It definitely could have been a better weekend--on part anyway.
I got two bulls down and got some points, but it seemed like when I really needed to stay on it didn't work out for me. Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes.
The key is to just forget about it. It doesn't matter if I would have won the event this weekend because next weekend it's over. Luke rode extremely well this weekend, but whenever he shows up next weekend it's not going to matter how much money he won, how bulls he rode or how many points he was. That's over with.
It's the same on my part. Next weekend it's not going to matter to me or to anybody else. If I fell off every one of my bulls or if I rode every one of my bulls I'm just going to have to go do the same thing over and over again and be consistent.
Well, to tell you the truth, it's a lot easier for me to sit here and tell you how to do it then it is for me to actually do it. It's a lot easier said than done and it's a lot easier to do when you have been staying on your bulls.
This week I'm going to get on as many bulls as I possibly can and hopefully by the time I get done getting on bulls I'll be feeling so confident in myself and my abilities that it won't matter what happens this weekend.
I'm going to fly out Thursday morning to go to San Francisco for the Challenger event – hopefully do pretty good out there and build my confidence up – then I'll fly into Omaha and hopefully have a good show there.
I'm just hoping to have so much fun riding bulls this week that I forget all about not doing good last weekend, not worry about the pressures of being a rookie or worrying about what people think. I just want to go back to having fun and just letting things happen.
Great to have you on the blog. It really helps all us fans gain a better understanding and appreciation for the sport and you riders.
Don Beavers
What Challenger event? I checked the PBR Challenger schedule and it doesn't show anything.
But, the Grand National Rodeo is in town at the Cow Palace. I'm asking because we live about 20 miles from the Cow Palace. If that is where you'll be my wife and I will try to get over there? Do you know what time the bulls go? I can't find it on their website.
Thanks, Don Beavers, Walnut Creek, CA
Have heard a lot of good things about you from some of our local riders who work here(Trey Allen and Wesley Cryer.) and have ridden with you at NABA and other events.Keep up the good work and keep that chin tucked.
Don Beavers
DUH! That ws what I term "A dumb don trick." A wee bit of brain-fade. ;-)
I noticed a small ad in the paper this morning and an even smaller part of it that said PBR on the 10th. Then figured you'd respond. Thanks.
So, now I have tickets for Thursday night also.
Don
PS At least their tickets are cheaper than PBR tickets. ;-)