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Austin Richardson
Most kids by the age of 13 are riding bikes and skateboards, but by then, our guy Austin Richardson was already taking on some of the toughest bulls in the world. Growing up outside of Dallas, he and his buddies got a shot at bull riding at an early age, and Austin showed he was natural from his very first ride. By 16 Austin was all in on bull riding and decided that he wanted to go pro. Luckily, he didn’t have to wait long, because at only 18 Austin got his PBR card and began competing on the biggest stages in the sport. Since then he’s become one of the most competitive riders in PBR, and he’s been a BRUNT-sponsored athlete for the last couple seasons. This year he was #1 in the world before a season-ending injury, but Austin’s recovery has gone according to plan and he’s on-track to be at full strength for next season. For a dude who’s only 24, Austin spits a lot of wisdom and speaks very humbly about his talents—if you’re looking for someone to root for in PBR, he’s your guy.
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Eric Girouard 0:00
This is bucket talk, a weekly podcast for people who work in the trades and construction that aren't just trying to survive, but have the ambition and desire to thrive.
The opportunity in the trades and construction is absolutely ridiculous right now. So if you're hungry, it's time to eat.
We discuss what it takes to rise from the bottom to the top with people who are well on their way and roll up their sleeves every single day.
Jeremy Perkins 0:28
All right, on this episode of bucket talk, we have a awesome guest, Austin Richardson is one of our bull riders. Has been with us for a little bit now. Austin, welcome to the show. I appreciate y'all having me. Hell yeah, hell yeah.
I am pumped to have you on. You've been riding with us for a little while now, and
you know good guy to hang out with. I know we got to, got to play a little cards at the casino and
mix it up out there. But I wanted to give a little background on your on who you are. You know your upbringing, your you know before the whole PBR thing, so kind of dive into where you you know, how you got into the industry,
Austin Richardson 1:13
what you were doing from childhood all the way up to now. Yes, sir, yeah. I mean, when I was a little kid, I raised mostly dirt bikes. When I was younger, kind of worked my way up through that. My whole family raced dirt bikes and jet skis and stuff. And
just right when I turned about, I don't know, 12 or 13, a couple of my buddies got me in the bull riding and, and just it kind of just jumped from there. Did pretty good my first couple of rides, and and started going to some junior rodeos and stuff like that. And and won me, won me like $75 and it kind of had me hooked there. But now glamor Marchi, he was a PBR world champion. He lived two miles from me as soon as he came from the United States. So he's always kind of been in my eye right there, and just watching him grow up. And that that kind of, I can say, that kind of made me like, choose PBR over like PRC or any other Rodeo Association. I wanted to be where the best board writers were at. And just kind of worked my way up from open bull ridings to to junior high and high school and stuff like that. And, and as soon as I was 18, I bought my PBR card and, and kind of had a pretty good start. I went to my first world finals in 2019
and it just kind of kicked off from there. And now I'm here and 24 years old, and, and, and I've had a pretty great year this past year, and I'm sitting seventh right now. I know I'm not going to be able to be able to ride in the world finals coming up here in just just a week or so, but man, I feel great. I feel awesome about where my career is taking me, for sure. Dude, I want to dive into the early childhood but like what some of our some of our listeners may not know, you're sitting seventh right now and you haven't ridden in months? Yeah, I think it's been a little over three months, three months. So three months ago, you got hurt,
Jeremy Perkins 3:09
ended the season, but you were number one in the world at the time, and you were on fire. You won in Albany, you won in Madison Square Garden.
You did well in, I think, in New Hampshire, like you were, you were, man, I so you, you actually extended the lead so much in the early part of the season that it's carried you all the way through to seventh in the world right now. We got World Finals coming up in the in, what, a week and a half. Yeah. So that's, that's crazy.
Austin Richardson 3:40
I can't complain about the season I did have. I mean, outstanding season. Won a couple events, top 10 finishes and and to be sitting seventh in the world and not even going in the world finals and riding for three months. I mean, that's pretty good season. I just say, I mean, I wish I was riding right there with all those guys. I mean, that's what we wish for is, at the end of the year, being at the World Finals. But no, I'm grateful for the season I did have, for sure,
Jeremy Perkins 4:05
totally, totally. And, you know, it was exciting for us. Still is exciting. I mean, you're you're in your prime, you know, obviously had a little bump in the road, but this is not the end of you. You're going to come out bigger, better, faster, stronger, you got, you're going into teams healthy. So that'll be, that'll be crazy, but that's crazy how you kind of glossed over the fact that your your buddies just said, Hey, come let's, you know, come over and ride bulls. Like, yeah. How old were you at the time when, when you were just like it, I'll do it. Yeah.
