If you're gonna break an arm or a leg, it's a LOT more fun doing it on a sheep than a skateboard (in my opinion). There's a LOT of people watching you break a leg on a sheep and pretty much no one watching when you break a leg on a skate board.
The playing of the National Anthem occurs pretty much before every sporting event down to middle school/Jr High Level. There’s video of some folks running a kids baseball game a few years ago who announced they couldn’t play the anthem before the game. Crowd booed like crazy and sang it themselves.
Well she was confused because to her the anthem came in the middle of the rodeo. However it actually didn't. She just confused the preshow kids events with the actual rodeo which started after the national anthem was played.
By the way, the calf roping is done because when the calves are around that size, it's branding time and sometimes they have to chase them down and tie them up, so they don't run around.
"This ain't my first rodeo" 😅. This is an expression in America that is timeless and can refer to anyting. That's why everybody giggles when you ask them is this your first rodeo. 😅. I wasn't born yesterday. I'm not a spring chicken anymore. I've been around the block a time or two. I wasn't born yesterday.... 😂❤😂❤
I'm American. I have watched many video (this video) reactions from non-Americans. Every last one I have seen, everyone watching the National Anthem part remains silent. Thank you all for the respect.
North American cowboy culture spans from Mexico to the US to Canada. You can find similar rodeo events in Mexico and Canada (usually under different names) as well as in the US.
The reason for this is that "Cowboy" culture comes from the Spanish, and spread to the Anglophone population as an adaptation to living on the Great Plains.
Rodeo spans from Oklahoma to Washington. Cattle are wintered and sold in markets in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. Cattle are summered in pastures of the north. Montana, Wyoming, idaho, Washington, north and South Dakota…..
She's originally from Poland. But she lived in England for a while she's a very nice lady. And yes she does have her vehicle set up to live in. She's been to and lived in numerous countries. On this part of her trip in Montana, she gets her puppy dog. Which still travels all over with her.
Cowboys and rodeos are much more of a Western US thing than anywhere else. The top three states that immediately come to anyone's mind when they think of true cowboy are Montana, Wyoming, and Texas.
Definitely the three biggest. Rodeos tour all over the country, there's money to be made when New Yorkers want to see one too, but the biggest and most regular rodeos are in the states you mentioned, then spread from there across the south, southwest, and great plains up into Montana.
Bulls aren't attracted to red. They're actually color blind to red. What attracts them is movement. Also, while we're knocking out stereotypes about bulls, I'M more likely to break something in a China Shop than a bull is. They're actually very elegant and spatially aware of themselves.
Did you see the Mythbusters where they tested that? You're right! They actually let a bull loose in a make-shift china shop, and the bull actually ran through the aisles, turned around, and avoided knocking over any shelves. A few dishes here & there, but generally they go for path of least resistance.
I believe because we are a "young" country some may think we do not have culture but that is far from the truth. In fact we fit many cultures within our borders. If it must be said I believe we have more culture than most because of that. Our culture is much more diversified. The only difference is that as a country our history does not go as far back but individually my family history goes much farther back and we brought that history with us when we migrated. It's not like Americans just started popping up from the dirt one day.
I'd say it's because of that mix of people's that something all its own was created. People I work with in Massachusetts that are from abroad say they enjoy the Flyover places far more.
Cowboys is a western thing the origins in the large cattle herds throughout the west and then driving the cattle north to the markets in Kansas City and Chicago.
I think the "no culture" statement comes from the US being a relatively young nation, but we have mixed cultures from all over the world as well as our own unique ones. My favorite is car culture which originated in the USA of custom cars.
TV also doesn't help. Lots of TV shows, especially sitcoms like Friends, sanitize it all so that's what they think all of America is like when it couldn't be further from the truth.
I also think in general, others view America as a young country and ignore the fact that the North American continent had history and culture of the indigenous peoples that have been left out of these discussions. Native American culture is complex and unique to the continent so it counts. It always seems disrespectful to hear that America has No culture because that usually comes from Europeans or Westerners who are comparing the US in terms of white culture and not indigenous culture which predates the settlers and the formation of USA.
@@uptown_rider8078 I think that early US culture came from Europe because most settlers were European. In the 19th and 20th century Latin and Asian immigrants have had a huge impact on the total US culture.
Bulls are colorblind to the color red, they do not have the receptors on their retinas. They are only attracted to motion. If you want to see it proven, the American show Mythbusters does a whole segment on it.
My cousin owns a rodeo in Upstate NY. It started out as just him and some buddies practicing in what was once our grandpa’s cow pasture. Friends started coming around to watch the guys get bucked off and my cousin started thinking people might pay to see that. It grew into a big event for the area, really helping the local economy. Plus, he had family friendly prices, and the area didn’t have much families could afford easily. Unfortunately, his town is run by a bunch of idiots who didn’t care how much the community needed the money my cousin’s rodeo brought in. They attempted to regulate him out of business. My cousin still has his rodeo; he just moved it to a more welcoming town in the same area of the state.
Here in Texas (Especially, here in San Antonio), we have two kinds of rodeo ..... A typical Western-style rodeo, and the Mexican-style charreada (Cha-RE-adda). Each so different, each so fun! Here is a short video on a charreada. ruclips.net/video/hngJF9mcqss/видео.html
Here in the states, there are 2 types of people. City folk, and country folk. Odds are the kids doing the rodeo and that grow up in the country wont be doing drive by shootings or being in trouble with the law, because they are raised with a different set of values.
Rodeos are common in the American West and in Canada. The most famous one in Canada is the Calgary Stampede. The state of Wyoming is officially the Cowboy State.
