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Re: [OM] The Emergency Rodeo

Subject: Re: [OM] The Emergency Rodeo
From: Rick Beckrich <rbeckrich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 10:52:29 -0400
TERRIFIC!
That's an unbelievable shot.
Great job!

On Sep 28, 2015 10:20 AM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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