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The Rodeo is Older; Cowboys’ Roundup Days is Younger

The Rodeo is Older; Cowboys’ Roundup Days is Younger

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series 970-879-1818 MAIN CONTACT: John Shipley Steamboat Springs, Colorado (June 21, 2023) New Dates for Old Rodeo Mainstays The Rodeo is Older; Cowboys’ Roundup Days is Younger   The Steamboat...

Entertainment Abounds!

Entertainment Abounds!

Keep your eyes on the arena after an event is over. That’s when the action heats up even more with world-class specialty acts. The riders giving it their all at the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series aren’t the evening’s only entertainers. Joining them each fun-filled...

Rodeo Terminology

Rodeo Terminology

You might hear a few new words or phrases that aren’t in your regular vocabulary at tonight’s event at Romick Arena. It’s all part of the jargon here at the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series. The following guide will help you decipher the drawl: All-around cowboy -...

Behind the Stock

Behind the Stock

Behind every great ride you see in Brent Romick Arena are the unsung heroes of all rodeos: the animals providing cowboys their rides. Top-notch stock is what lures top-notch riders, and the Steamboat rodeo series brings in only the best. The rides beneath every...

Remembering a Legend

Remembering a Legend

Colin Stalley is on a roll, one that, in the past three years, has earned him prestige among his peers as well as a little additional prize money. At the end of every season, the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series’ top six saddle bronc riders face off in the annual...

Rodeo Clowns

Rodeo Clowns

Please, don’t call them “clowns” (okay, your kids can). The proper term is bullfighter or barrelman. While part of their job is to entertain audiences during breaks in the action, their real job is to protect cowboys’ backs once they’re off their mounts — which is...

Calf, Ram Scrambles

Calf, Ram Scrambles

Yippee-kayay! Cowboys and cowgirls aren’t the only ones with the chance to perform in Brent Romick Arena at the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series. Your young’uns can get in on the action every night as well, down to the dirt on their boots. All they have to do is...

Past Rodeo Series Champions

Past Rodeo Series Champions

Bareback Matt Webber, 1985; Tracy Lawton, 1986; Mark Darling, 1987; Brian Swingle, 1988; Jesse Banek, 1989; Gordon Griffith, 1990; Gordon Griffith, 1991; Shane Call, 1992; Shane Call, 1993; Rick Bradley, 1994; Rick Bradley, 1995; Rick Bradley, 1996; George Harty,...

Rodeo History

Rodeo History

"In the early days, spectators would form a rodeo ring by positioning their horses in a circle, heads turned inward. Later, cars were used to form the circle." When you watch the action-packed Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series, you’re taking part in a time-honored...

Rodeo Events Described

Rodeo Events Described

Reaching the overall winner’s podium at the end of each season is no easy task. It takes consistency, skill, guts and a little luck. If last year’s tight-as-a-belt-buckle rodeo season was any indication, this year will be no exception, with some of the best rodeo...

Steamboat Pro Rodeo on Wrangler Network

Steamboat Pro Rodeo on Wrangler Network

Like the action you see at the Romick Rodeo Arena? Now you can watch the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series when you’re back home as well. This year, the series announced that it will have a new presence on the Wrangler Network’s rodeo-only YouTube channel, letting...

Rodeo rides back into Steamboat Springs this weekend

Rodeo rides back into Steamboat Springs this weekend

Steamboat Springs — There never was any horror story of a bull escaping early or of a gate failing at the worst moment. But the 25-year-old chutes and sorting pens underneath the aluminum grandstands at the Brent Romick Rodeo Arena at the base of Howelsen Hill in...

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