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Meet the Member Cody Pringle
September 23, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Cody Pringle from Hogansville, Georgia, is leading the saddle bronc riding in the SPRA, returning to rodeo’s classic event after a six year hiatus. Rodeo is a true family affair for Cody and his wife, Lauren, a barrel racer, and their three-year-old son, Canyon, who competes in mutton busting and goat tail untying. “I college rodeoed for two years in Clarendon, Texas, before I came home and started my family and…
Read MoreMeet the Member Dylan Hallmark
September 2, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht “Rodeo is all I’ve ever known as far as sports,” says Dylan Hallmark, a bull rider serving his second year on the SPRA Board of Directors. “I was raised to be a cowboy from watching my daddy work cattle and horses. Rodeo got in my blood, and it’s not coming out anytime soon! I was always told that if you’re going to do anything, put 110% percent in and do the…
Read MoreMeet the Member Iron Rail Arena
August 19, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht During team penning’s popularity in the early 1990s, the Jones and Terry families built Iron Rail Arena in their backyard near Moulton, Alabama, for the roping and team penning competitors of the family. Little did they realize that the panels and sand would be the western playground for Lauren Terry, Miss Rodeo USA 2013, and a place of memories and growth for the hundreds of people who enter it. Despite the…
Read MoreMeet the Member Stacy Benton
August 5, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Stacy Benton of Athens, Tennessee, worked the SPRA finals for the third time during the 2015 finals, picking up broncs and bulls, but his involvement in rodeo doesn’t stop there. He rode bulls for nearly 16 years and currently competes in team roping as a header, while also leasing roping calves and steers to stock contractors, primarily for the SPRA. The first of his family to rodeo, Stacy grew up on…
Read MoreMeet the Member Justin Bryant
July 22, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Weekends were made for rodeoing, and 15-year-old Justin Bryant from Cleveland, Ala., makes the most of his, grabbing his gear bag on the way to SPRA and PCA rodeos, and SEBRA’s bull ridings. Such is his dedication to rodeo’s most dangerous event that he switched to homeschooling last year to have more flexibility in his school and rodeo schedules. “When I was little, my uncle, Josh Moorer, started rodeoing, and he…
Read MoreMeet the Member Oubre Rodeo Company
July 1, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Bubba Oubre planted the rodeo seed amongst his family roots in the late 1960s, and the lifestyle now spans three generations and 25 years of rodeo production through Oubre Rodeo Company. The 64-year-old from LaGrange, Ga., grew up riding horses and working cattle alongside his dad, and by 17, had his hand in a bull rope. “I rode bulls for ten years and steer wrestled for another ten,” says Bubba, the…
Read MoreMeet the Member Josh “Porkchop” Garrick
June 17, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Josh “Porkchop” Garrick’s earliest rodeo memory coincides with the day he picked out his career. At the age of three, the Malvern, Ark., native was ushered to his local rodeo’s bull pen by bullfighter Stacy Janes, where Josh barely had to look twice before deciding he belonged in front of the chutes, be it a bullfighter or a barrel man. Since then, he’s transitioned from fighting bulls to working as a…
Read MoreMeet the Member Nick Terry
June 3, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Nick Terry from Leighton, Ala., traded his cowboy boots for cleats five years ago, and in 2015, he was nominated to fight the SPFR, voted in by a landslide. “Working the finals was pretty amazing. I never dreamed everything would come together like that for me,” says the 26 year old. “I worked with Jamie Kuhn, and he’s a great guy. We’ve worked a lot of rodeos together.” From working the…
Read MoreMeet the Member Brittany Lansford
May 20, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Brittany Lansford of Wilsonville, Ala., grew up riding horses and supporting her dad while he team roped and rodeoed, and by middle school, she realized the rodeo lifestyle was for her as well. “My dad shoes horses, and one of his customer’s kids junior rodeoed,” says Brittany. “Dad thought it would be good for me to start. He taught me to rope, and I fell in love with it! I competed…
Read MoreMeet the Member: Lance Ethridge
May 6, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Lance Ethridge has been living the rodeo lifestyle since childhood, riding bareback horses and steer wrestling his way across his home state of Georgia and beyond. When an accident last year nearly claimed the 36-year-old’s life, Lance was certain he didn’t want it to keep him from the arena. He was driving his tractor on the side of a four lane highway with the doors open one hot afternoon when a…
Read MoreMeet the Member: Clark Adcock
April 15, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Clark Adcock of Smithville, Tenn., has been competing in the SPRA for five years, with two year-end titles to bookend the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He won the tie-down roping in 2014 and finished out the 2015 season by winning the heeling in his favorite event of team roping. “I knew I had a chance at winning the year-end, but that wasn’t my goal,” says Clark. “I just wanted to win…
Read MoreMeet the Member Eddie Parlier
March 18, 2016
story by Lily Weinacht Eddie Parlier of Loxley, Ala., spurred his way to 2015 SPRA Year-End Saddle Bronc Riding Champion in January. It was the 27-year-old’s first time competing in the SPFR, qualifying after his first season in the association. He also won the average in the saddle bronc riding during the 2015 SRA finals, but even with those champion buckles shining on his belt, including IPRA World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider in 2011, Eddie…
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