Austin Richardson 4:37
I mean, when I was younger, I I got on a few sheep, like my family. There they were, they weren't cowboys, but we were farmers and stuff like that. We had horses and everything. But I got on a few sheep, maybe a few calves. But it really kicked off when a couple of my buddies got into it, Mason Taylor, Zach Laney, a couple of them guys that Mason Taylor, he, he rides into PBR, but I. Uh, man, just one day, just got up and we started riding bulls and and actually taking it serious, putting the practice in. But man, it, it wasn't no real thought at the time, when I was that young, being in the PBR and and continuing or been able to ride for a world title and stuff like that. Never thought about it that way. But once I started kind of getting older, I could kind of see a picture of me up there and and just kind of worked out the way it did. That's
Jeremy Perkins 5:30
crazy. So I learned a term the other day, and I know a lot of farmers and ranchers be like, how the hell does he not know this term? But it's funny, I didn't know, like, I knew that kids rode cheap, but I didn't know the sport was called mutton bust. Yeah? Mutton Mutton Busting, yeah. So it was funny, my son just went down to to the Houston rodeo. He wanted to see Jelly Roll. Like, it was, like, He's seven years old. He's like, I'm going, I want to go. That's awesome. So we got him tickets, but that he was down there watching all that, and was really pumped up about that. So you, you, you started off in sheep before you, you moved up to to cast, yeah bulls,
Austin Richardson 6:13
yeah. I feel like every kid. I feel like every kid needs to try Mutton Busting at least once or twice. I mean, I feel like that's a that's a must, but no, yeah, I just started sheep riding and and then kind of gradually got my way up. But I don't remember even getting on the sheep, but I have a couple of trophies when I was a kid riding, riding sheep. But
Jeremy Perkins 6:40
that's crazy. So, you know, junior high, high school, you're doing this, you know, on a regional level, I would say, yeah,
Austin Richardson 6:48
right, yeah, there's regions, and then there's regions all over, all over Texas, even all through the United States. And they have a so I used to ride in region four, which is about an hour from my house. So they have like 10 different regions in Texas, and then they take the top four from and those guys from each event to state finals, and then state finals to national finals. I think it's somewhere in Wyoming or something like that. I never made it that far, but yeah, they have a pretty, pretty good lineup going through there. You'll see a bunch of World Champions go through that, through that region, high school finals. Deal.
Jeremy Perkins 7:28
That's crazy. So at what, what was the turning point like? When did you know that, like a, not only this is what I want to do professionally, but this is what I've I'm set out to do, like, this is, this is my calling. Like, when was that turning point for you?
Austin Richardson 7:45
Yeah, I was about 16 or 17. I started getting on some rancher bulls and, like, bulls that were in the PBR already, and like, and to be able to cover those bulls in the practice bin, or an open boar riding like that, just boosted your confidence like no other it did, for sure for me and and I kind of knew like I was getting really good at it, and I knew I could have a career at it. So just as soon as I turned 18, I wanted to go pro and try my luck. My second velocity I ever went to, or my first velocity, I took second place, and that boosted my confidence and and just going on from there, but man, just riding those rank bulls that you see guys get on when, when you're a young kid and you're covering them now, that that really, like, set the tone for me and, and just I knew all I had to do is believe in myself and keep going. But man, it is crazy, just where it is came from, like where I'm at now, and and looking back at that, this is, it's really crazy.
Jeremy Perkins 8:46
So you got into the PBR in what 2019
Austin Richardson 8:50
was that? 18? In 2018 i i went to my first couple touring pros. So it goes touring pro velocity, and then UTB series. And I did well my first year or touring pros, and then my first velocity, I took second, and then I was able to actually the next, following week, I went to my first UTB in Billings, Montana. I didn't do any good there. And then, kind of after that, I struggled for a little bit. And then 2019 kind of got a turnaround and and won my first velocity and got on the UTB season and and went to the velocity finals, took second there, qualified for the World Finals, and didn't do great at the world finals in 2019 but I was just blessed to be there. I got on some of the rankest bulls going that going that week, I felt like I drew pretty deep. But no, it was a, it was a great learning experience, for sure, especially in my younger age and and taking that from then to now.
