Tag: First Frontier Circuit

Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo

I attended the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo Championship in September. I was excited. I have wanted to attend for years but could never quite coordinate the trip to California or Texas. The championship falls usually on my young cowboy’s birthday weekend and we do other things. But this year with a little planning I was…

March 18, 2020
On Being a Fan in the Fight For Champions

This week the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Association instituted some changes in their Bylaws that will essentially end the memberships of many past and present world champions. World Champions like Luke Branquihno, Clay Tryan, Trevor Brazile, Jade Corkill, Tuf Cooper will not be allowed membership to the PRCA for the 2016 season because they have founding…

September 25, 2015
Summer is Here So Let’s Rodeo….

Summer is here and rodeo is in full swing. I consider myself lucky for a city dweller that I can see a rodeo every weekend within a 40 minute drive and lots of other special rodeo events nearby. Ok, so this may not be Texas where you can see a rodeo everyday, but I’ll take…

July 8, 2015
On Being a Champion…With Mike Adams

For those of you who do not know me yet, I am a rodeo loving, boot wearing, horse riding cowgirl from Philadelphia. I have never lived in the south. Although my lifestyle and hobbies have people convinced that I actually came from the south. When in reality I was born in Montreal. My brother and his…

April 23, 2015
Becoming a Cowboy?

There are thousands of professional rodeo athletes competing on a professional, semi-pro, and amateur level all over the country. In my part of the country there are hundreds at least. I spend my summers watching these young men and women rope and ride. Some do it in hopes of moving on to the First Frontier…

April 5, 2015
Yes We Rodeo Big In The North…

In the world of Rodeo there are hundreds of rodeos weekly. Probably the largest sanctioning organization is the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association, known as the PRCA. There are several layers encompassing thousands of official card holding members. This week the Ram Circuit Finals Rodeo is happening in Kissimmee Florida. The Ram Circuit is composed of…

March 26, 2015