SKYLAB CHAT

[skylab]

I was thinking you were near the Texas border, since you got slammed right before the Amarillo storm last time. Anyway, glad you're not trying to walk to work in a blinding snowstorm. It's like an early spring day here...it's wonderful

 

[Terre]

Yup. Amarillo is just a few hours drive away and is where the store's primary supplier is. They tend to get a bit more ice and snow than we do.

 

[skylab]

I'm searching barrel turn pics for reference, and there are some interesting poses...really extreme stuff. I may try a series of these, just to see how it goes over. I need to find a barrel too, preferably free, that folks can use to set up their scenes.

 

[skylab]

I'm seeing a lot of women in competition too...so maybe it's time for Dawn to be included perhaps.

 

[skylab]

Nice rodeo art work.

 

[Miss B]

I'm seeing a lot of women in competition too...so maybe it's time for Dawn to be included perhaps.

 

[Terre]

I'm seeing a lot of women in competition too...so maybe it's time for Dawn to be included perhaps.

Pole bending is mostly female from what I've seen. The HS rodeo I mentioned having seen part of didn't have any boys taking part in that event.
There were some girls in the calf roping and I think in the cutting as well.

 

[Terre]

Barrel Racing had a lot of girls too.

 

[Miss B]

Nice rodeo art work.

Absolutely amazing artwork! Chris should take a look at this artist's site, since he does pencil drawings too.

 

[skylab]

I'm seeing a few men's pics also, but majority women, so looks like Dawn's gonna get a shot at this. I'm seeing the phrase Turn 'n Burn a lot. That would make a good name for the pose set. Maybe I'll do Dawn for the barrel racing, and Dusk for the rodeo riding...there's some funny pics of the guys being thrown off the horse. May take my time and see how extreme I can make the poses, instead of playing it kinda safe like I did with Mil Horse poses.

 

[Terre]

Saw some funny things at the HS event's pole bending. A few girl's horses were so new that they clearly hadn't yet figured out what they were supposed to be doing. BTW: The rider MUST keep their hat on throughout this event. If it falls off you are disqualified.

 

[skylab]

More pencil rodeo stuff.

 

[Miss B]

Oh I like Turn 'n Burn as the name for the pose set.

There were a few images on that site I got a kick out of, especially the Lateral Hazzard drawing in the Cowboy Golf group.

 

[skylab]

You're kidding...the hat has to stay on...whew. I was thinking more like if you make it with your leg still attached...I saw a pic of one lady whose horse was cutting it so close that she took her leg out of the stirrup and basically raised it over her head in order to make the turn. Those gals aren't fooling around...haha. So, you glue your hat on your head and you're good to go...haha.

 

[skylab]

I just took a peek...yep, gotta watch that lateral hazzard...hehe.

 

[Miss B]

More pencil rodeo stuff.

Those are really nice too, especially those first 2, the bareback and bronc riders.

 

[Terre]

Since it's true for pole bending it's probably also true for barrel racing. One girl who would have had one of the top times lost her hat so she was out. The kids were there for experience and fun as well as competition so they all kept going no matter what happened. A couple of the girls had pretty poor times in the pole bending because their horses were confused but they got the horses turned and going the right way and completed the task.

 

[skylab]

I would think it would be good for the kids to start young, training themselves as well as their horses...and by the time they are in high school, they could be good at what they're doing. I image when they are young and first starting out, the bloopers can be kinda funny.

 

[Terre]

Did you know that paleontologists say that they have found a number of male Neanderthal remains with the same injuries that bull rider get?

 

[skylab]

More nice western art work.

I'm seeing a lot of the "barrels" are actually made of some sort of soft material, not inflatable, but like "springy".