussen, the official entertainer of PBR since 2006, has announced he will retire from his on-the-dirt role at the end of the 2023 Unleash The Beast season. Rasmussen will join  Continue Reading »

  CHARLES “BUD” TOWNSEND, age 93, of Canyon, Texas, passed away January 21, 2023. He was born November 5, 1929 in Nocona, Texas and grew up on his grandfather’s farm.  In his youth he and his friends rode steers but he only won 2nd one time.  His rodeo competition was brief.   Bud enjoyed mimicking the  Continue Reading »

AUSTIN, TEXAS— Rodeo Logistics today announced that they have acquired the IPRA (International Professional Rodeo Association). The acquisition brings together two companies that share a passion for expanding the sport of rodeo and improving rodeo athlete’s lives through innovation and long-term thinking. Over the past 65 years, the IPRA has become the sport’s second-largest professional  Continue Reading »

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 28, 2023)—No one had more success in Bracket 5 of the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s ProRodeo Tournament than Kade Bruno of Challis, Idaho. The saddle bronc rider is coming off his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification where he finished the 2022 season in 11th place. He’s already  Continue Reading »

FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 25, 2023)—There are several reasons that the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) was selected as the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s Large Indoor Rodeo of the Year, and one of those is the animals. The rodeo also received the 2022 Remuda Award because of the livestock that was featured in  Continue Reading »

  FORT WORTH, Texas (Jan. 23, 2023) The fourth performance of the 15-day, $1.2 million Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo (FWSSR) ProRodeo Tournament started with a record-setting performance in the bareback riding. Kaycee Feild of Genola, Utah, the six-time world champion, has won the signature square bareback riding trophy buckle as the champion of  Continue Reading »