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Contemporary North American small-town rodeo as a significant and adrenaline-charged tribal sub-culture that helps sustain a rural way of life for many who produce our local food.

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Warkworth, Ontario. Warkworth Dodge Rodeo. Beer tent.

Holstein, Ontatio. A Bar K Rodeo. Roughstock cowboys camping.

Caledonia, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo Brazilian bull riders prepare for a new day at the Caledonia Rodeo: John Batista folds a bed sheetRawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Break-away roper Laura Kras at practice Model released

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo
Stock contractor helper and bull rider, Nick Goncalves, feeds the bulls their morning hay.

Mode released.Rawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo Stock contractor helper and bull rider, Nick Goncalves, feeds the bulls their morning hay. Mode released.Rawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Rawhide Rodeo, Ridgetown Ontario 2009.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Rawhide Rodeo, Erin Ontario. After feeding livestock, members of the Rawhide Rodeo Productions crew go for morning coffee at Coffee Time. L-R Brandon Moore, Clint Smith, BJ Prince.

Rawhide Rodeo, Erin Ontario. After feeding livestock, members of the Rawhide Rodeo Productions crew go for morning coffee at Coffee Time. L-R Brandon Moore, Clint Smith, BJ Prince.

Rawhide Rodeo, Erin Ontario 2009. With livestock fed and coffee procured, it's time for a Sunday morning poker.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo
From bucking bull contractor/breeder Brian Norman (sitting rear left) to Rawhide Rodeo owner/producer, BJ Prince (foreground right) Raw Crew members and bull riders take a short break from the June heat in the shade of the livestock trailer after the Saturday performance at the Erin rodeo, Erin, Ontario. All but Norman also compete, the neutrality of the competition is maintained independently from the physical production by associations such as the Ontario Rodeo Association, International Professional Rodeo Association and the Canadian Cowboys’ Association which variously govern the sporting aspects of Canadian Rodeo. Matt Kippax (standing left black hat), Phil Henning, Brian Norman (black hat, sunglasses) Dylan Carter (sitting red check shirt), Ian Charman (standing red check shirt), Luke McCoag (light blue & white & yellow check shirt sitting), BJ Prince (brown & red check shirt foreground right).
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Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo From bucking bull contractor/breeder Brian Norman (sitting rear left) to Rawhide Rodeo owner/producer, BJ Prince (foreground right) Raw Crew members and bull riders take a short break from the June heat in the shade of the livestock trailer after the Saturday performance at the Erin rodeo, Erin, Ontario. All but Norman also compete, the neutrality of the competition is maintained independently from the physical production by associations such as the Ontario Rodeo Association, International Professional Rodeo Association and the Canadian Cowboys’ Association which variously govern the sporting aspects of Canadian Rodeo. Matt Kippax (standing left black hat), Phil Henning, Brian Norman (black hat, sunglasses) Dylan Carter (sitting red check shirt), Ian Charman (standing red check shirt), Luke McCoag (light blue & white & yellow check shirt sitting), BJ Prince (brown & red check shirt foreground right). Model Released

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo
Erin Rodeo, produced by RAWHIDE Rodeo.

Hearing that tornadoes have touched down in nearby Lucan, "Raw Crew"–bolstered by volunteers (mostly bull riders) including Steve Foster–scramble to tear down the iron-fenced arena at the onset of a serious looking storm. A normally heavy four-hour job is completed in about an hour. The rigging needs to get on the road for Quebec for the next show a few days later.
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Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo Erin Rodeo, produced by RAWHIDE Rodeo. Hearing that tornadoes have touched down in nearby Lucan, "Raw Crew"–bolstered by volunteers (mostly bull riders) including Steve Foster–scramble to tear down the iron-fenced arena at the onset of a serious looking storm. A normally heavy four-hour job is completed in about an hour. The rigging needs to get on the road for Quebec for the next show a few days later. Model Released

$Small Town Rodeo Culture / Stratford, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008. For rodeo cowboys it is never a question of if one will get seriously injured, only a matter of when. Oklahoma bronc rider Tyler West carries his X-rays showing a previous hip fracture with him as a reference for emergency room staff in anticipation of future visits.$

Stratford, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008. For rodeo cowboys it is never a question of if one will get seriously injured, only a matter of when. Oklahoma bronc rider Tyler West carries his X-rays showing a previous hip fracture with him as a reference for emergency room staff in anticipation of future visits.

