A Saddle Bronc Ride at Tsuut’ina
The 50th anniversary Tsuut’ina Nation INFR Tour Rodeo is underway this weekend. It’s easily my favorite rodeo to photograph every year. I was along the rails for the Friday evening performance last night. One cowboy stopped for a quick chat and when I was reviewing the day’s images, found that I had a few good shots of his Saddle Bronc ride.
Marvin Young from Maskwacis, Alberta was the cowboy and these are shots from his full time ride on the day. Well done Marvin! Look forward to seeing you out there again this weekend.
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Saddle Bronc Finals at the Tsuu T’ina Rodeo
The Saddle Bronc was a great event to watch at this year’s Tsuu T’ina Rodeo. The goal is to hang on for 8 seconds during a torturous ride that often finds the horse whipping the cowboy around like a rag doll tied to a rocket. Here are a few images from the finals on July 26th.
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Tsuu T’ina Nation Tour Rodeo Finals
This weekend was the 41st annual Tsuu T’ina Nation’s Rodeo which draws First Nation people born to the saddle from all over North America. The rodeo is held at the Redwood Meadows Arena which just across Highway 22 from my home. This is one of my favourite rodeos and it was great to be able to be on the rails for the last day.
It was an afternoon that started with sun which gave way to heavy, heavy rain and ended with high clouds towards the end of the night. Dynamic photographic opportunities came with the changing weather which was great for me. Weather doesn’t make too much difference for the people or for the animals – they are all ready to go no matter what is going on above. I have a stack of photographs to look at, and will share more soon, but wanted to get out this first image of one of the high-flying bull riders from a great afternoon in the Bragg Creek area.
