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RL: What is the life of a professional cowboy like? RL: What are some of the hardships of rodeo that you
TE: We joke around with people all the time saying that we are have faced and how did you get through them?
professional truck drivers that throw steers down for a living. We TE: Some of the hardships, like I mentioned, is being away from A New Approach to Joint Health.
travel a lot and put a lot of miles in just to follow our dreams and to your family. I would say that’s the hardest to deal with. Some of
get to the next rodeo. my family I’m away from for nine months out of the year. I feel like
that is one of the biggest hardships rodeoing. That’s just one of the
RL: How do you keep yourself entertained on the road? sacrifices you have to make to make a living rodeoing and live this
TE: I have some pretty entertaining traveling partners. We’re always way of life.
laughing and having a good time. It’s fun, I travel with some great
guys. Being able to travel with the guys that I do helps me stay at RL: Do you have any advice for anyone who is facing those
the top of my game. hardships for the first time and how to get through them?
TE: You can’t let the hard times affect you too hard. You have to have
RL: With being on the road a lot, how do you find a healthy muscle memory, and a lot of people say that, and it is way harder said
balance between professional and family commitments? than done. When you don’t do good at one round or rodeo it’s tough
TE: It’s tough. I think one thing that helps is that my wife trains to get through the next one because that’s all you are thinking about
horses for a living, so when it’s time to go to Texas for all of the – but you have to be able to let that go for the next round or rodeo Manna Pro® is a Proud Sponsor of :
indoor building she is able to travel down there. We have a lot of and try your best and try to win as much as you can.
friends there and she’s able to train horses in the same area that
I’m in rodeoing. I’m definitely blessed that I don’t have to go four RL: What advice do you have for any future Steer Wrestlers
months without seeing my wife where lots of people aren’t. I’m able looking to pursue a professional career in rodeo? NFR Steer Wrestling Quali er
to get back up to Montana to see the rest of my family in May and TE: The best advice I could give to future Steer Wrestlers is to
November. It works out. ride the best horse you can and to take your pride out of it and
not always ride your own horse everywhere if that’s not going to best of luck!
RL: Are runs different when you are competing for big payouts? give you the best chance at winning. Ride the best horse you can
How do you stay mentally focused when a big check is on the line? everywhere you can.
TE: I try to not let the payouts of the rodeos affect me as much as I
can. I usually try to have a goal every time I run one, and that goal RL: Is there anything about Steer Wrestling or the
differs every time I run one, but whatever that goal is of time is all rodeo industry that you would like people to know?
I try to think about when I’m backing in the box. I think that’s been TE: I think there’s definitely some misconceptions about Steer
able to help me take some of the pressure and nerves off. Wrestling. It’s very typical for people to think that all Steer Wrestling
horses are crazy and are just runoffs. We really care about our
RL: What attributes does a cowboy have to have to be successful in horses and want to get them broke. I feel like they are well trained
the rodeo industry? animals just like in Calf Roping and Team Roping.
TE: I think you have to have a lot of honesty, integrity and grit to be
a cowboy and survive the rodeo way of life.

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