Milton, Ontario Canada. Dodge Rodeo tour, Milton Rodeo. Cowboy Johnny Shore

Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo Amanda Faccini dresses herself and her horse in pink in support of breast cancer research.

Rawhide Rodeo, Lindsay Ontario 2009

Lindsay, Ontario. Lindsay, Ontario, 2009. Rawhide Rodeo. Quebec roughstock riders, changing from travelling clothes into rodeo cowboys.

Orangeville, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Quebec saddle bronc riders, Craig Gagnon (white plaid) and Olivier Cliche (blue shirt) have driven all the way from Quebec and are late. The rodeo delays so they can participate. Niether will make their 8 seconds this day.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Lindsay, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008

Bull rider, Dylan Carter, tapes extra joint support onto his rope hand before getting on his bull.
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Lindsay, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008 Bull rider, Dylan Carter, tapes extra joint support onto his rope hand before getting on his bull. Model Released

$Small Town Rodeo Culture / Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo A successful bull ride of 8 seconds without falling, or touching the animal or oneself with ones free hand, can seem a lifetime… or take a life. At the Arthur Ontario Rodeo in 2001 “Road Kill” Phill Henning took a horn to his skull, when his mount pitched him forward while simultaneously slashing back at him with its head. Unconscious with a fractured skull, Henning’s heart stopped both in the ambulance on the way to the local hospital and then a second time in the air ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital. Now, by weekday a recycling crewman for BFI Canada, during the rodeo season Henning works the back-chute area as Raw Crew for the Rawhide Rodeo Company, and once a weekend, as he prepares himself to do here, climbs back on a bull$

Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo A successful bull ride of 8 seconds without falling, or touching the animal or oneself with ones free hand, can seem a lifetime… or take a life. At the Arthur Ontario Rodeo in 2001 “Road Kill” Phill Henning took a horn to his skull, when his mount pitched him forward while simultaneously slashing back at him with its head. Unconscious with a fractured skull, Henning’s heart stopped both in the ambulance on the way to the local hospital and then a second time in the air ambulance to Hamilton General Hospital. Now, by weekday a recycling crewman for BFI Canada, during the rodeo season Henning works the back-chute area as Raw Crew for the Rawhide Rodeo Company, and once a weekend, as he prepares himself to do here, climbs back on a bull

Hillsburgh, ON. Clayton Johnson’s (age 5) first time on a bucking steer. Bulling riding clinic at TLC Quarter Horses Ranch (owner Scott Gray), Erin ON.

Warkworth, ON. Dodge Rodeo. Bareback bronco rider, Tim Ryan, gets ready to make the winning ride.

Warkworth, ON. Dodge Rodeo. Bareback bronco rider, Tim Ryan, gets ready to make the winning ride. Model Released

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Caledonia, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo. In this moment, bull rider David Buchanan does not yet know that he will survive this close-encounter with his angry mount.
Model ReleasedRawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Caledonia, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo. In this moment, bull rider David Buchanan does not yet know that he will survive this close-encounter with his angry mount. Model ReleasedRawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Lindsay, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008.
Bull rider, Eric Isabelle of Quebec vs. Rawhide Rodeo's #23 Tramp Stamp. First buck out of the chute at the Lindsay rodeo, the bull kicks up toward the camera. In the background Barrelman and Rodeo Clown, Radical Ryan Rodriguez stands on his 40 Kg padded steel barrel ready for whatever may come, be that offering sanctuary to a fallen or injured cowboy, playing cat and mouse with an angry bull, or filling the inevitable lulls in entertainment when hitches occur with cowboys or livestock.

Lindsay, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008. Bull rider, Eric Isabelle of Quebec vs. Rawhide Rodeo's #23 Tramp Stamp. First buck out of the chute at the Lindsay rodeo, the bull kicks up toward the camera. In the background Barrelman and Rodeo Clown, Radical Ryan Rodriguez stands on his 40 Kg padded steel barrel ready for whatever may come, be that offering sanctuary to a fallen or injured cowboy, playing cat and mouse with an angry bull, or filling the inevitable lulls in entertainment when hitches occur with cowboys or livestock.

