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>>> ALL RIGHT, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BUCKING BRONCO.
AN EXCITING WEEKEND TO BE A
RODE+@O STAR.
RODE+@O STAR. LIVES WILL BE CHANGED AND
CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT THE
AMERICAN RODEO TAKING PLACE IN
NORTH TEXAS.
NORTH TEXAS. ONE OF THE COMPETITORS IS WITH
US THIS MORNING.
TILDEN HOOPER.
TILDEN HOOPER. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YOUR
HIS+@TORY.
HIS+@TORY. H+@OW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN
COMPETI+@TIVE?
COMPETI+@TIVE? >> 12 YEARS.
>> EARLY ON YOU HAD AN INJURY
THAT COU+@LD'VE SIDELINED YOU,
RIGHT?+@
RIGHT?+@
RIGHT?+@ >> YEAH, THEY TOOK OUT A
+@ HERNIATED DISC INFUSED TH+@OSE
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. I HAVE B+@EEN FORTUNATE TO
CONTINUE TO RIDE.
>> DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN
THAT GATE OPENS AND YOU TAKE
OFF?
OFF?
OFF? DO
OFF? DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
+@POSSIBILITY OR WOULD THAT PSY
YOU OUT?
YOU OUT?
YOU OUT? >> I DON'T.
I DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT
STUFF LIKE THAT.
>> LOOKING AT THE PRIZE MONEY +@
FOR THIS COMPETITION, $2.3
MILLION.
MILLION.
MILLION. I SEE OVER THE YEARS YOU HAVE
WON VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
I MEAN, THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE
YOUR LIVING.
YOUR LIVING. THIS BOARD IS YOUR LIVING,
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? +@>> ABSOLUTELY.
+@>> ABSOLUTELY. THE OPPORTUNITY TO RIDE FOR
THIS KIND OF MONEY IN THIS
STADIUM, ESPECIALLY FOR A TEXAS
GUY LIKE ME, IT IS AWESOME.
IT IS FUN.
THESE EVENTS WHERE YOU ONLY
HAVE TO GET ON A HANDFUL OF
TIMES, THAT IS LIFE-CHANGING
MONEY.
MONEY.
MONEY. >>
MONEY. >> GOING INTO +@IT, FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE MAPPING OUT THE VEGAS
ODDS AND WHO IS+@ GOING TO WIN,
LIKE A CAR RACE OR A HORSERACE,
DO YOU READ THOSE?
>> I'M SURE THERE IS SOMEWHERE
IT IS BEING DONE.
+@ >> BUT YOU DON'T GET INVOLVED,
IS THAT BY DESIGN?
YOU DON'T WANT+@ TO BE INFLUENC
BY EXPECTATION?
BY EXPECTATION? >> I GUESS SO.
I EXPECT MYSELF TO WIN EVERY
+@
I EXPECT MYSELF TO WIN EVERY TIME I GO.
>> YOU HEAR THAT, HE EXPECTS
HIMSELF TO WIN EVERY TIME.
GREG EXPECTS THE FORECAST TO BE
RIGHT EVERY TIME.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ANOTHER
TIME.
TIME.
+@
+@ WHAT
+@ WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF THIS.
>> THIS IS A NECK BRACE I HAVE
THAT GOES ON LIK+@E THIS.
IT KEEPS MY HEAD FROM GOING
BACK TOO FAR.
>> WAS THERE A TIME WHEN THIS
SORT OF EQUIPMENT WAS NOT PART
OF THE SPORT?
>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN AND OUT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BI+@GGER, MO
EXPENSIVE NECK BRACES YOU WILL
SEE.
SEE.
SEE. >>
SEE. >> BECAUSE YOU ARE THROWN
AROUND ON THAT HORSE.
>> THIS ARM BRACE, IT IS ROUGH
ON THE ARM.
THAT GOES ON LIKE THAT AND
KEEPS MY ELBOW FROM GOING PAST
STRAIT.
STRAIT.
STRAIT. WE WANT IT TO GET STRAIGHT AND
NOT OVEREXTEND.
NOT OVEREXTEND. >> SO RIDING BAREBACK YOU DON'T
>> SO RIDING BAREBACK YOU DON'T@ HAVE A SADDLE AT ALL.
IS THERE +@AN ONGOING THING
BETWEEN THOSE WHO DO BAREBACK
RIDING AND THOSE WHO HAVE A
SADDLE?
SADDLE?
SADDLE? >> I ALWAYS PUT IT LIKE THIS.
EVERY BAREBACK WRITER I KNOW
HAS BEEN ON A SADDLE OR A BOWL.
>> INTERESTING.
>> INTERESTING. TAKE FROM THAT WHAT YOU WILL.
>> AND THIS LOOKS LIKE PART OF
A SADDLE?
A SADDLE?
A SADDLE? >> THIS IS MY SADDLE, I GUESS.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU GRAB ON TO.
>> IT IS A SUITCASE STYLE
HANDLE.
HANDLE.
HANDLE. WE HAVE A WEDGE UNDERNEATH
+@
WE HAVE A WEDGE UNDERNEATH THERE AND I PUT THIS GLOVE ON.
IT HAS A LITTLE NOT, THERE AND
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. I
THERE. I WILL GET IT IN.
YOU SEE HOW TIGHT IT IS.
>> WE LOVE LIVE TV.
>> IT WILL BE LIKE THAT, SO IT
WON'T COME OUT.
SO I SQUEEZE ON THAT AND MAKE
+@SURE IT WON'T COME OUT.
>> STRENGTH TRAINING AND OTHER
THIN+@GS, IS THAT PART OF MAKIN
SURE YOU ARE PHYSICALLY FIT TO
HANG ON AS TIGHT AS YOU HAVE
TO?
TO?
TO? >>
TO? >> I
TO? >> I THINK THE PHYSICAL FITNESS
COMES IN MORE JUST FROM THE
ABUSE YOU TAKE ON YOUR BODY.
OBVIOUSLY THOSE HORSES ARE
BIGGER THAN +@US, SO I WON'T GO
IN THE GYM AND DO A BUNCH OF
PUSH-UPS TO GET STRONGER THAN
THAT HORSE.
THAT HORSE. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE
WATCHING THIS WEEKEND AND YOU
HEARD THAT, RIGHT?
I'M NOT STU+@CK