CELL PHONES COME IN HANDY FOR COWBOYS
Steer Wrestler Sits at #1 Rank in Regional Pro Rodeo Circuit
Gering, Nebr. (September 16, 2009) - Steer wrestler Dean Gorsuch is burning up the cell phone lines.
His cell phone is full of about 300 contacts, mostly of other steer wrestlers across the nation.
Gorsuch, Gering, Nebraska, competes at rodeos across the nation, flying to many of them, but he makes sure he competes at the rodeos in his home circuit, the Prairie Circuit, made up of the 40-some pro rodeos in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Because he travels via airplane, he’s not able to get his own horse to most of the rodeos at which he competes, so he borrows horses from other steer wrestlers. And that requires having lots of contacts in his cell phone, so he can track down another steer wrestler at the rodeo he’s going to, to ask if he can ride his horse.
Borrowing a horse isn’t a big deal, Dean says. The steer wrestlers are like a fraternity of brothers, and they readily help each other out when somebody needs a mount at a rodeo. “Everybody’s pretty close,” Gorsuch says.
Gorsuch is sitting in the number one spot in the Prairie Circuit standings as steer wrestler, and he’s been there at the top all year. “It’s been a good year in the circuit,” he said.
It’s also been a good year for him in the nationwide standings in the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association. Gorsuch is currently ranked number four in the world standings. Barring major injury, he will compete in the National Finals Rodeo this December in Las Vegas, pro rodeo’s world championship. He hopes this year will be a repeat of 2006, when he won the World Championship Steer Wrestling title. But he knows that past gold buckles do not equal future success. “Every time it’s a clean slate. It means a lot to me to be world champion in 2006, but this is 2009.”
Before that, he’s looking forward to the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo, the regional championship held in Kansas City October 22-24 at the American Royal. “It’s a great circuit finals (rodeo),” he said. “They put on a good rodeo in Kansas City. It’s an honor to get to go to it.”
But for now, Dean just makes sure his cell phone is charged and his contact list is backed up. There are rodeos to compete at and horses to line up.
The 30 year old cowboy has been a PRCA member since 2002; he and his wife Bekah have two sons.
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