ProRodeo Sports News - June 23, 2022

BAREBACK RIDER

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Bobby Mote Bareback rider now has time to celebrate BY TRACY RENCK U pon his own admission, star bareback rider Bobby Mote never really took time to celebrate his success in the arena. Well, now the four-time PRCAWorld Champion closed. So, for rodeo to tell me good job, good ride, it means a lot to me. This gives me a chance to reflect on all of it.” Mote, who retired in 2017 at the age of 41, qualified for 15 consecutive NFRs from 2001-2015 and was reserve world champion in 2001 and 2006. “Since I decided I wanted to rodeo when I was 15 my

“Since I decided I wanted to

life has revolved around rodeo,” Mote said. “Things have been added to it, like family and life and I’m still involved with rodeo. Rodeo has a meant a lot to my family because one way or the other, directly, or indirectly it has put food on the table for long time for us. Connections I have gained through rodeo, the experiences I have had all started with a dream to be a bareback rider. “One step after another and the next thing you know you look back and somebody fromColorado Springs calls you and tells you that you have been chosen to be in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame. It is a big deal. It really is.” While representing the Columbia River Circuit, Mote also won the RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo in 2011 and 2013.

(2002, 2007, 2009-2010), can stop and smell the roses as he’s being inducted in the ProRodeo Hall of Fame July 16 in Colorado Springs, Colo. “I have thought about it a lot lately (being selected for induction into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame) because I will have a speech to give,” Mote said. “I have been thinking about what it means to me and what I will say. I didn’t give it a lot of thought while I was rodeoing and one of the things that occurred to me is that I wasn’t one to celebrate a lot when I won, or I made a good ride. I stayed pretty even. “I felt like I was prepared, and I expected to win and then I would win and then I was always thinking how I could improve. I was always critical of myself. As far as bareback riding goes for me there isn’t a next thing. That chapter is

rodeo when I was 15 my life has revolved around rodeo . . . and I’m still involved with rodeo.” – BOBBY MOTE

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