European Reacts to Her FIRST American RODEO

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Welcome to Montana... and my first rodeo! For as long as I can remember, I've been obsessed with cowboy culture, and attending a real Western rodeo has been an absolute bucket list item. Finally, here we are and I am SHOOK!
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[@Skenderbeuismyhero]

Now that you've actually been to a rodeo you can use the phrase "this ain't my first rodeo".

[@frednich9603]

damn, beat me to it

[@youren8]

Haha! I was getting ready to comment the same exact thing.

[@TheJhtlag]

I was going to say, that's kind of a compliment "This ain't his first rodeo" meaning he/she knows what they're doing so wasn't quite sure how people took it when she asked if this was their first rodeo. Could come across as an insult, but didn't seem like anyone took it that way. But yeah, now she can say that! 'course, wear the hat next time.

[@jenniferlynncalogero2100]

😂, She'll have to wait to use that phrase when she's at her second one.

[@alantracy6757]

Surprised one cowboy didnt pick you up to be honest

[@wmason1961]

I love it when someone acknowledges that American culture is in fact culture.

[@phillipjohnson5739]

@@NVMVNV shut up

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

@NVMVNV Do a little research. The concept of the Pow-wow (and I have been to many) didn't even exist until after the indigenous people began interacting with Europeans.

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

People who say, "American's have no culture" are most often city dwelling, America hating, liberals who have never spent any time traveling our open spaces and small towns.

[@scottsatterthwaite4073]

@NVMVNV Americans originated from many different PLACES and have contributed aspects of their cultures to the local culture. That doesn't make the local culture any less unique. Its a lot like language. Many different countries speak English, for example, and we are able to generally understand one another. However, there are many regional dialects within each country wherein the people put their own unique spin on the language. Culture is no different.

[@maximolacerante8808]

Rodeo = Mexican culture

[@HarryFenton6124]

I drove through Idaho and Montana with 5 other young British soldiers in 1981. We ended up in Sandpoint. What great people and a wonderful night in a bar with a 'Bucking Bronco' electric bull. The locals had never laughed so much in their lives. We were so hopeless but very keen to impress the ladies.

[@egonolsen6970]

My family and I visited a rodeo for the first time in Prescott/Arizona in 2019. It was our first trip to the United States and we simply loved the rodeo and the whole country and culture. Very impressive land! And very friendly and warmhearted people. God bless America! Greetings from Germany.🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@lilnici24]

Thats the oldest ongoing rodeo too! Nice that you got to experience it🙌

[@donovanb9020]

My mom and dad took us a few times to rodeos in AZ and it was always a great time. Iirc, we even went to some up on the rez and oh man... I miss it. The smell, the sounds, and just atmosphere as a whole :)

[@jessaguilar4747]

I thought this would be disrespectful, I’m pleasantly surprised. America is a beautiful, wild, rugged, surprising place. Thank you for taking time to get to know us. We are a crazy, proud, passionate and loving people.

[@jandyg]

I’m happy you showed the entire crowd showing Respect for the National Anthem and Old Glory. Thanks for the respectful video.

[@cowboyroyrogers7319]

Yes we are.

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

There is no "we" in America. America has been a deracinated nation when they open up immigration in 1965 to the third world. The United States is in crisis, the country’s problems are profound, intrinsic, without solution, and worsening. When a population reaches the point of despair, even desperation, when it sees a darkening future for itself and its children, people yearn for a strong man who will forcibly put things right. Yet it is unlikely that helicopters of Marines from Quantico will descend on the White House and announce the dictatorship of some general. Military officers are too well paid and comfortable to worry about the country. It is hard to imagine an American Mussolini. Trump is a caricature and no one else comes to mind. Yet “unrest” -less euphemistically, “chaos” on the order of Mr. Floyd’s massive riots, is possible. We have seen it. We can see it again. Consider America today. By comparison with Japan, China, Korea, it is a barbarity, a dumpster, an asylum, an abattoir, an astonishment. San Francisco loses conventions because of needles and excrement on the sidewalks. Almost weekly we see multiple shootings in stores, high schools and, now, grade schools. Murders of whites by blacks run at thirty a month, the news being suppressed. In cities across the country crime is out of control, the tax bases moving out, bail abolished so criminals are freed in hours. Stores leave to escape undiscouraged shoplifting and robbery. Seven hundred homicides a year in Chicago, 300 in Baltimore, and at least twice as many shot but survive, similar numbers in a dozen cities. For practical purposes, law does not exist in these ungovernable enclaves. Sexual curiosities, once called perversions, flourish with American embassies hoisting flags in support of transsexualism. Mobs topple historical statues. Many tens of thousands live on sidewalks and a hundred thousand a year die of opioid overdoses. The country drops math requirements and English grammar in schools, AP courses, and SATs as racist. The economy declines, jobs have left for other climes, medical care is beyond most people’s means, government is corrupt and incompetent, and wars are unending. There is actual hatred between racial, political, and regional groups. Ominously, gun sales are up.

