Boots, Grit, and Glory: Local cowboy wrestling steers in Texas

Stephen Culling from Fort St. John was recently seen competing at a couple of rodeos in Texas, representing the Peace region on the big stage.

Photo by Sam-Sin Photography on Facebook.

Culling is currently ranked #33 in the world according to the PRCA website and was most recently competing at a Rodeo in Austin, Texas.

Before Austin, he was riding in Houston, where Culling had a pretty good run with 4.4 s in round three, eventually making it to the finals where he placed 10th.

Culling is coming off a pretty good year in 2024, winning the Medicine Lodge (Alberta) Fall Roundup, Okotoks (Alberta) Pro Rodeo, the Maple Leaf Circuit Finals Canadian Western Agribition (Regina, Saskatchewan), and a Co-champion at the San Angelo (Texas) Cinch Chute-Out.

Culling recorded a standout season in 2023, earning a career-best ninth place ranking in the World Standings with $197,726 in prize money.

This allowed him to make his debut appearance at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR), where he claimed fourth place in the average after posting a total time of 53.0 seconds on ten head winning $93,700.

Where this season ends, nobody knows, but the Peace region will be watching and supporting our own Stephen Culling.

Good Luck.