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Rodeo tradition

The traditional ranching and cowboy skills of horseback riding and roping, are embraced and raised to new performance levels in rodeo competitions held annually across the western U.S. In North Dakota rodeos range from national professional events to local high school competitions and feature such events as bareback and saddle bronc riding, team tying, calf roping and bulldogging.