[@austin3873]

@@virtualpilgrim8645 there was no point in writing all that when you could have said it in two sentences.

[@virtualpilgrim8645]

@@austin3873 thank you. I'll try harder... give me a thumbs up

[@rockymntnliberty]

When you've been around things like the Rocky mountains, small town america, and rodeos all your life, you kind of forget how special it is until you see it from the perspective of somebody who hasn't been exposed before. It was fun watching her excitement.

[@vociferonheraldofthewinter2284]

Grew up in Wyoming and I hope we never lose this. People forget how ancient of an art this really is. Human beings have been showing off their ability to stay on and control an animal for tens of thousands (maybe 100,000) years. It's a very deep part of our collective psyche. "Safety Culture" worries me. There are things that are more important than being safe.

[@RealHunterVR]

💯💯 💯

[@albertdeleon6272]

Spanish Vaquero de Leon family statue at Austin Capitol

[@kcmt01]

Yup. Grew up here in Polson. Seeing my home through the eyes of someone who has never seen it before... the Mission Mountains as she came over Ravalli Hill... Pretty special.

[@elpacho....9254]

America is the continent, the country is the United States.

[@davidr5685]

I was born in Guatemala city but came to Texas on my 5th birthday. I've always appreciated the culture here and assimilated to become a proud American and Texan. As I've always said "Texas" is a state of mind rather than a state. Thank you Eva for allowing us to see things from a different perspective and appreciate all cultures!

[@deborahlarive7711]

Being a native Texan I have to say it is best to be your original self if you are moving to TX. We value originality and respecting your roots. While you may live among Texans please do not try to become something you are not. Like I said we value and respect others who are not from TX who do not forget their roots or their culture.

[@philmccracken179]

You “came” here. Just one day you live in Guatemala, the next day you come to a country that’s not yours and start stealing from the taxpayer. That’s so awesome

[@farzana6676]

@@deborahlarive7711 He was here from when he was a little kid. Texas culture is all he knows. He is a Texan. End of story.

[@philmccracken179]

@@MissCleo24 it’s because America, the country everyone comes to for a “better life”, was made by Europeans and nobody else. All countries “Mayans” made suck, all countries Europeans made are fantastic. Your welcome you ungrateful piece of crap

[@TexasBorn1835]

As a born and raised Texan, you have summed up exactly what it means to be Texan. You have also made me happy the way you said becoming and American. Much love from one Texan to another.

[@jamesmorrison7847]

Thank you. Usually what we get from Europeans is a put down of everything American. Most Americans in the middle states away from the coastlines are hardworking people who grow the food, raise the cattle and build things that make this country great. It's a nice change to see a European enjoy a slice of America that is completely our own.

[@Anon54387]

Even the parts of the west coast states that are inland you find an entirely different mindset. Inland California is a different world than coastal California. The odd part about the coastal people is they don't even consider the inland people that grow the very food they eat in their fancy restaurants to be their social equals. Calling them snobs is an understatement.

[@Saber23]

@@Anon54387 disgusting

[@Saber23]

Hopefully this horrendous woman and her delusional beliefs don’t rub off on anyone

[@michaelk4295]

@@Anon54387 funny how I often see comments from rural people disparaging urban people for their snobbishness, but rarely if ever the reverse, and then only in the context of stories about political controversies where politicians from rural areas are doing something that affects everybody. No one looks down on rural people. Rather, urban people tend to just not think about rural people at all.