I live in Calgary the stampede is probably one of the biggest rodeo/carnival events in North America and the last day for The Stampede is today coincidentally
To make the horses and bulls buck a strap is put around their flank (their waist, right in front of their hips) and it makes them buck to try and get the flank strap off.
Last year I went to my first rodeo with my family in Oakley, Utah for 4th of July. (I’m from California) It was absolutely spectacular and I loved it so much.
Sadly, some people (Europeans) like to believe that since the US is only a couple of hundred years old, we have no culture like they do. But in fact, we have tons of it.
There's the West, the Midwest (which goes all the way to Ohio and some people argue it goes further into the Great Lakes region like out to Buffalo and Rochester NY), and the South, so the vast majority of the U.S. has this association.
Many people who say America doesn't have culture are confusing culture with history. Yes, if you set aside the indigenous peoples, America is a young country. But, a lot has been crammed into a short history (and rich folks bought old masterworks of art and donated them to our museums).
Rodeo isn't a "western" or "southern" thing, it's a ranch thing as rodeo events are rooted in the skills needed at a working ranch, which isn't the same as a farm. Ranches can be found throughout the western US but most prevalent in Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Montana. My favorite events are mutton busting (young kids riding on sheep) and barrel races (women making hairpin turns on horseback around "barrels" for time). I don't really care much for bronco or bull riding, as that's pretty much just a "macho" thing. What makes the broncos and bulls "buck" is that there's a "flank strap" near their genitals, so what they're trying to buck isn't the rider, but the irritation of the flank strap. If you look closely, you'll see other cowboys, known as "pickup riders," who, once the rider has finished their ride (when the horn blows) they ride along side the competitors to give them the chance to get off the bucking animal, while others try to remove the flank strap from the animal, at which point you can see them immediately settle down. I'm really impressed with the skills demonstrated by calf and team ropers. These events may appear to be brutal to the calf, but I can assure you the calf rarely experiences any real pain or injury and they are very well cared for. The humans, however, routinely suffer great injury, but that's the risks one has to take on a working ranch. What I wish was more highlighted are the rodeo clowns, i.e., the people running around the arena distracting the animals from the competitors once they are "thrown." They're the unsung heroes as their entire motivation is to protect the competitors at their own risk, and rodeo clowns suffer more than their share of injuries.
I too grew up in the lifestyle wanted to barrel but my mom had an accident during her time as a young racer & it scared my grandma even though it was minor my mom only had the wind knocked out of her grandma told me absolutely not would I ever become a barrel racer like my friends.. so now I’m a city girl that still longs for the life I grew up in!
I think the same people who say the U.S. has no culture are the same sort of people who think they can drive from NYC to Miami, Florida then head out to the Grand Canyon, then go see the Hollywood sign before toping the trip off back in Florida with a visit to Disney World all in the course of a 3 day weekend. There's "cowboy" culture, Amish culture, Cajun and Creole culture just to name a few. Everywhere you look in the country there's a story to be told (as it is anywhere in the world) so to suggest otherwise is pure ignorance. To piggy back off that, and this is besides the point entirely, people who question or scoff at the way America or Americans do things in our homeland my advice to you would be don't even bother coming here if that's going to be your mentality. If you want things to be the same way they are at home and get mad about how things are different here or look down on us because we act or think differently from what you think things _should_ be then do us and yourself a favor and just stay home. For everyone else, we welcome you whole heartedly!❤
The kids and the sheep are about the same height, the child is only falling about 1 ft. Also, sheep aren't very aggressive, they won't attempt to harm the child. My experience growing up on a ranch is that most animals tend to be careful around children. So the sheep wants the kid to fall off, but they won't hurt them. Also they wear helmets. Although we didn't in the old days.
I'm addicted to British reactions to this video. I grew up in this culture and I never thought about a foreign perspective of it. It's really interesting to see
It still is except for two years ago, I think, it was held at Dickie's Arena in Ft. Worth because of the pandy and Nevada was shut down while Texas was allowing it.
A lot of things we do here in America seem dangerous and in some ways are. But, something people forget (These days especially) is that children are pretty "structurally sound". At the age of eight years old is where I started doing stupid things with my bike. Led to a lot of BMX stuff, for fun nothing professional. Down the road from where I was living, in North Carolina we had this hill at the end of the neighborhood that was steep. The kind of steep that you would see in San Francisco. I would ride my bike down that hill, as fast as I could - half way down I would stand up on the seat and center bar. At the end of the hill is a dead end, five feet of really soft sand, a fence and a lovely, green grassy field behind the fence. I would let my bike slam into the dead end, launching myself forward over the fence. I would tuck and roll as I landed in the field, only to ride my bike back up the hill; the worst part and do it all over again! I always tell people that they shelter their children too much. Take it easy on them too. Stupid stuff aside I was cooking and cleaning all on my own. Parents worked early and late, my brother and I had to take care of ourselves. Not saying people need their children to go to that extreme but teach them to take care of themselves and let them have fun and new experiences.
I love that she asked them if it was his first rodeo. It's literally an American phrase to say, "This isn't my first rodeo" to say you have experience in something.
There is a big heavy rope tightened around the bull's hip area. This is what makes them jump and kick and be mean😆. Horses are also tied with a rope in the same area to make them buck.
The color red does not make bulls angry. In fact, bulls are partially color blind compared to healthy humans, so they cannot see red. According to the book "Improving Animal Welfare" by Temple Grandin, cattle lack the red retina receptor and can only see yellow, green, blue, and violet colors.
During most rodeo's here in Montana, after the bulls throw riders off, about say 1/2 time of the event, they have a game called "Bull Poker". 1 table, 4 chairs, 4 insane cowhands sitting at the table in the chairs, then they release a bull into the ring, last man sitting in his chair, wins the cash prize. It's madness. The prize money would not cover the ambulance ride to the hospital. Look how polite those rodeo guys are, all "yes Mam" and Montanans.