Jeremy Perkins 9:52
Yeah, so you're, you're 24 now. So you were, you were in around 1718, when you entered the PBR, is that? Is that? Like, were you the youngest to ever do it? Is this, is this kind of the norm, that's
Austin Richardson 10:04
a normal thing. Like the kid John creamer, and there's a couple other kids that are 18k, and loud. I mean, that that's kind of a normal deal. As soon as you turn 18, just take your shot and go. But, but most kids kind of struggle at the beginning that at the beginning of years, there's, there's a few kids that that shoot like superstars, like that John train, he's 18, and I mean him and chadloud are killing it out there right now, and and, and some guys aren't, when they turn 18, they're not as that good. Have that, have that like, perfect set of year, or that perfect year to be able to shoot up like that. But, no, it's an it's a normal thing, for sure, for younger guys to start up in the PBR.
Jeremy Perkins 10:49
It's kind of interesting too, because for as brutal of a sport as it is on your body, you guys seem to cover a pretty big spread of, you know, the age range, yeah, varies from from young all the way up to 40. And I think somebody recently, there was a, there was an older bull rider that got out there, and he was in his like, late 40s. I think he was, like a world champion
Austin Richardson 11:13
at some point in time. Yeah, yeah. He, I think he is, I think he is the oldest guy that qualifies to the World Finals. That's crazy. And what, what's crazy is, when he won the World Finals, I was two years old. He won in 2002 and I, I want, or I was born in 2000 and so that's just crazy. When he was riding against me, when, and he's already been riding since I was born,
Jeremy Perkins 11:39
right, right? That's That's crazy. So I mean, and a lot of people don't realize that you guys are a pretty tight knit group, you know, I know we just moved into teams, which, you know, up until, like, a couple of years ago, you guys were riding for yourselves or for your sponsors individually. But what I didn't know prior to getting into the sport was, for the most part, I'm sure there's some personalities you may or may not get along with in the locker room, but, but that being said, you guys almost travel and train as a team. Oh yeah. And, and it's pretty cool that, like when we went out, when we met the bull riders, originally, we'd go out with other other bull riders from different sponsors, from different teams, if you will, because there's a lot of companies out there that put together, you know, a whole group of of bull riders. But you guys, you guys travel together, you guys work out together, you guys eat together. It's it is. So take me through that whole thing. Like, like, who's your training partner? Do you do you guys? Like, how often do you guys see each other? Are you guys, like, just straight through the season, and then you guys go off on your own? Or is it 365 you're just hanging out with these dudes?
Austin Richardson 13:00
I I like to say it's 365 I mean, there's a couple of us that don't live close to each other, but most of us on the tour, we're all family, like, we all help each other out. There's not, like, no conflict between each other. I mean, yeah, like you said, there. There's some personalities that we don't some people don't like to hang out with, or whatever. There's kind of your little your little groups, but most of everybody helped everybody. And, I mean, did it. There's no really any kind of conflict. Like, we're always there for each other, whatever. Me and Mason Taylor, we live, like, 10 minutes away, so we're always hanging out or whatever. But Dalton castle and Caden lab, we're all we're all hanging out together, and we're kind of a family, like before. Before it was the team deals. We were already a team like we. We all travel together. We, most of us like to stay together and because it makes it more fun or whatever. But no, we're all friends. I grew up with most of the riders, Boudreau, Dalton, Mason and Dalen, all them guys, Eli, shoot, we we've known each other for a long time and and it helps out for sure, having buddies there, you know, even when you're down and they're doing good like, you know, they always everybody's there to help us.
Jeremy Perkins 14:16
Now, when I did the podcast with Eli a couple seasons back, we kind of got into the whole bull versus rider aspect, like, there's, there's two sides of the the coin here, you know, there's just enough, there's, there's just the same amount of people that are there and in it for the bulls, yeah, and the care and the consideration that goes into them as athletes, yeah. Is is huge. And then obviously there's the rider side. But what I thought was interesting is that, like obviously, the bulls win prizes as well. There's competition among bull breeders and and ranches and stuff like that. Have you ever thought about it? If you do, please allow. Rate. But like, Have you ever thought about owning a bull or working that side of the PBR, or is it just strictly been a rider and that's, that's where your focus is? Yeah. I
Austin Richardson 15:09
mean, I've owned a few bulls, for sure. I don't think that's my cup of tea. Owning a bunch of bucking bulls, it's a lot to take care of. And, man, I would rather just worry about me and worry about my career and stuff like that. But man, I give, I give all the round of applause to those guys that take care of them bulls. Because, I mean, that's a 24/7 job, especially traveling from city to city and make sure those bulls stay the same way. And man, them bulls get taken care of so well, it's, it's outstanding, the job that they do. But now I don't, I don't see myself getting off into the bull business. It's fun to own some bulls, but it is a, it is a full time job and and, man, it is crazy how some of them bulls are getting so ranked, like us bull riders, we're not generating like that. Them bulls are getting so ranked. And it's a, I see a new video every day of a new bull coming around, like a young, two year old bull that's bucking its ass off, like it's insane for for what they're coming from.
