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Rodeo: News
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Caught in the Crossfire
The history of the crossfire rule (first examined by Denny Gentry
in the June 2004 issue of Spin To Win
Rodeo) has no single root cause, but several important events that
lead to its establishment. In the early 1970s, 11-year-old Sterling Price and
12-year-old Wes Smith beat the PRCA ropers... | read »
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David Key and Rich Skelton Win Big Over the Fourth
Despite the death of his son, Riley, on June 27, David Key and his
partner Rich Skelton kept their Fourth of July Cowboy Christmas schedule, and
came out of the richest weekend slate of regular-season rodeos as the
top-earning team ropers, with $16,914 each.
"I thought that it would be... | read »
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Cactus and Wrangler Launch New Rope
Wrangler--the leading western apparel brand--together with Cactus
Ropes--the number one rope manufacturer in the business--announced a partnership
to launch a new line of poly-enhanced, twisted nylon ropes suitable for every
three- and four-strand enthusiast.
The new 20X (three-strand) and... | read »
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Young Guns Blasingame and Borrego Win in Redding
If you're only vaguely aware of team ropers Ty Blasingame and J.W.
Borrego, don't fault yourself. These two youngsters (25 and 26 years old,
respectively) haven't taken the rodeo world by storm. While both their families
have ranching and rodeo roots, they're not legacy ropers--the kind who... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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Mitchell and Motes Make BFI Magic
Team Roping Classic was full of firsts for Caleb Mitchell. First
time entering the BFI. First time roping with Ryan Motes. First time winning the
richest one-day open roping in the world, which in 2009 was worth more than
$700,000 in cash and prizes.
What wasn't new was the heckling and... | read »
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Carrying the Torch
On the surface, Ryan VonAhn and Trevor Connolly couldn't be much
different. The former grew up in a roping family and the latter brought rodeo
into his. VonAhn, the header, is a talkative sophomore, made his way to
Southeastern Oklahoma State in Durant after growing up in Sac City, Iowa.... | read »
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Reno Stars
Travis Tryan and Michael Jones are perennial favorites for the world
title. They are, in many ways, in the prime of their careers. At 28 and 30 years
old, respectively, they have rodeoed enough to understand all the intricacies of
every arena they compete in, yet they are young enough to... | read »
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Brown and Davis Dominate Crawfish Open
One of the biggest draws of the annual Crawfish Open produced by
Tyler Magnus is the heaping plates of crawfish that team ropers can inhale
between runs while live music floats over from the bank of the nearby Llano
River.
But an arena-drenching downpour on the scheduled weekend forced... | read »
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Philipp, Cooper Take on Windy Ryon
Twenty-one-year-old Shane Philipp, with Jim Cooper on the heel
end, bested veteran headers David Key, Charles Pogue, Tee Woolman and Trevor
Brazile (in that order) to win the 36th Annual Windy Ryon Memorial Roping in
Saginaw, Texas over Memorial Day weekend.
The festivities, which generated... | read »
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Rodeo: News
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The Spin to Win Rodeo World Series Open
As the country's only independent, nationally distributed team
roping and rodeo magazine, Spin To Win Rodeo has historically not been
involved in event sponsorship. While we've proudly partnered with other
associations--we've never "sponsored" an actual event.
We've always stood apart from... | read »
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