This makes me want to learn how to ride a horse again, I was taught at a very young age by my grandmother but I never really did it on my own. She has had her horse for as long as I can remember, my grandmother is in her 60s and has her own farm.
The rodeo "circuit", where they'll hold bull events and such, is all over the US, but "rodeo country", where you'll find small town rodeos like this, is pretty much from the Dakotas to the west and south. It's a thing where you find ranch people.
Actually it's much more a western thing than a southern (except for Texas and Oklahoma), The red doesn't matter to the bull it's the waving of the flag that attracts his attention.
Cowboys and rodeos are a WESTERN thing, not Southern. Wyoming's official nickname is Cowboy state and they are pretty north and freezing cold during winter:
Rodeos are held were there are ranches and where there are a lot of "All hat, no cattle" types like Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Rodeos are big in Mexico, too, and the best bull riders are Brazilian.
Rodeos are found all over the US. Wherever you find grass fed beef, you find the cowboy culture. These folks use they're ranching skills to compete and show off their abilities. The local kids are raised to understand that these gladiator skills will be used everyday from a young age to help put food on the table. From ropin' baby calfs for tagging purposes to riding bucking horses to tame them, it all serves a purpose...plus it's just bloody good entertainment 😂😂😂 Mix in a splash of pig races, watermelon seed spitting, and delicious southern food and it's a good time no matter where u come from.
I started riding when I was 4. I'm 43 now still riding bronc and bull. And Yes Sophie Rodeo's are all over the US we have several here in Alaska. Gaynor, sadly Europeans say the US has no culture all the time.
Rodeos were brought to the south west by Spanish/ Mexican cowboys or Vaqueros and the influence spread to the Americans that started moving in to the area
Yes, Europeans and others across the world say we have no culture and try to put us down for being stupid fat and lazy. I’ve even seen videos on You Tube where British people say the same thing. They obviously have never been here and get their impressions from social media. 🤷🏻♀️
Texas, louisiana, oklahoma, new mexico, wyoming, arkansas. Those are the states i know for sure have rodeos around pretty regularly. Although now that i think about it every southern state has rodeos. Up to wyoming. Its the mountainous states where its hard to keep horses grass fed. And in a decent field where they wont hurt their hooves and ankles.
California has over 200 rodeos. There are lots of ranches, farmland, agriculture, cowboys, country music, etc. Most people don't realize that the majority of the state is not comprised of Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. It's the third largest state and has the most National Parks with nine and 280 state parks. Huge and most of it undeveloped.
There's culture the US has is in all the places people never think to go the northeast metro region is just about money, same with south Florida and west coast. The Old South Midwest Great Lakes and Southwest. That's where traditions and stories are passed down. We learn to enjoy more than just the next shiny thing
I loved her statement “I think I have a crush on one of those cowboys”!!.. if so and she dates him ..she better be ready to stop being Vegan…lol.. Cowboys ate Meat eaters!!.. lmao
I think the hostess was not talking about a certain area, she was talking about the entire country. Some people don’t think America has culture. She has proven them wrong.
None of those competitors would be what you would call a professional. They're just local folks, who come up to fifty, seventy miles or so to have fun, compete, and maybe earn a few hundreds or even a couple thousand dollars, especially if they can win multiple events.
The animals are bucking due to a tight strap that's tied around their hind quarters. The riders are timed, and the one that stays on the longest wins first place. Also, bulls are color blind, and can't see red. The matadors in Mexico have a red cape for show only.
@@officeblokedaz Well Mate...make sure the time you are here includes the 4th Thursday in November!!, ...as you will be here for THANKSGIVING!!....the next day will be BLACK FRIDAY too! Hope you guys make it over!! Give my Best to Sophie!! Cheers!
Im from New Mexico however rodeo isnt just the south but part of the bread basket of america (Midwest, western and heading north) and it isnt just a US thing some of the best cowboys I got to compete against were Canadian because it originally was meant for rival ranches to compete against eachother in events that were tasks they did everyday on the ranch to see which one had the best cowboys. For Bronc riding the horse isnt trying to get the person off, they are trained with whats called a flank strap and it goes across their belly. Now the strap is made out of soft material the horse just doesnt like the feeling against their skin so they are trained to try and kick the strap off. Broncos are made using horses known as "rough stock" which means they cant really be gentled for regular riding. I competed in a event known as bulldogging which has a similar set up as calf roping with the rider on his horse next to a shoot but instead of a calf its a steer that gets released and you jump off your horse to wrestle the steer to the ground. However every person who competes tends to respect one another no matter the event. I always respected trick riders, barrel racers and the team ropers not just because of the skill and athletecism it takes but also because of the bond they built with their horses to be able to do those events.
G, I'm surprised you didn't go to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when you guys were in the Woodlands. When you come back, I hope you get to do everything! 🥺😎😁
Rodeos and cowboys are most prominent in the Plains area of the US (Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Texas). The South really isn't known for rodeos per se.
@@noelramirez1551 All bull riders start somewhere. I doubt many people commenting can handle the sheep that the kids were riding. I personally can't handle a reckless driver. I'm constantly pressing on the invisible brake on the passenger's side.
There are a lot of ideas about where rodeos are, but rodeos exist in 44 states and four Canadian provinces. I love rodeos, though, I have never participated in one. It is fun seeing this through her eyes and perspective. I hope that you will do a similar live vlog when you get to go to a rodeo when in the states. Peace
I think when people say we don’t have culture it’s mostly because we absorb the best of all the worlds cultures and that annoys people as we’re a relatively young nation. We certainly don’t have the length of history that Europe, Mid-east or China have. There are things that are distinctively American which largely come from the Revolutionary war. Such as our freedoms and how govt only exists due to the consent of the governed.