[@user-sx7wo1yl7y]

Yes. There are NO hardworking people on either coast. That's the kind of benighted statement that makes us on either coast wonder how you folks in the middle find your way from bed to the toilet in the morning.

[@raymondmeyers8983]

“If you don’t take a few bumps in life, you haven’t experienced it.” Truer words have not been spoken.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

There will be trouble no matter what, why borrow it or volunteer for it? Then again I did volunteer for the military and sent into a warzone straightaway. I was a young buck and had no fear of death. Hard to believe that was me.....yet I lived to tell about it. Amazing. Thank God ! I like this plucky Polish girl. She is infectious.

[@Covertghost]

yeah that's america in general i resent people that try to change that

[@stephenchilcoat3808]

As an American it is so refreshing to see my country through the eyes of a European. Thank you for these videos. I am enjoying them very much.

[@dannyp9537]

Agreed. I forgot how cool we were/are. Helps me through some of the recent craziness. Merica.

[@dirtfarmer7472]

When you get away from the coasts the USA, the people are more open to strangers. And people who talk funny, I’m from Oklahoma that’s why I talk funny.

[@steveadams4009]

@@dirtfarmer7472 I beg your pardon, I moved from Oklahoma all over the United States with construction work and finally settled in a south suburb of Chicago I keep trying to tell these people up here that I don't talk funny they do and if they don't, believe me, I can take him home to my County and show them several hundred people the sound just exactly like me.

[@dmbrew54]

Visited my cousins in Colorado Springs last year. She told me they had to sign all kinds of waivers and escort their kids out for the mutton rides. They later went to a rodeo in Montana visiting other relatives. The rodeo just called for any kid in the stands that wanted to come down and they all ran out. Montana is the real deal!

[@everythingisaworkinprogres5729]

Not to turn your comment into something political, but that is the difference between a blue state and a red state. Colorado used to be more like Montana. My sister's husband has family in Steamboat Springs. Ranchers. When he was a teen he had a right of passage experience with his uncles: eating raw Rocky Mountain oysters.

[@anmnou]

😬 I shudder to think!@@everythingisaworkinprogres5729

[@rickysneaks7424]

As an American from a rural town that grew up around this; this video made me proud. 🇺🇸

[@lesburkholder8352]

I have spent some time in Europe so it was fun ti see her reaction and it made me feel proud too. I.kept laughing when she would ask them what made this rodeo so special. I wanted to tell her absolutely nothing special about this one in particular lol you could find one just like it in every county. Like the guy said, this was his second one that wknd

[@CollinRezac]

I also.grew.up with horses and rodeo

[@mountainman5173]

Shout out to the cameraman exerting LEGENDARY self control keeping himself from cracking up at her reaction to the bullriding. Amazing video Eva, thank you!

[@JockJaimeRadfordBromley]

I thought he was going to say "Lady, could you please be quiet for the recording."

[@skurdibbles7913]

I would have kept it in as well. definitely would have offered to show her around after the rodeo.

[@tommysoliz3064]

He was all smiles🙂

[@kevinloving3141]

He was seeing the job he's probably taking for granted through beautiful fresh eyes To hear Eva hoot and holler and shocked by bulls being riden probably made his day.

[@seeing8spots]

I had the same thought 😂 guy did a great job not giggling at her lol

[@jamesdunn9609]

"These people are tough..." Yes, ma'am. They are. It's easy for outsiders to look at the US and think our success has made us soft. But there are millions of rural Americans who work hard every single day of their lives, and they are ALL tough as nails. If you aren't tough, you won't survive that life. That really applies to all rural people across the planet actually. Never underestimate a farmer or rancher.

[@walterdavis4808]

Too true !

[@richardfabacher3705]

Who needs farmers and ranchers? It's not like they feed us or anything. Lawyers and politicians: The really productive people.

