No Spin Rodeo

It’s a rodeo. It’s a concert. It’s a Western experience festival. Hondo Rodeo Fest CEO James Trawick tells us how The Hondo is capturing new rodeo fans and why the likes of Stetson Wright and Riley Webb will show up to play two weeks before the NFR.

NFR GM Allen Rheinheimer takes us backstage and behind the scenes at the Super Bowl of Rodeo, where every entertainment detail is part of the plan.

A welcomed, wide open conversation with PRCA Director of Rodeo Administration Steve Knowles. To his credit, no questions were off limits and his answers were candid.

A timely conversation with NFR pickup man and Pendleton Round-Up chute boss Billy Ward on all things cowboy on the heels of the announcement that Pendleton and Salinas are the inaugural recipients of the Rodeo Legacy Award at the National Rodeo Hall of Fame in OKC. We also share some scoop on major movement, new deals and rules at PRCA HQ.

After a solid month on the rodeo road, Kendra and Tommy Joe tackle (and at times wrestle over) everything from whether or not roughstock buck order impacts the outcome to some rodeos shifting away from cowboy-friendly formats, how top-loaded payoffs affect contestants’ bottom lines and more.