Not true. This is a perfect example. That town is about 1500 people, and having come from a ranching family, nearly EVERYONE there are ranch people. Urban people co-opted this RANCH tradition that goes back to the Vaqueros in the early 19th century.
We have rodeos here in Upstate New York. Actually, I’ve never seen a rodeo while down South (though I am sure they have them, too) it is more associated with the West.
I grew up on a foster ranch before leaving and moving to a real ranch in Oklahoma. I ain't never done no rodeo but know folks who have. One of which almost lost his life to bull riding. He's still pretty popular with bull riders, unfortunately I don't think he'll be able to do it again. Much love from a cowpoke from Oklahoma ❤
You don't have to keep both hands on the wheel. You just have to have a hand on it and be able to control it. It's just illegal to do anything that can majorly distract you from the road, but glancing at the lens and back to the road is no different than glancing down to your speedometer and back to the road.
I have parachuted from planes ,raced cars at 200mph wrestled an alligator but nothing and i mean nothing takes the level of toughness and skill of attempting to ride a rank bull for 8 seconds.
So I have never been into rodeos though my grandfather owned a small farm my entire life and taught me to ride horses at a very young age. He was always really into watching rodeos and I understand the calf roping can be a little off-putting for some, myself included, but if it helps calf roping as a sport has its roots in actual ranch hand work and was not something people invented merely out of boredom or cruelty. Apparently some rodeos are moving to an event called breakaway roping where the calf is lassoed but not tied down. I saw the reaction on the younger woman’s face during the calf roping event… hope this helps.
To answer your question about culture: the argument is that we don't have our own culture, we just have everybody else's culture. Not true. Our culture is the neighborhood of Italians, next to the neighborhood of Scots-Irish, next to the Jewish folks, next to the Puerto Ricans, etc. Everybody eats each other's food, listens to their music, and comes up with new ideas. Then we invent shit. Like rock & roll, coca-cola, hip-hop, airplanes, landing on the moon, shit like that. Then we export it, so everybody else can develop their own version of the cool American thing. So then we get the British Invasion with rock & roll, and K-pop, and Norwegian black metal, and everything else. That's the American culture!
Rodeo culture is really more of a western thing than a southern thing, but as others have said its spread to all rural areas of the US
Oh really? Well the rodeo has been a thing here in North Carolina since as long as I can remember and I'm well... an old codger.
@@oldcodger4371came from Spain and then Mexico so yes, it is more of a southwestern/western thing historically speaking.
Was just gonna say this lol as a Southerner there is more racecar culture here than rodeo culture.
@@oldcodger4371I’m From Winston Salem!
@@JWashington754 I'm sure you know about the rodeo culture here in NC then.
The kids riding the animals is really no more dangerous than falling off a bicycle or skateboard.
Well, a little more dangerous. Skateboards don't kick you in the face. But yeah, it builds character and toughens you up! :D
@@matthill5426 Guaranteed people have broken bones and gotten injured more skateboarding than riding sheep. I am one of them. Lmao
If you're gonna break an arm or a leg, it's a LOT more fun doing it on a sheep than a skateboard (in my opinion). There's a LOT of people watching you break a leg on a sheep and pretty much no one watching when you break a leg on a skate board.
Tell that to Christopher Reeves ...oh wait ..cant..he's dead
That was dumb
The playing of the National Anthem occurs pretty much before every sporting event down to middle school/Jr High Level. There’s video of some folks running a kids baseball game a few years ago who announced they couldn’t play the anthem before the game. Crowd booed like crazy and sang it themselves.
Well she was confused because to her the anthem came in the middle of the rodeo. However it actually didn't. She just confused the preshow kids events with the actual rodeo which started after the national anthem was played.
By the way, the calf roping is done because when the calves are around that size, it's branding time and sometimes they have to chase them down and tie them up, so they don't run around.
"This ain't my first rodeo" 😅. This is an expression in America that is timeless and can refer to anyting. That's why everybody giggles when you ask them is this your first rodeo. 😅. I wasn't born yesterday. I'm not a spring chicken anymore. I've been around the block a time or two. I wasn't born yesterday.... 😂❤😂❤
If you notice in the team roping, the horses are watching each other in the Shute, they know they have a job to do , and they are proud to do it…..
I'm American. I have watched many video (this video) reactions from non-Americans. Every last one I have seen, everyone watching the National Anthem part remains silent. Thank you all for the respect.
Same here. I LOVE watching foreigners reactions to anything American.
North American cowboy culture spans from Mexico to the US to Canada.
You can find similar rodeo events in Mexico and Canada (usually under different names) as well as in the US.
And down into south America. Some of the biggest names in rodeo hail from Brazil.
The reason for this is that "Cowboy" culture comes from the Spanish, and spread to the Anglophone population as an adaptation to living on the Great Plains.
Cowboy doesn’t have anything to do with fn Canada
@@kaydod3190you are dumber than a sack of hammers 😂
Rodeo spans from Oklahoma to Washington. Cattle are wintered and sold in markets in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. Cattle are summered in pastures of the north. Montana, Wyoming, idaho, Washington, north and South Dakota…..
"How many times have you fallen!?" "Thousands" lmao I love that guy.
She's originally from Poland. But she lived in England for a while she's a very nice lady. And yes she does have her vehicle set up to live in. She's been to and lived in numerous countries. On this part of her trip in Montana, she gets her puppy dog. Which still travels all over with her.
Country kids in the US are tough as nails. I have lived around New York City since I was 15 ,but I grew up in the country ,in Alabama .
