Austin Meier

Austin Meier wins again! This is the third Built Ford Tough Series Event win since the 2010 season started. He won the Winston-Salem Invitational, Kansas City Invitational and now the Ty Murray Invitational. I first met Austin in Winston-Salem. I hung out with him that weekend he won. He is a great guy and deserves to win. He is now the number one bull rider in the PBR. He has worked so hard to get to where he is. I know in Winston-Salem he won $40,000 and I believe for the Ty Murray Invitational he won about $30,000. That is a lot of money to make riding bulls for 8 seconds. Even though he is good at what he does, he also has had his downs. He told me the story when a bull stepped on his helmet; took it off and broke his jaw. He couldn’t where his helmet for a few weeks because his head was so swollen.
Four weeks from this Thursday my friend Amanda and I will be on our way to Des Moines, Iowa for a rodeo. Even though it is a 15 and a half hour drive there I believe it will be so worth it. I get to see my new girl friends, Kelly and Amy, and my favorite bull riders. I’m excited to be able to hang out with some of the riders again. I miss seeing them and I won’t be able to go to another event until September when they come to Charlottesville, Va. Even though we are not staying at the host hotel where the guys are probably staying, we are staying at a hotel on the same road just a quarter of a mile down the road.
The girls and I already have everything planned for the weekend. We know what food we are buying and what clothes we are wearing. We are making t-shirts that say Wanted: Cowboy on the front and putting requirements on the back. We 4 girls got seats next to each other for Friday night. It will be a weekend to never forget.