[@walterdavis4808]

@@richardfabacher3705 lol yup , seems that way

[@richardfabacher3705]

@@walterdavis4808 I had a student in a college freshman English class who insisted stores grew meat in plastic trays.

[@DarkAshenfall]

@@richardfabacher3705 The sad thing is science has already found a way to grow meat. It doesn't taste right, yet nor have the right consistency, but lab grown meat is real.

[@timothyfitzgerald7394]

What makes Eva zu Beck great is her storytelling ability. And appreciation and interest in other cultures. If you watch any (and all) of her videos, they all have storytelling in them. She always pulls cultural components into her videos. She broadens peoples minds with her deep level of cultural knowledge of far flung countries throughout the world. Her approach, her style, and her knowledge base makes her so much farther beyond any typical travel youtuber. She's a storyteller. A culture expert. And a joy to listen to and watch. Raw and real. A true delight. What a pleasure.

[@cameronwright5042]

If you lived here long enough, you'd find yourself in cowgirl boots, aching to be on a horse. This isn't just a rodeo, it's a way of life. Thanks for the positive video!!!

[@thehuntress8850]

I grew up in the western United States, around this kind of stuff, and I guess I really took that for granted. I thought that my life was pretty average and boring , but I guess to some people it's quite unusual. I guess not every child got to wander the wilderness, ride horses, or learn how to hunt and butcher an animal like I have. All of that time spent in the wilderness has come in handy. I now work as a first responder in a rural community, and in my spare time, I volunteer for search and rescue. I guess we really take for granted how lucky we really are in life until some one from another country comes along and gives you an interesting new perspective

[@paulgardner5079]

Im from Dallas, a large city and I ALWAYS loved going to the rural areas my cousins lived and shoot guns outdoors, and hike for miles and actually be able to eat fish that I caught

[@pinetree2473]

It DOES sound like you've had a blessed life and life experiences. Thanks for your SAR work. Stay grateful.

[@christianwhitehorn3060]

As someone from Arizona, I only recently started embracing my local heritage more, here it seems like its fading because of lack of interest, which is sad.

[@annasolovyeva1013]

It's unusual to anyone that hasn't grown on horseback. It looks weird and dangerous to us (while dressage, for example, is just weird horse dancing). The main reason is it being chaotic: you can control a trained horse, somehow, but a bucking bull? I come from a climate as cold and as northern as Canada, all shown is completely weird to me. I wander if figure skating, the sport I've grown up with, looks the same to people unfamiliar with it. Our training is a bit like those rodeos - so that to learn a new jump, one has to fall in attempts of doing it about 10 000 times. Fall - get up - repeat. I do have some experience with the vilderness, but with the vegetables, fish and mushrooms, not with hunting nor cattle. The most significant cattle in my climate are grass feed milk cows, they're chill and there's not that scale and emphasis on hearding them. They're sort of holy and respected in local culture. In grasslands where cattle is a bigger thing then plants it is, so in dry grasslands several thousand kilometres from me there are also weird horse sports. Local commmon person's horses historically could only tow a carriage or plow, but not be ridden, horses for riding would be expensive.

[@discojelly]

I remember when my wife's family came for our Wedding in Dallas Texas, from Switzerland. They had never been to Texas before and wanted to see the Ft. Worth Stockyards and the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma. These are things that many of us take for granted, but for them, it was one heck of an adventure and seeing the look on their faces when I took them to these places will always make me smile! ( I returned the favor by being blown away visiting Switzerland a few years later! )

[@Ba11leFieldAce]

I hope you realize they your videos actually go a long ways to make Americans appreciate their own culture. It's refreshing to see my culture through the eyes of someone else.

[@RosebudBB]

Jonathan Sauder AKA "Angry.battlefielder" We need to share this so maybe more Americans can see how special our western culture really is!

[@JesseTate]

Thanks I appreciate that observation. I'm very tired of this constant contempt for/dismissal of the US from the younger generations, spurred (haha) by social media/groupthink/whatever's going on in universities. It's like a sort of hollow replacement for true purpose or virtue in life, which require sacrifice and work and personal responsibility. Much easier to dismiss something, ridicule the entire structure that gave rise to your existence, and view yourself as a unique victim of history, a poor helpless soul planted in the very culmination of human corruption. America has it's share of problems, no doubt about that. But it's nice to appreciate its values as well. The idea that it's too young or too powerful or too materialistic to have a culture is just ridiculous, but it's a growing idea these days.