Roll Tide from Tuscaloosa
Ranch kids never get sick.
Cowboys and rodeos are much more of a Western US thing than anywhere else. The top three states that immediately come to anyone's mind when they think of true cowboy are Montana, Wyoming, and Texas.
Definitely the three biggest. Rodeos tour all over the country, there's money to be made when New Yorkers want to see one too, but the biggest and most regular rodeos are in the states you mentioned, then spread from there across the south, southwest, and great plains up into Montana.
We even have some here in Minnesota!
@@matthill5426only the city people, it's nothing special in the rest of the state where rodeo grounds are all over.
They come through Ohio pretty regularly during the summer.
I would add New Mexico and Colorado there too. But I’m from Washington and there’s a lot of rodeos around there too.
Bulls aren't attracted to red. They're actually color blind to red. What attracts them is movement. Also, while we're knocking out stereotypes about bulls, I'M more likely to break something in a China Shop than a bull is. They're actually very elegant and spatially aware of themselves.
Did you see the Mythbusters where they tested that? You're right! They actually let a bull loose in a make-shift china shop, and the bull actually ran through the aisles, turned around, and avoided knocking over any shelves. A few dishes here & there, but generally they go for path of least resistance.
@@matthill5426 I imagine it depends on how wide the aisle are!! 😂
Yeah the red is, as I’ve heard it, supposed to cover up the blood when the bull fighter gets gored.
The bulls are the stars of the rodeo. Pampered.
Go hug one and see what happens then🤣
I believe because we are a "young" country some may think we do not have culture but that is far from the truth. In fact we fit many cultures within our borders. If it must be said I believe we have more culture than most because of that. Our culture is much more diversified. The only difference is that as a country our history does not go as far back but individually my family history goes much farther back and we brought that history with us when we migrated. It's not like Americans just started popping up from the dirt one day.
I'd say it's because of that mix of people's that something all its own was created. People I work with in Massachusetts that are from abroad say they enjoy the Flyover places far more.
Cowboys is a western thing the origins in the large cattle herds throughout the west and then driving the cattle north to the markets in Kansas City and Chicago.
For the record the calves aren’t hurt in the roping. It’s a necessity in ranching at times
I think the "no culture" statement comes from the US being a relatively young nation, but we have mixed cultures from all over the world as well as our own unique ones. My favorite is car culture which originated in the USA of custom cars.
I'm pretty sure you are correct, that's where it comes from.
TV also doesn't help. Lots of TV shows, especially sitcoms like Friends, sanitize it all so that's what they think all of America is like when it couldn't be further from the truth.
I also think in general, others view America as a young country and ignore the fact that the North American continent had history and culture of the indigenous peoples that have been left out of these discussions. Native American culture is complex and unique to the continent so it counts. It always seems disrespectful to hear that America has No culture because that usually comes from Europeans or Westerners who are comparing the US in terms of white culture and not indigenous culture which predates the settlers and the formation of USA.
US culture comes from Europe mostly, rodeos come from the Spanish
@@uptown_rider8078 I think that early US culture came from Europe because most settlers were European. In the 19th and 20th century Latin and Asian immigrants have had a huge impact on the total US culture.
Bulls are colorblind to the color red, they do not have the receptors on their retinas. They are only attracted to motion. If you want to see it proven, the American show Mythbusters does a whole segment on it.
It's funny how Brits seem thrilled to drive on the NORMAL side of the road.
We have rodeo all over. I live in central Illinois and we have rodeo here. ❤
There are rodeos in Western states and throughout the US including Florida. Also in Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
Oldest rodeo in the u.s is surprisingly in New Jersey and it's still open
My cousin owns a rodeo in Upstate NY. It started out as just him and some buddies practicing in what was once our grandpa’s cow pasture. Friends started coming around to watch the guys get bucked off and my cousin started thinking people might pay to see that. It grew into a big event for the area, really helping the local economy. Plus, he had family friendly prices, and the area didn’t have much families could afford easily. Unfortunately, his town is run by a bunch of idiots who didn’t care how much the community needed the money my cousin’s rodeo brought in. They attempted to regulate him out of business. My cousin still has his rodeo; he just moved it to a more welcoming town in the same area of the state.
Rodeos don’t have anything to do with fn Canada
Did someone say: "Cheese Fries"? Food of the gods.
Here in Texas (Especially, here in San Antonio), we have two kinds of rodeo ..... A typical Western-style rodeo, and the Mexican-style charreada (Cha-RE-adda). Each so different, each so fun! Here is a short video on a charreada. ruclips.net/video/hngJF9mcqss/видео.html
Here in the states, there are 2 types of people. City folk, and country folk. Odds are the kids doing the rodeo and that grow up in the country wont be doing drive by shootings or being in trouble with the law, because they are raised with a different set of values.
Rodeos are common in the American West and in Canada. The most famous one in Canada is the Calgary Stampede.
The state of Wyoming is officially the Cowboy State.
I live in Calgary the stampede is probably one of the biggest rodeo/carnival events in North America and the last day for The Stampede is today coincidentally
Rodeos don’t have anything to do with fn Canada
My wife was a rodeo queen as a teen in Folsom, CA. Rodeos are ubiquitous west of the Mississippi.
There is actually a big cowboy culture in Davie, Florida and they just had the rodeo there a few weeks ago.
A lot of Americans from the cities try to dog on the US and say we have no culture, but as she said we do have quite a culture!😅
To make the horses and bulls buck a strap is put around their flank (their waist, right in front of their hips) and it makes them buck to try and get the flank strap off.
11:46 You’d be surprised… people say the U.S. doesn’t have culture ALL the time.