Jeremy Perkins 16:10
So the so the lines run deep, the bloodlines run deep. Oh
Austin Richardson 16:13
yeah, I think, like, you can go down on a BBI website to like, five generations or something like that, like it's insane, like they have big bull competitions with the two year olds and the dummies and the the yearling bulls and stuff like that. And that's where most of the PBR bulls come from, is the Abbi and they just kind of work their way up, just like us riders coming to the touring, touring Pro to velocity tours. And they have to work their way up. But man, it is crazy how outstanding them bulls are getting, for sure.
Jeremy Perkins 16:43
Now, last weekend, I know, for for people that this will be airing later, they'll be like, What the hell? But last weekend was the Kentucky Derby, and obviously they talk about, you know, the the the stud fees and, yeah, the bloodlines and how much, how much a horse cost are you? Would you guys compare? I mean, not the way they compare it, but would you guys compare yourself to that? Like, there's some million dollar bulls out there, oh yeah,
Austin Richardson 17:09
for for danger there, there's bulls that get, they get, they get their sperm collected, they lease them out, or whatever. Like, I'm pretty sure. HD, he has so many bulls going out all over the country to get to get used for for breeding, like the lines that they have, like, that is what they try to do, is try to light line up the right female with the mill. And it's just crazy. The genetics going in on these bulls, like, like the bull legend, or flying wire like that. That's insane. Those bulls bucking like that. And they wouldn't just do that. They wouldn't do that. They didn't want to. And it's just crazy how, how they want to do it, and how they do do it.
Jeremy Perkins 17:54
Now you guys don't really have any training centers, per se, like you would think of like the Patriots or the the Red Sox, or whatever they have their, you know, spring training camp stuff like that. A lot of you guys get together and share equipment, or, you know, go to each other's ranches and stuff like that. How do you guys get bulls there now, do you lease them from other people to practice on? Do you guys normally have your own bulls that you have, you know, just kicking around. How does that all
Austin Richardson 18:22
work? Yeah. So I have a group of friends that own bulls. Mason Taylor owns bulls. My buddy Maverick Potter that they have a bunch of bulls in the location I'm at. But, man, if most of them contractors want to get their bulls, but so if we holler at them to bring some bulls over because we're wanting to do on practice, they'll be more than welcome to bring their bulls over and let us get on. But most training, most training, we get on just easy practice bulls. If we're trying to get something right, just trying to work on something, we don't want to get on nothing to rank. And if you're feeling yourself and you want to get on something pretty, pretty super rank in the practice pane, you can do that as well. But we just try to get on just easy bulls, easy bulls that we know we can work on, or whatever, work on ourselves. Just get timing right. They're not mean or nothing. They're just easygoing bulls, and that's how we try to practice on them.