[@HighWarlordJC]

I will never again say we Americans don't have our own culture.

[@Mark-gg6iy]

@Saunder This is why everybody should travel internationally and why Americans are so divorced from common attitudes worldwide to a greater degree than many-most other first-worlders.

[@obviouslyambiguous8308]

Bull riding is not American culture... It's Texas culture, because it borders Mexico where bull riding originated.

[@beesbythesea8899]

I am from Los Angeles so not much country life here but my son attended a college that hosts an annual rodeo. It was so fun to visit during that weekend. Cowboys and cowgirls are just the nicest and most genuine people you will ever meet. We still go back even though my son graduated years ago

[@MrDellasc]

Come out to Santa Clarita, plenty of ranch’s out here for the country life.

[@1943Grandpa]

Thank you for allowing me to see my country through your eyes. You moved me to tears of pride for my people and my nation. We are our best outside of the big cities. I hope you get a cowboy. No doubt, all of America loves you.

[@dustyken]

“I think I have a crush on one of those cowboys…” That’s the most American thing you’ve said so far. ;)

[@sfckrbec]

Love this comment, I'm going to guess that unlike many American girls she managed to maintain her composure.

[@seekerotruth8033]

Lol she's not the only one, real manly men 👍 Anyone know if the handsome mature cowboy gentlemen with the lovely bay horse is single?

[@rainbelledrops1858]

She is more à butch. I did not think she liked men

[@roku5071]

I have my cowboy and we have raised 3 cowboys. Well 2 cowboys are here on earth and one cowboy is in heaven

[@tammymcallister9199]

One of those cowboys is my son! We got a lot of mileage out of that!!🤣🤣

[@jamedraa8472]

I remember being a child & telling my Dad "I don't think the bulls and horses like it". And he replied "They love it! They buck the rider, go in the back and tell their friends about it."

[@Melissa-dv5df]

I believe it. I had a bird that would ring like a phone when I would take the dogs out, just to stop as soon as I ran back in to answer it. The look on her face the day I caught her.

[@VivaToddVegas]

Your dad should've told you what a flank or bucking strap is. Then you would understand the animal's real level of enjoyment.

[@IonIsFalling7217]

Yes! Bucking stock are selected specifically BECAUSE they love to buck! And think about it - they work 8 seconds at a time once a week, only in the summer. They then spend all winter on open range, basically being a wild horse, but well-fed. Damn good job if you can get it.

[@dojocho1894]

as a Horse owner for 50 yrs...Horses love a job.....

[@auroraborealis6009]

@@VivaToddVegas those straps are on only for a few minutes. I've also heard that some bucking horses go on to become working horses.

[@jacobesweetgrass5274]

LOL, I thought this was going to be annoying and that she was some kind of judging prude but what a breath of fresh air she is, thanks for this glimps into proud American life

[@Zaju]

Well, usually the Americans are the prude ones. Projecting too much?

[@FarmerFpv]

What a lovely bubbly person this Eva is. Breath of fresh air in today's society. She's yelling because she's enjoying the moment and not pushing an agenda. We need more of that nowadays.

[@tim9430]

It was refreshing to see Eva showing appreciation for something deeply rooted in American culture. Unlike most games and competitive sports, rodeo is the locals coming together putting their WORK on display...demonstrating how good they are at something they do daily living and working on a ranch. Like lumber jacks have all kinds of log-splitting contests and axe vs saw, etc. and farmers have produce competitions...biggest pumpkin or whatever. Just think what the world would be like if everyone was so passionate about being the best at what they do. Thanks to Eva for taking us along! It was good.

[@rommelstar1]

Well said!

[@chrisnearingcom]

mad respect for the hat thing

[@edwardgoering1237]

Other than Bull riding at Cherry Point N/C in 1982 I watch Bull fighting in Barcelona Spain in 1981 Med Cruise USS Forrestal

[@mikebunch5553]

Rodeo and ranching are far from the same, ranchers don't abuse their animals.