Last year I went to my first rodeo with my family in Oakley, Utah for 4th of July. (I’m from California) It was absolutely spectacular and I loved it so much.
Sadly, some people (Europeans) like to believe that since the US is only a couple of hundred years old, we have no culture like they do. But in fact, we have tons of it.
Anyone with a brain knows thats bs. Texas alone is bigger than any country in Europe except Russia. I guess is mosty salty people who saying that.
Americans don’t look at someone as if they’re not American…unless you speak it or show it, it doesn’t even cross our minds😂😂…such a diverse country
There's the West, the Midwest (which goes all the way to Ohio and some people argue it goes further into the Great Lakes region like out to Buffalo and Rochester NY), and the South, so the vast majority of the U.S. has this association.
Many people who say America doesn't have culture are confusing culture with history. Yes, if you set aside the indigenous peoples, America is a young country. But, a lot has been crammed into a short history (and rich folks bought old masterworks of art and donated them to our museums).
Rodeo isn't a "western" or "southern" thing, it's a ranch thing as rodeo events are rooted in the skills needed at a working ranch, which isn't the same as a farm. Ranches can be found throughout the western US but most prevalent in Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Montana. My favorite events are mutton busting (young kids riding on sheep) and barrel races (women making hairpin turns on horseback around "barrels" for time). I don't really care much for bronco or bull riding, as that's pretty much just a "macho" thing. What makes the broncos and bulls "buck" is that there's a "flank strap" near their genitals, so what they're trying to buck isn't the rider, but the irritation of the flank strap. If you look closely, you'll see other cowboys, known as "pickup riders," who, once the rider has finished their ride (when the horn blows) they ride along side the competitors to give them the chance to get off the bucking animal, while others try to remove the flank strap from the animal, at which point you can see them immediately settle down. I'm really impressed with the skills demonstrated by calf and team ropers. These events may appear to be brutal to the calf, but I can assure you the calf rarely experiences any real pain or injury and they are very well cared for. The humans, however, routinely suffer great injury, but that's the risks one has to take on a working ranch. What I wish was more highlighted are the rodeo clowns, i.e., the people running around the arena distracting the animals from the competitors once they are "thrown." They're the unsung heroes as their entire motivation is to protect the competitors at their own risk, and rodeo clowns suffer more than their share of injuries.
Broncos are trained to buck. Just as the bulls used in the arenas are also bred and trained.
3:31 great sticker on the pump. lol.
I grew up in that lifestyle. However, my dad would not let us compete because he was the town doctor and had seen so many injuries
I too grew up in the lifestyle wanted to barrel but my mom had an accident during her time as a young racer & it scared my grandma even though it was minor my mom only had the wind knocked out of her grandma told me absolutely not would I ever become a barrel racer like my friends.. so now I’m a city girl that still longs for the life I grew up in!
I think the same people who say the U.S. has no culture are the same sort of people who think they can drive from NYC to Miami, Florida then head out to the Grand Canyon, then go see the Hollywood sign before toping the trip off back in Florida with a visit to Disney World all in the course of a 3 day weekend. There's "cowboy" culture, Amish culture, Cajun and Creole culture just to name a few. Everywhere you look in the country there's a story to be told (as it is anywhere in the world) so to suggest otherwise is pure ignorance. To piggy back off that, and this is besides the point entirely, people who question or scoff at the way America or Americans do things in our homeland my advice to you would be don't even bother coming here if that's going to be your mentality. If you want things to be the same way they are at home and get mad about how things are different here or look down on us because we act or think differently from what you think things _should_ be then do us and yourself a favor and just stay home. For everyone else, we welcome you whole heartedly!❤
The kids and the sheep are about the same height, the child is only falling about 1 ft. Also, sheep aren't very aggressive, they won't attempt to harm the child. My experience growing up on a ranch is that most animals tend to be careful around children. So the sheep wants the kid to fall off, but they won't hurt them. Also they wear helmets. Although we didn't in the old days.
I'm addicted to British reactions to this video. I grew up in this culture and I never thought about a foreign perspective of it. It's really interesting to see
The National Finals Rodeo is held in Las Vegas each year (or last time I checked), so Rodeos are pretty much all over the west.
It still is except for two years ago, I think, it was held at Dickie's Arena in Ft. Worth because of the pandy and Nevada was shut down while Texas was allowing it.
@@Jml416 good to know. I was able to attend one in 95 and it was a very big deal for Vegas to score the event.
A lot of things we do here in America seem dangerous and in some ways are. But, something people forget (These days especially) is that children are pretty "structurally sound". At the age of eight years old is where I started doing stupid things with my bike. Led to a lot of BMX stuff, for fun nothing professional. Down the road from where I was living, in North Carolina we had this hill at the end of the neighborhood that was steep. The kind of steep that you would see in San Francisco. I would ride my bike down that hill, as fast as I could - half way down I would stand up on the seat and center bar. At the end of the hill is a dead end, five feet of really soft sand, a fence and a lovely, green grassy field behind the fence. I would let my bike slam into the dead end, launching myself forward over the fence. I would tuck and roll as I landed in the field, only to ride my bike back up the hill; the worst part and do it all over again!
I always tell people that they shelter their children too much. Take it easy on them too. Stupid stuff aside I was cooking and cleaning all on my own. Parents worked early and late, my brother and I had to take care of ourselves. Not saying people need their children to go to that extreme but teach them to take care of themselves and let them have fun and new experiences.
We are witnessing what helicopter parenting, coddling & raising indoor children has done. :(
All horses are like the bucking ones you see, until they are broken for actual riding. These horses are never broken.
I love that she asked them if it was his first rodeo. It's literally an American phrase to say, "This isn't my first rodeo" to say you have experience in something.
