International Rodeo

I found an article through rodeoattitude.com that was an international article about young kids in secondary schools competing in rodeos in Australia and New Zealand. Bring on the cowboys describes a stock contractor letting some kids practice on bucking stock before a rodeo that will pit them against other schools in the area. I think this is great. Many rodeo champions come to the United States from other countries, including Australia. While I attended Western Texas College, my first year saw 4 cowboys from Canada and 5 from Australia. Half of them made it to the college finals that year. The next year we switched some cowboys out and still more made the finals that year. A few of the cowboys that I attended junior college with have made it all the way to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, NV. This shows that rodeo is a far reaching sport that crosses international lines, and is good for the world as a whole.