NEVER FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM

By Jake Barnes with Kendra Santos

Roping is all I've ever thought of since I was a little kid. I was infatuated with it, and grew up with the dream of roping at the NFR (National Finals Rodeo) with the big boys. At 19 in 1980, I had the opportunity to join the PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association), and rope with reigning World Champion Team Roper Allen Bach, who'd just won the world in 1979. I got thrown into the frying pan my first rattle out of the box, and there was a huge intimidation factor for me. The travel was really hard, and the roping conditions were completely different from the amateur rodeos I'd come from. It was all pretty overwhelming. Back then, you could go to as many rodeos as you wanted, and we went to…

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The Team Roping Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022

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