Not about the South. She drove from Texas to Montana and made side trips.
I'm from Texas and have seen many rodeos. They best one I ever saw was the Frontiers Day Rodeo in Cheyenne Wyoming.
There is a big heavy rope tightened around the bull's hip area. This is what makes them jump and kick and be mean😆. Horses are also tied with a rope in the same area to make them buck.
The color red does not make bulls angry. In fact, bulls are partially color blind compared to healthy humans, so they cannot see red. According to the book "Improving Animal Welfare" by Temple Grandin, cattle lack the red retina receptor and can only see yellow, green, blue, and violet colors.
During most rodeo's here in Montana, after the bulls throw riders off, about say 1/2 time of the event, they have a game called "Bull Poker". 1 table, 4 chairs, 4 insane cowhands sitting at the table in the chairs, then they release a bull into the ring, last man sitting in his chair, wins the cash prize. It's madness. The prize money would not cover the ambulance ride to the hospital. Look how polite those rodeo guys are, all "yes Mam" and Montanans.
This makes me want to learn how to ride a horse again, I was taught at a very young age by my grandmother but I never really did it on my own. She has had her horse for as long as I can remember, my grandmother is in her 60s and has her own farm.
The rodeo "circuit", where they'll hold bull events and such, is all over the US, but "rodeo country", where you'll find small town rodeos like this, is pretty much from the Dakotas to the west and south. It's a thing where you find ranch people.
We have rodeos in California too. They occur just about anywhere people are raising livestock.
We have rodeo's here in Tennessee too, I'm sure pretty much every state has multiple rodeo's a year.
Theres rodeos here in Minnesota too lol
@@squermanjerman5543 California ...over 200. :)
You will find rodeos in every US state but its most popular in rural areas.
Actually it's much more a western thing than a southern (except for Texas and Oklahoma), The red doesn't matter to the bull it's the waving of the flag that attracts his attention.
We call the little kids riding the sheep "Mutton Busters".
Cowboys and rodeos are a WESTERN thing, not Southern. Wyoming's official nickname is Cowboy state and they are pretty north and freezing cold during winter:
Rodeos are held were there are ranches and where there are a lot of "All hat, no cattle" types like Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Rodeos are big in Mexico, too, and the best bull riders are Brazilian.
Rodeos are found all over the US. Wherever you find grass fed beef, you find the cowboy culture. These folks use they're ranching skills to compete and show off their abilities. The local kids are raised to understand that these gladiator skills will be used everyday from a young age to help put food on the table. From ropin' baby calfs for tagging purposes to riding bucking horses to tame them, it all serves a purpose...plus it's just bloody good entertainment 😂😂😂 Mix in a splash of pig races, watermelon seed spitting, and delicious southern food and it's a good time no matter where u come from.
I started riding when I was 4. I'm 43 now still riding bronc and bull. And Yes Sophie Rodeo's are all over the US we have several here in Alaska. Gaynor, sadly Europeans say the US has no culture all the time.
Rodeos were brought to the south west by Spanish/ Mexican cowboys or Vaqueros and the influence spread to the Americans that started moving in to the area
Rodeo is a culture in US, this is our icon of west
Yes, Europeans and others across the world say we have no culture and try to put us down for being stupid fat and lazy. I’ve even seen videos on You Tube where British people say the same thing. They obviously have never been here and get their impressions from social media. 🤷🏻♀️
Texas, louisiana, oklahoma, new mexico, wyoming, arkansas. Those are the states i know for sure have rodeos around pretty regularly. Although now that i think about it every southern state has rodeos. Up to wyoming. Its the mountainous states where its hard to keep horses grass fed. And in a decent field where they wont hurt their hooves and ankles.
California has over 200 rodeos. There are lots of ranches, farmland, agriculture, cowboys, country music, etc. Most people don't realize that the majority of the state is not comprised of Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. It's the third largest state and has the most National Parks with nine and 280 state parks. Huge and most of it undeveloped.
@@emmef7970 yeah I thought about that after I commented. Pro bull riders travel all over the country.
There's culture the US has is in all the places people never think to go the northeast metro region is just about money, same with south Florida and west coast. The Old South Midwest Great Lakes and Southwest. That's where traditions and stories are passed down. We learn to enjoy more than just the next shiny thing
I loved her statement “I think I have a crush on one of those cowboys”!!.. if so and she dates him ..she better be ready to stop being Vegan…lol.. Cowboys ate Meat eaters!!.. lmao
she's in the southern part of the US i grew up in louisana and its very big there
I think the hostess was not talking about a certain area, she was talking about the entire country. Some people don’t think America has culture. She has proven them wrong.
None of those competitors would be what you would call a professional. They're just local folks, who come up to fifty, seventy miles or so to have fun, compete, and maybe earn a few hundreds or even a couple thousand dollars, especially if they can win multiple events.
The animals are bucking due to a tight strap that's tied around their hind quarters. The riders are timed, and the one that stays on the longest wins first place. Also, bulls are color blind, and can't see red. The matadors in Mexico have a red cape for show only.
Chris Ledoux "Hooked On A 8 Second Ride"
Gone too soon
@@conniecox482 Truly.
Great video guys! 😊
Rodeos or not just in the south. California also has rodeos and there are rodeos and other non-southern states as well.
Rodeo's every here in the south, I'm 58 been going to them since I was 6
When are you three AND Mr. Office Bloke coming to the US? You can do a HUGE video from here!!
Looking at November time.
@@officeblokedaz Well Mate...make sure the time you are here includes the 4th Thursday in November!!, ...as you will be here for THANKSGIVING!!....the next day will be BLACK FRIDAY too! Hope you guys make it over!! Give my Best to Sophie!! Cheers!