[@jacobtoms3018]

Don't forget the animal abuse

[@davidheileson5803]

I live in Montana and I’m really glad that you’ve had such a warm welcome. I actually saw you driving on the road today but you were going the other way. All the best for your journey forward.

[@investigativeoutcomes9343]

when clicked this vid i was 100% sure it was going to be some dumb euro crying about animal abuse.🤣😂lmfaoooooo!!!!!!!!

[@davidmuth4571]

@@investigativeoutcomes9343 A lot of things Americans do are outlawed in Europe.

[@christiankrueger2330]

@@davidmuth4571 It's a shame. Though ironic, because you still have bullfighting and running with the bulls which seem a lot more dangerous!

[@wayneperry7077]

@@investigativeoutcomes9343 Me too Lol !! But she turned out to be so nice.

[@investigativeoutcomes9343]

@@wayneperry7077 yes, she seems very nice.

[@UBRLND-X]

As an American it was such a great chance to see how people from other countries see the real us behind the bad press and bluster. We are essentially 50 states that are as difference as separate European countries in so many ways. Vid was respectful and you are addictively fun. Just remember... even in America the West's this mythical place so many of us dream of being part of.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

You are very correct on that. I grew up in Indiana most of my life (and I'm half-European, so I've visited a few places there, too), but I didn't get to the West Coast until I was 31 years old. Until then, the furthest west in the United States I had ever been was Texas; I have an aunt and uncle living there, and their kids stayed in the area or returned to it. A few years ago, I had a different aunt and uncle visit from Belgium, and we showed some things that America is known for. The big thing they went crazy over was the yellow school buses; many of the buses in Belgium, if I remember correctly, are closer to what airport shuttles would be.

[@marlenaeva3813]

Thank you for shooting this video for the other American-obsessed Europeans that are watching. I'm really passionate about all-things horses and would like to attend a rodeo show in the US one day. You should watch Heartland if you're into rodeo shows, there are plenty of scenes with rodeo shows and rodeo show lessons in there. It's not 100% American, the show but close (it's shot in Canada)

[@katearthur2160]

Thank you for having an open mind going to a rodeo. There has been such a disconnect between rural America and the urban areas. I actually grew up in an urban setting, but most of my family lived in more rural areas, and I currently live in a town of 650 people. I am glad I was able to raise my kids out here. They have seen their uncle, aunt and cousins work hard to raise food for others. Thank you also for asking questions and learning more. Rodeos came about when oldest cowboys got bored and bragged about their skills. Most every event you watched was part of their everyday life, yes that includes riding bulls, as some did use them for riding, but more often for pulling wagons. Calf tying was used so the cowboy could brand them. Barrel racing shows the skill needed on open range to keep the herd together. Every event has a story. There is a lot of debate as to how these animals are cared for, but that generally comes from people who haven't been around these animals. With bulls and broncs, some of those animals are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to their owners. Just like we insure our houses against damage, those animals are insured against injury, and generally get better health care than most people. If you are still touring North America, come on down to my kneck of the woods. We are 2 hours east of Denver, Colorado, off I70. There is a lot of history, and good people.

[@matthewlobban6236]

You conveniently failed to mention all the animals who are abused, maimed, and killed in the name of these events. Quit your white washing nonsense. A select few animals are insured, but most are treated like dirt. This outdated blight on American culture needs to end.

[@warrior8783]

A little correction, Rodeos didn’t come from bored cowboys, rodeos originate from Old Mexico where Charros from different Haciendas/ranchos competed against each other. It made its way to north to South Texas, and Rodeos were held too. That’s why almost 100% of the cowboys tools are vaquero (Spanish cowboy direct translation), like Lariat for La Riata (the rope), cowboy saddle is (south) Texan vaquero, Mexican saddle, chaparreras (chaps), cowboy spurs, Texan vaquero, cowboy hat, the cowboy bandana was worn as a “paliacate”.