Port Perry, Ontario Canada. Rawhide Rodeo Company, Hardway Professional Bull Riding event. Canadian Cowgirls Drill Team.

Orangeville, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Cowboy Johnny Shore. Model Released

Erin, Ontario. RAWHIDE Rodeo Clayton Fisher, bull rider. Model ReleasedRawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo

Rodeo participants speak of their subculture as being about family. In this case rodeo families come together for a potluck supper on the Saturday evening before he dance.

Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Rodeo participants speak of their subculture as being about family. In this case rodeo families come together for a potluck supper on the Saturday evening before he dance.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Mississauga, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Tour Finals 2008. With a strong Christian and family aspect to rodeo, as many as three generations of family and friends participating in the Dodge Rodeo finals in Mississauga gather in their free time in the parking lot of the Hershey Centre for a round-robin team roping tournament using a dummy steer which is tagged with a quote from the bible. The header must catch first and while dragging the dummy along on its skids, his partner, the heeler, must catch the free-swinging hind-legs for the team to move up in the standings. On the dummy a tag cites scripture "Jesus is Lord 1 John 1 5-10."

Mississauga, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Tour Finals 2008. With a strong Christian and family aspect to rodeo, as many as three generations of family and friends participating in the Dodge Rodeo finals in Mississauga gather in their free time in the parking lot of the Hershey Centre for a round-robin team roping tournament using a dummy steer which is tagged with a quote from the bible. The header must catch first and while dragging the dummy along on its skids, his partner, the heeler, must catch the free-swinging hind-legs for the team to move up in the standings. On the dummy a tag cites scripture "Jesus is Lord 1 John 1 5-10."

Stratford, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo, 2008. Joe "Joe Dawg" Shaw.

Brazilian bull rider, André Fereira, preparing for his try, Rawhide Rodeo, Lindsay Ontario 2009

Caledonia, Ontario. Rawhide Rodeo Brazilian bull rider, Edson Silva prays before his rideRawhide Rodeo,

Caledonian Ontario. A bull rider prepares to get on. Rawhide Rodeo, Huntsville, ON.

Rawhide Rodeo, Lindsay Ontario 2009. Brazilian bull rider, Cly Neto.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Rawhide Rodeo, Lindsay Ontario 2009. Tended by friends and a rodeo medic, Brazilian bull rider Cly Neto, lies splayed on the ground after being hastily carried from the ring after his bull slipped in the mud and fell on him.

Rawhide Rodeo, Lindsay Ontario 2009. Tended by friends and a rodeo medic, Brazilian bull rider Cly Neto, lies splayed on the ground after being hastily carried from the ring after his bull slipped in the mud and fell on him.

Rawhide Rodeo, Huntsville Ontario 2010. Huntsville, ON. Bull rider Brandon Moore and his boy, Colton, 2010

Rawhide Rodeo, Huntsville Ontario 2010. Saturday evening dance after the first rodeo go round.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo

The sun rises over a steer roping dummy in the competitor camping field at the Valentia Equine Retraining Centre, which along with the Oakwood Lions Club host The Valentia Rodeo and Harvest Days southeast of Lindsay, Ontario.

Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo The sun rises over a steer roping dummy in the competitor camping field at the Valentia Equine Retraining Centre, which along with the Oakwood Lions Club host The Valentia Rodeo and Harvest Days southeast of Lindsay, Ontario.

Small Town Rodeo Culture / Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo

Steer wrestler, Bob McCormick the morning after. Feeling poorly because he took a horn in the right side of his rib cage the day before, McCormick rests in the back of the truck while his partner Ryan Kent prepares the rig for a long drive to Quebec and the next rodeo.
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Valentia, Ontario. Dodge Rodeo Steer wrestler, Bob McCormick the morning after. Feeling poorly because he took a horn in the right side of his rib cage the day before, McCormick rests in the back of the truck while his partner Ryan Kent prepares the rig for a long drive to Quebec and the next rodeo. Model released (McCormick)

Peter Sibbald | Toronto-Canada-Based Photographer, Filmmaker and Artist

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