COPPERHEAD ROAD

Once again it has been a while since I have blogged. Once again, this college stuff has me very busy! The last two weekends I have gone home for several different reasons. Two weeks ago I went home for the local PRCA Rodeo and to have a good time with friends. I got to see my best friend, my family, and a lot of other really great friends. I had a blast and I really enjoyed the weekend. This last weekend I went home to take care of the animals because my parents were in Dallas for the Iron Man PBR Challenge, which I must say was pretty awesome. We had an amazing set of bulls that performed at excellent!!! I was so proud of the bulls. Some of the bulls out were: Big Tex, Smackdown, Bring It, The Situation, Mellow Yellow Jacket, and Yellow Jacket Junior. Needless to say, this pen brought their A GAME!!!
Today I got some pretty sad news that one of the bulls that put us on the map Copperhead Slinger, passed away. He hadn't bucked since late 2009 due to infection, but it was a very sad day and hard to let him go. You know that your bulls are like family when you get a phone call saying one of them has passed and you start crying. Copperhead had such a great personality, I have a few videos of him just playing around at home that I will try to find and post. Here are a few pictures. (Also once I get the charger back for my Mac Book I will post a few more pictures of Copperhead and I that we took for my senior pictures!)
This weekend I will  just be hanging around college town and spending time with some friends. My roommates dad has a saddle bronc school here this weekend so we will be helping out at that.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Austin Meier on Big Tex!

This is Copperhead Slinger and myself just messing around. His favorite time was feeding, when he would finish he would flip his bucket over with his mouth!

Stay Classy, Rapid City

I do not even know where to start, but lets just say.....I experienced one of the top 10 weekend of my life this last weekend. My friends and I took a trip to Rapidy City, SD for the Black Hills Stock Show, and let me tell you, IT WAS AWESOME!!! From the time we got into the vehicle to head there, until the time we got home, it was a great trip. We went to two performances of the rodeo, checked out the trade show, & we did a little drinking.
I've come to realize that the friends I had in high school, were the friends I had in high school for a reason. I now realize the friends I have in college are friends for life and would do anything for you. My roomate and I spent most of our trip with our group of about seven boys and I cant even explain how good they were to us. Making sure we had what we needed, giving us time to get ready, calling us to check and see that we were okay. It was really great of them and Jor and I sure appreciated it. There was never a dull momemnt on our trip and I think I laughed the whole time, until I lost my cellphone!!!:( Turns out it was in the bleachers AMEN!!!
There's so much about this trip I would love to share, but it would take up about 5 pages!!!

Lets just say we did a lot of laughing, dancing, singing, & drinking!


Have a wonderful day everyone!
Pictures to come soon! ;)

Out with the Old, In with the New....fan or not?

So the hot topic in the bull riding world right now it, the new format, the new voices, & the new everything to do with the PBR. I have done a lot of reading on the blog comments and all over facebook and twitter and it seems as though the fans are not huge FANS of this new production. If you have not realized, the format is totally different, they have added several new elements to the production that they are still working on. I have not decided yet if I am a fan of it, but I do know I don't like the wired feature because you can barley hear the riders talking and it is kind of pointless.
On the other hand they have replaced Justin McKee & Leah Garcia with Ty Murray and Erin Coscarelli. Now of course I believe Justin McKee did a fabulous job and was a great voice for the PBR, but Ty Murray always brings a whole lot of knowledge on more than just the bulls, but the riders and what they need to work on. Many of you have read that Erin is from Los Angeles and did not grow up in the rodeo scene, but several of you have forgotten that Leah did not either. Many fans have just recently started following over the last few years and you may not know that Leah once started exactly where Erin did and let me tell you, it is not an easy job. It takes time to learn about the sport, the riders, and the bulls, it can't happen over night. I really think everyone should give her a chance and let her see what she can do before you really put her down and say such harsh things. The job that her and many other sports broadcasters do is something I have wanted to do for a very long time and I know that my first few months wouldn't be perfect. Yes, I have the knowledge, I know all the guys, and the bulls, but that doesn't mean it would be easy!
I feel that the PBR has changed a lot in just the past year not only in production. They have changed the sport of bull riding in to something I'm not to sure if I like. This weekend is Portland, Oregon PBR and our bulls will not be headed that way, it seems as though there are some more important people who have to take bulls even though we are veterans in the business and the bulls usually always show up to perform. The bulls will be out next weekend in Oklahoma City. Good luck to all the boys, bulls, & crew headed for Portland.
Also, don't forget the PBR road crew who is traveling this week through heavy snow storms. I have talked to a few of the guys and they said it sure is cold and hard to drive through, but they are all about making it to the next stop and putting on another great event!


I'm headed to Rapid City, SD this weekend for the Black Hills stock show to have a great time with some friends and to watch some bulls and check out the talent! I think it's going to be a great time and who knows, maybe I'll find me a good bull!


Have a great week everybody and stay warm!!!