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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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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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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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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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Kollin Vonahn and Five
Iowa is better known for its cornfields than it is its cowboys.
Nonetheless, team roping's phenomenal growth over the past 15 years has even
made inroads in the Midwest.
Kollin VonAhn, the 2005 College National Finals Rodeo heeling
champion, grew up in Sac City, Iowa, among the first... | read »
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A New Calf Rope From the Rope Shop
The Rope Shop is introducing a new calf rope, the SYNGRASS Synthetic Manila tie-down rope. According to the makers, SYNGRASS has that old-time Manila feel and performance in a modern engineered synthetic rope with less stretch than any rope on the market. "All the polygrass is made in Portugal,"... | read »
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Setting the Standard
On the rodeo road, people are polite. It's one of the values that
draws fans to the sport and keeps people involved in the lifestyle. Sure, no one
out there is perfect and no one rodeoing is beyond reproach in every interaction
they have. But by and large, there's a polite, respectful... | read »
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Legends Never Die
None of us who knew Lane Frost--or even those who only wish they
had--will ever forget him. Lane left a mark in rodeo's record books and all our
memory banks that will not fade in any of our lifetimes. He was truly that
special.
Lane had the charisma of Elvis, and he didn't reserve his... | read »
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Murphy Wins Toughest Cowboy Title
After eight weeks on the Toughest Cowboy Series, Bandy Murphy
emerged as the best three-event roughstock cowboy, winning the 2009 Toughest
Cowboy title and the deed to a 40-acre parcel in the Rocky Mountains outside
Laramie, Wyoming.
After an eight-week elimination-style season, the final... | read »
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