Jeremy Perkins 19:14
Yeah. So technique, you know, how, how the Bull Bucks, everything like that. I think, I think for the layman, when you when you go to your first bull riding experience, or your first rodeo, kind of looks like you're just hanging on for dear life, you make eight seconds, yeah, like, that's good. But then there's the whole point system, and a lot of people don't realize it, but there's 100 points overall. 50 go to the bull. 50 go to the rider and walk me through some of some of the ways you can get more points as a rider. Because it's not just holding on for dear life. It is they're styled,
Austin Richardson 19:56
yeah, go ahead. Kick it off, yeah. Uh, man, it's really about the. Staying in the middle and and try to keep your free arm as controlled as you can. If you're staying in the middle of that bull and he's doing everything to buck you off, they're going to score you over the bull for sure. And and some, sometimes when you're hanging off the side of the bull, and just like you said, hanging on for dear life, that that's when they're going to mark the bull over you. You didn't do that great of a job. The bull was kind of winning the situation. But no, you can spur as well. If you're spurring the bull, and this just knocking that bull with with ease, that's you're for sure, going to get marked over and for sure. And I'm pretty sure my highest score on a bull. I think I was like, you said, 50 goes to the rider, 50 goes to the bull. I think I've been marked like 47 and three quarters, and that was probably my highest one. I think,
Jeremy Perkins 20:53
dude, that's crazy. And usually when, when the rider has a higher, higher point, then obviously the bull is going to be up there as well. Yeah,
Austin Richardson 21:03
it just depends if, if the it can go either way. The if the bull is really easy and you're just dominate them, you're going to be over them. But say there's a real ranked one, and you ride the trap out of them with ease. I feel like both y'all scores are going to be kind of maybe a point, maybe half a point difference. It he might the bull might win, or the rider might win in the point system, but it most of the time that guys get get scored over a bulls is when it's a little bit easier for them and and they're and they're just dominating the ride, but
Jeremy Perkins 21:43
awesome? Awesome? Yeah, no. It's when I learned that that aspect of it, it brought, like, a whole another level of understanding, and it was pretty cool to watch. And now you're, you're trying to analyze rides like, as if I was ever going to be able to ride a it's, it's pretty cool, because then you get to, you get to start to see some trends, some patterns, strategy. But it's been, it's been pretty crazy. I gotta ask you, because I haven't, I didn't ask Eli. Now I know what, like the sport of hockey and other sports, like a lot of guys take the, you know, the half shield, or no shield for especially in hockey, is, like, you know, this is my this is my expression. This is, you know, I'm not going to wear a full face shield. Like, I'm tough, I'm gritty. Like, this is the way it's always been. Why are there still got cowboy hats and not helmets in the in, in the PBR?
Austin Richardson 22:46
Yeah. So there, there's an age difference. So if I forgot, I forgot the year that that you're not allowed to wear out or wear a hat anymore. But there is a year set where, so eventually every rider will have to ride, riding a helmet. So some of the some of them other guys are are grandfathered in to be able to ride with a hat, and some of us, younger guys, we, we didn't have the chance to be able to do that, but I've always worn with the helmet, and I always will. I don't ever want to take a chance like that. I mean, I am a tough guy, and I can take a shot, but I will always wear a helmet, for sure. I honestly don't see how those guys ride without a ride without a helmet. But like I said, they're the older generation, and they kind of grew up that way, and, and some people don't really like to change the way they grew up riding in a helmet or a hat kind of messes with them. But
Jeremy Perkins 23:37
because we were, we were in New Hampshire, and we saw, I mean, obviously, like, there is kind of a difference between, you know, banging your face off the back of the bowl versus getting stepped on by a bull, in case you got his head stepped on by a bull. And yes, that was scary. And super fortunate to wear a helmet, super fortunate to walk away. And I just, I mean, I couldn't understand at this point, at this day in the in the game, that there's still guys out there that are crazy enough to just wear a wear a hat.
Austin Richardson 24:08
Yeah, I give it tunes. They got some balls for sure, damn it. There's some moments I got a helmet on, and I'm pretty I get kind of scared a little bit. But yeah, that, that, that trip with the with Casey, that was a scary deal. Good thing. He had that helmet on, like you said, was able to walk away
Jeremy Perkins 24:29
the the replay was insane, because it saw, yeah, you saw the whole helmet flex and everything, and it was like, holy shit. And he stood up and he, he got, I mean, obviously he was banged up. But, yeah, I mean, it's the technology nowadays. You guys wear the vest and everything, the chest protectors, and definitely a whole, a whole different ballgame. Is there any more safety features that they could possibly bring on or
Austin Richardson 24:57
not that I can think of? I'm pretty. Sure we got pretty much everything that we could that we could use, yeah, but I mean, some guys wear shin guards, stuff like that, paddings around their around their thighs and stuff. But I try to stay light as possible. So I mean, I'll have most of the deer chaps, vest, helmet, glove and boots, and I try to keep it as light as possible there. There's some guys that put on a bunch of padding, but it just kind of just however you feel about it. But
Jeremy Perkins 25:29
nice. So obviously, you're in your prime. You're in the start of your prime, to be honest with you, and you got some some years ahead of you. But I always like to do this exercise, what, what's in your head, like, Where, where are you going after, after bull riding? Is it? Is it coaching teams? Is it management? Is it, you know, running a ranch or or even a school or something like that? What? What's, what's your end game? What's your goal? Uh,
Austin Richardson 26:00
I mean, I've always just wanted to kind of own a business. I mean, I don't really know where life's gonna take me after bull riding. I mean, so a long ways, I've never really thought about it, but I've always wanted to own a business and just kind of chill out and have a lake house or something like that, do something small. I don't want no big land or taking care of a ranch or anything. But no, if teams came in my eyes where I could be a coach for that, that would be awesome. I love to stay around bull riding for sure, but I haven't really thought about that far. I mean, my goal set right now is to become a world champion and and hopefully win a couple team championships for sure, and just, and just staying consistent most of my career, and and, and when I get done with Borat, and I think I'm going to hate it a little bit sitting around the house. I'm always traveling and going nice places and stuff like that, but now just kind of keeping it easy after I retire and just chill out on the lake and hopefully run kind of a small business that takes care of me and my family, and that'd be about it. I'll be happy with that for sure.