[@warrior8783]

Rodeo is Spanish for Round Up. Howdy from South Texas.

[@yourdreams2440]

Eastern colorado is like a worse version of nebraska

[@pumaspaw]

So smiling at, "I think I have a crush on one of those cowboys." Don't under sell yourself. You're independent spirit is exactly what the American west, and being a cowboy is all about. Tell them your story and they'll be impressed too.

[@sodiersofmetal]

Kids are a little bouncy until they are 20ish pain dies quick and turns into inconvenience at worst.

[@tgates0314]

Excellent perspective. I didn't even think about it this way.

[@Kenny-wr3ky]

Hope she doesn't become a buckle bunny. 😉😄

[@dojocho1894]

The cowboy lifestyle is the loner. The ladies love you but you know you cant be tied down so you steal a kiss as you ride away.

[@terriemartinez9989]

@@dojocho1894 Garth Brooks made a song about that danged ol' rodeo...

[@michaeltyance]

When I first moved in with my adoptive family I knew I was going into a horse family because they did our horse program, it was so cool going to my first rodeo I thought it would be so cool to try out, years later I got my chance they were starting up a bucking horse school just in the city next. It was quite an experience I would have never in my young life ever thought I would be trying this for real. It was probably one of the hardest things I've done was saddle bronc riding, but it was so much fun, the lifestyle, the adrenaline, the people you meet. Traveling with your friends. It was so much fun but I eventually had to quit because I bucked off my horse at a rodeo and broke 6 bones in my lower back. My mother told me I wasn't allowed to ride anymore lol so that ended my career in a hurry but I had fun while it lasted

[@Samaelthekind]

In case you wonder...its less lack of fear...and more the comfort that comes from familiarity, training, and confidence. When you know the animals well, train with them, work with them all week...its almost as if you 'speak their language'. You learn the 'do's and don'ts' until the fear you might have felt at first becomes respect. With show ready horses in particular, some horses take as much pride in their performance as any rider does...they are literally the other half of a team, often the one doing the harder and more complex job. Show riding...my job was to give the correct signals at the precise times, have the gear and tack ready and well fitted, and to never let my posture or movements distract or confuse my horse. We each knew our parts, and thats what made us a good team. I miss those days a lot.

[@rosiered7188]

I'm going to be honest, I was a little scared when I opened this video, rodeo isn't always somthing that people understand, and 'cowboy culture' in general is often misinterpreted, being romantized or villinized, especially in the world of social media. As someone who works in the horse industry, and also on the family ranch I just wanted to say thank you for sharing a positive video and taking the time to ask questions and talk to the cowgirls/cowboys. I've never commented on any video ever before, but I wanted to add my thanks for representing and sharing about a way of life that is truly its own important peice of american culture.

[@budget-adventure]

Agreed, and thank you for leaving the animal rights stuff out of the video. It’s entertainment and fun and you seemed to enjoy it

[@livthedream5885]

It IS cruelty, and that IS the entertainment to these people. Disgusting and abject cruelty to LIFE.

[@mrmikesparks]

@@livthedream5885 You may wish to read ODYSSEUS REX's comment above. These are men and women exhibiting their talents that are used daily on most farms. There is nothing cruel about it. This is how MOST of us get our meals. It is no different than any other athletic/ skilled competition. Vote with your pocketbook. If you do not find it appealing, do not go to the rodeo, and do not eat meat. For those of us who think otherwise, allow us to exercise our freedom as well please.

[@livthedream5885]

To exploit these animals for entertainment is even less moral than for food, IMO. However it’s all cruel, yes…how’d you like to be violently lassoed, thrown to the ground and hog tied? How’s you like your balls tied to make you buck for entertainment? These are sentient creatures. I do not attend rodeos, the zoo, or sea world. I only buy meat for my husband and son, who haven’t joined my vegan campaign. I don’t bother anyone about their diet, as I’m not always consistent myself. This is an area I’m working on, and believe there are better ways to treat farmed animals than we do. I’m comfortable with moral nuance and ambiguity, but we should honestly acknowledge our failures to our fellow creatures. But if you want people to leave you to your “lifestyle”, you must leave others alone as well (reproductive rights, sexual orientation, etc…). Don’t tell the world you’re pro life while treating life with abject cruelty.