Rodeos are definitely a western thing but I go to them in New York. They’re all over.
Im from New Mexico however rodeo isnt just the south but part of the bread basket of america (Midwest, western and heading north) and it isnt just a US thing some of the best cowboys I got to compete against were Canadian because it originally was meant for rival ranches to compete against eachother in events that were tasks they did everyday on the ranch to see which one had the best cowboys. For Bronc riding the horse isnt trying to get the person off, they are trained with whats called a flank strap and it goes across their belly. Now the strap is made out of soft material the horse just doesnt like the feeling against their skin so they are trained to try and kick the strap off. Broncos are made using horses known as "rough stock" which means they cant really be gentled for regular riding. I competed in a event known as bulldogging which has a similar set up as calf roping with the rider on his horse next to a shoot but instead of a calf its a steer that gets released and you jump off your horse to wrestle the steer to the ground. However every person who competes tends to respect one another no matter the event. I always respected trick riders, barrel racers and the team ropers not just because of the skill and athletecism it takes but also because of the bond they built with their horses to be able to do those events.
She is 100% polish if I'm not mistaken from some of her other videos.
There's rodeos all over the rural areas of Oklahoma and there's horse events almost every other weekend at the fair grounds in Oklahoma City
There are also lots of rodeos in Canada, the 'Calgary Stampede' being one of the most famous ones.
Who cares? Rodeos have nothing to do with Canada
G, I'm surprised you didn't go to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo when you guys were in the Woodlands. When you come back, I hope you get to do everything! 🥺😎😁
Me too, I never knew about it. Definitely doing it when I come back.
Rodeos and cowboys are most prominent in the Plains area of the US (Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Texas). The South really isn't known for rodeos per se.
Aiden often forgets that he was born in America. Kind of how people forget that Bruce Lee is technically an American.
Lol I laughed when he said he would get on a bull
@@noelramirez1551 He should start on a Mechanical Bull on the "LOW & SLOW" setting!! 😂
@@noelramirez1551 All bull riders start somewhere. I doubt many people commenting can handle the sheep that the kids were riding. I personally can't handle a reckless driver. I'm constantly pressing on the invisible brake on the passenger's side.
@@jacenjustice yea but its the way he said it I bet he would chicken out just by standing near a bull
@@noelramirez1551 Facts!
Rodeo events are based on everyday tasks that Cowboys do on their ranch.
There are a lot of ideas about where rodeos are, but rodeos exist in 44 states and four Canadian provinces. I love rodeos, though, I have never participated in one. It is fun seeing this through her eyes and perspective. I hope that you will do a similar live vlog when you get to go to a rodeo when in the states. Peace
This is a more accurate depiction of how the rodeos are in my area of rural Oklahoma. The one in the Jolly video looked more like a fairground.
They just visited the fairground. They missed the rodeo.
I think when people say we don’t have culture it’s mostly because we absorb the best of all the worlds cultures and that annoys people as we’re a relatively young nation. We certainly don’t have the length of history that Europe, Mid-east or China have. There are things that are distinctively American which largely come from the Revolutionary war. Such as our freedoms and how govt only exists due to the consent of the governed.
Rodeos are in every state. It's biggest in Texas, and the rocky mountain states.
Rodeos are an "urban " American thing....not a Southern or cowboy thing. You will find them all over the US in the Urban environment.
Not true. This is a perfect example. That town is about 1500 people, and having come from a ranching family, nearly EVERYONE there are ranch people. Urban people co-opted this RANCH tradition that goes back to the Vaqueros in the early 19th century.
We have rodeos here in Upstate New York. Actually, I’ve never seen a rodeo while down South (though I am sure they have them, too) it is more associated with the West.
Y'all should look at her video where she fulfills her cowgirl dream and actually goes to a ranch and drives cattle.
I grew up on a foster ranch before leaving and moving to a real ranch in Oklahoma. I ain't never done no rodeo but know folks who have. One of which almost lost his life to bull riding. He's still pretty popular with bull riders, unfortunately I don't think he'll be able to do it again. Much love from a cowpoke from Oklahoma ❤
Rodeos started in the American west but now they're all over the country.
You don't have to keep both hands on the wheel. You just have to have a hand on it and be able to control it. It's just illegal to do anything that can majorly distract you from the road, but glancing at the lens and back to the road is no different than glancing down to your speedometer and back to the road.
I have parachuted from planes ,raced cars at 200mph wrestled an alligator but nothing and i mean nothing takes the level of toughness and skill of attempting to ride a rank bull for 8 seconds.
So I have never been into rodeos though my grandfather owned a small farm my entire life and taught me to ride horses at a very young age. He was always really into watching rodeos and I understand the calf roping can be a little off-putting for some, myself included, but if it helps calf roping as a sport has its roots in actual ranch hand work and was not something people invented merely out of boredom or cruelty. Apparently some rodeos are moving to an event called breakaway roping where the calf is lassoed but not tied down. I saw the reaction on the younger woman’s face during the calf roping event… hope this helps.
To answer your question about culture: the argument is that we don't have our own culture, we just have everybody else's culture. Not true. Our culture is the neighborhood of Italians, next to the neighborhood of Scots-Irish, next to the Jewish folks, next to the Puerto Ricans, etc. Everybody eats each other's food, listens to their music, and comes up with new ideas.
Then we invent shit. Like rock & roll, coca-cola, hip-hop, airplanes, landing on the moon, shit like that. Then we export it, so everybody else can develop their own version of the cool American thing. So then we get the British Invasion with rock & roll, and K-pop, and Norwegian black metal, and everything else. That's the American culture!
Bucking horses are either unbroken or they put ropes around their waists to get them to buck.