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Re: [OM] The Emergency Rodeo

Subject: Re: [OM] The Emergency Rodeo
From: David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 08:39:17 -0700
Thankee, kindly, good Sir!

David.

> That is one wild ride, David.  Your timing was great.  That should be a
> prize-winning image. :-)
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 9/28/2015 9:00 AM, David Young wrote:
>> Good Morning, all!
>>
>> I've been absent from the list for a while ... traveling, etc. Nice to be 
>> back.
>>
>> In the next valley over, there is the small town of Falkland, BC.  A town of 
>> about 250 souls, who put on one of the best and longest running (come 
>> spring, 98 years, without interruption), rodeos in Canada, every May 
>> long-weekend.
>>
>> Thus summer, the roof on their community center failed and they needed to 
>> raise money to have it replaced before winter.  So, they did what they do 
>> best ... last Saturday, they staged an "emergency rodeo".  Actually, they 
>> called the "Raising the Roof" rodeo, but that's beside the point.
>>
>> Turnout was small, with perhaps 500 to 600 spectators ... down from the 
>> usual 3,000 or so, in the spring. So the ability to go anywhere and get a 
>> good shot was excellent.
>>
>> All the best cowboys turned up, because it was a "sanctioned" (BCRA) rodeo.  
>> And being so late in the season (after the BC finals had been held), it was 
>> classed as the first rodeo of the 2016 season!  (Nothing like an early 
>> start!)
>>
>> They added an event I'd heard of, but never before seen.  The "Ranch-Hand 
>> Ride".  It is open to ranch-hands....  working cowboys who normally do not 
>> participate in rodeos. They bring their every-day working saddle and put it 
>> on a bucking bronc.  (This is why you'll see ropes in the photos ... 
>> something not permitted in "normal" rodeo bronc riding.  (If bronc riding 
>> can ever be considered "normal".)
>>
>> The main difference, is that a "regular" bronc rider must ride with one hand 
>> free.  The 'ranch-hands' cannot hold on to the saddle, but they can hold on 
>> to their rope, which is secured through what they call a "night latch" on 
>> the saddle.
>>
>> This one chap amazed me.  It's rare, but over my many years of shooting 
>> rodeos,  I've seen the odd horse buck before it gets out of the chute ... 
>> but never like this.
>>
>> More importantly, when it has happened, the rider invariably falls off.  
>> When you look at the photo, you'll see why. The fear, of course, is that the 
>> rider will fall off, and the horse will fall, pinning him to the steel rails.
>>
>> This ranch-hand not only stayed on, but went on to complete his 8 second 
>> ride ... one of the few "qualified" rides of the day!  Frankly, I think he 
>> should turn "pro"!
>>
>> Despite appearances, neither the horse, nor rider, were hurt in any way. 
>> Something that cannot be said of some of the other riders.
>>
>> http://www.furnfeather.net/Look/Wild-Ride.html
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> David.
>>
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