Surviving Windy Ropings, College Rodeo and Life’s Challenges

This week on The Breakdown, 2022 Windy Ryon Memorial Roping champion Maddy Deerman breaks down her roping and shares how she overcame high winds and her own mental blocks to pocket $5,400 on May 28.

Deerman discusses how she made college rodeo work while obtaining a geoscience degree. She recently qualified for her second College National Finals Rodeo and has a rock solid game plan for competition that you will definitely want to hear.

Losing a loved one, especially your roping mentor, in your teenage years can be devastating, but Deerman describes how she overcame great loss and rallied back to fall in love with breakaway again.

This episode is brought to you by our friends at Fast Back Ropes.

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