Bareback Bronc Riding Pictures, Black and White - Page 1 of 3
The photographs below are of Carpenter Rodeo Company bareback livestock.
Carpenter Rodeo was an open rodeo company that toured Kansas and Oklahoma for more than 40 years, retiring in 1999. If known, the names of the broncs, bronc riders, and locations are given.
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Six Spots, Douglass, KS, 1968.
Jim Gogt and Flash.
Unknown bronc rider and bronc.
Carl Waymire and Ed Hickey (the bronc). Besides being a bareback rider, Carl was a rodeo clown called Warhoop (see his chaps). There were several good "Ed Hickey" broncs.
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Bareback Bronc Riding Pictures
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Bareback Bronc Riding Photo Credits
The photos on this page were taken by long-time Carpenter Rodeo Company photographer Steve Vanselous.
As you've probably noticed most of the photos on this page show bronc riders getting bucked off instead of making a ride. This is because, over the years, bronc riders usually purchased the photos from Steve Vanselous that showed themselves making a good ride.
The photos showing the bronc rider in a less flattering position didn't sell as well. When Steve stopped taking rodeo photos in the mid-1980s he sold his remaining photo inventory to Bill Carpenter of Carpenter Rodeo Company, and the majority of the remaining photos were of bronc riders getting bucked off. The photos on this page are from Bill's collection.