Jeremy Perkins 27:15
You're back. There you go.
Austin Richardson 27:16
There you go, yeah, kind of try it out for a second. Um,
Jeremy Perkins 27:20
so to the teams aspect, I know we we've been talking about it, but really haven't dove into that. Kind of been a big deal. Recently, they just added two new teams to the team circuit, the wildcatters and something out of New York. I forget what that that team is, but is it getting more and more exciting in the teams? Is it starting to come together and and making sense? I know, first couple years, it was a little confusing. It's, you know, yeah, different, out of the norm. But now is it because, I mean, you guys got a draft now, you guys brought on JB Mooney as a coach for the wildcatters. I mean, you're seeing some big people come back to the sport and helping out in a real way. What's good there? Yeah,
Austin Richardson 28:07
I mean, I think it's bringing a lot more people, a lot more eyes to the sport, for sure, but I think it's great for us bull riders. We we've always have to have the ride and travel and pay for our own, our own suspenses and and counting on the ride bulls. And now we have a team to kind of have our bats and be able to have everything, all the support that we need. So all we have to do is worry about bull riding. I think, I think it's really great for the industry, for sure, is bringing a lot more people and into the looks of bull riding and seeing how it works and and I was with the Austin gamblers, and I got traded just a few weeks ago, and in the draft with the to the wildcatters, that's pretty exciting, especially to be with Jamie Mooney, and how to work with him, and how he rode bulls and kind of his mindset about it. And I think he's bringing a great deal for most of us bull riders, be able to kind of hang out with the older generation that kind of started bull riding and stuff like that. Well,
Jeremy Perkins 29:09
it's, it's kind of interesting too, because I forget JBS kid's name, but that kid is going to be a monster when he gets when he gets older, I think he's like four or five now, or something like that. But he's already, he's already riding sheep. He's, I mean, yeah, I'm surprised. He's gonna have Marlboro light hanging out of his mouth.
Austin Richardson 29:29
Yeah, he's a wild little isn't he? He's good stuff.
Jeremy Perkins 29:34
Oh yeah, hell yeah. Well, you know, it's great to look into bull riding, you know, as much as we get to support you, you guys have been amazing to us. It's been a hell of a ride with you guys. You guys are amazing people to hang out with. Down to Earth, like bull riding is, is truly a brotherhood, not to take from any other sports. But. But I mean, you guys are driving cross country sometimes in, like, beat up old RVs and stuff. It's not like you guys are hopping on a on a private jet, going from place to place, like it's, you know, shacking up at other people's houses, family team dinners. You know, I even see wives and kids in the stands. They're all playing together and stuff. So it's, it's truly a very inclusive sport, from the spectator all the way to the people that work it, to to the athletes. Nobody seems to be above it. Which is, which is kind of refreshing nowadays, is, is, you know, you bump into riders in the hallway. They'll stop and they'll talk to you. And, yeah, pretty, pretty cool sport to be a part of, and you guys have been killer. And honestly, I wanted to thank you for being on the show, but before we leave, give you an opportunity to shout anybody out where they can find you if they want to talk about bull riding or even just follow you in the circuit
Austin Richardson 31:02
floor is yours? Yeah, I just want to thank mostly y'all the brunt. I mean, our sponsors that we get to have throughout the year that if we're not riding, or if we're struggling, whatever y'all are, they're taking care of us and and having our batch for sure, and, and like you said, y'all are down to earth as well. We can call you all for anything, but I want to say thank you all for that. Very much too. And and the PBR and all the fans and friends and family and everybody there that support us as well. And if you want to holler at me at bull riding and have any questions, you can hit me up on my IG Austin Richardson at 22 and y'all, if y'all have any questions, I'll be more than happy to ask on there, but I just want to say a big thanks to Brunt and everybody that's helped me as long as my way.
Jeremy Perkins 31:51
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