[@light9999]

Please, everyone, help free the husband and son of LivtheDream from the abject cruelty of their life. They are sentient beings.

[@gsh341]

My brother and his family hosted a foreign exchange student from Thailand and one weekend I took her to a bull riding competition. She got a cowboy hat, ate the rodeo food, and didn't believe me when I said men were going to ride those big bulls. When that fist cowboy busted out of the chute on that first bull, her eyed got huge and her mouth literally dropped open. Up until that moment she thought I was lying. She loved every minute of the competition and I'm sure it's something she'll never forget.

[@dmohlde]

I am SO glad to see a European acknowledge American Western Culture as Culture!!! If you have as much interest as you seem to, I suggest going to working ranch. If you true fear, ride brake on a herd of 500 yearlings coming down a mile long slope! Here is the real deal about rodeo. Except for the daredevil excitement of bull riding, the rest of it is actual cowboy skills that you use on a working ranch, stock yard, etc. If you want to see even more real and realistic cowboy skills, go to a RANCH Rodeo. These skills are rooted in generational families and actually have their beginnings back as far as Genghis Khan. Cowboy skill, as practiced in North America, came down from the caballeros of Spain and Portugal. Team roping and calf roping are skills used to catch cattle on the open range or in large pastures. The bareback and saddle bronc riding comes from the need to acclimatize and train horses to work with us on the ranch. On a family ranch, you start riding with Dad and Mom before you can walk, and you learn animal husbandry and care at a very early age. So there is no fear, because you how to not get into trouble with animals, and how to get out of it if you do get into trouble.

[@dave5176]

My Granddaughter won the Mutton Busting one night at the National Western Rodeo when she was 6 years old. I told her to just not let go, and she didn't. Rode that sheep all the way across the arena. What a memory!

[@christawarrington3795]

Shout out to the kid at 11:42 telling his buddy to behave during the Anthem. And a shout-out to his parents for raising him right.

[@KoriEmerson]

I thought the same.

[@daniellamarquez9482]

He's a real one

[@MrHellfinger]

Glad I'm not the only one who caught that.

[@R.L.KRANESCHRADTT]

Yep, I kinda think anyone taking a knee around there would have a hard time getting back up for a while.

[@ainsophwac78]

Did you catch the Brandon sticker on the pump as she was filling up her gas tank. 😂🤣

[@gaflaview6476]

I literally teared up at the patriotism, stamina of our folks, good manners toward you and also for your respect and admiration for these folks shown by you. Safe travels and thanks for your videos.

[@soulmanalife]

I teared up too! Glad I'm not the only one. This video is such a good example of why I love where I come from, and why I love rodeo!

[@AZ-kr6ff]

Get ahold of yourself.

[@ShellShock11C]

You dont get that kind of quality people in the North.

[@AZ-kr6ff]

@@ShellShock11C Doesn't sound like you've spent much time in "the north".

[@jaredchamberlain5709]

@@ShellShock11Cthis is literally Montana… what tf are you talking about

[@grafffuller3265]

Marie and I have seen numerous rodeos. So it was fun to see your perspective on the cowboy tradition in the US. With enough hard work and dedication, we can do whatever we put our minds to do. If you truly want to learn to ride a horse...you can do it. Then, when you are comfortable in just riding, then you can lean to do some of the other stuff. About whether you'd be scared...when we are young, we have this invulneralbiility about our lives...so riding a sheep, then a bucking horse, to a bull...is the natural progression. As an adult, our sense of self-preservation kicks in. No thank you, This was a lot of fun watching it through your eyes. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@billbrovold]

You got to see a great small rodeo in Montana. A wonderful thing to see. Your excitement and joy was really uplifting to witness.

[@jerrogance]

I have to say, seeing America through your eyes, makes me appreciate this country even more....Thank you. :-)

[@R.L.KRANESCHRADTT]

Well said. Really upsets me to see people here condemning our nation 'as if' there was any place actually better on the planet. HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

[@R.L.KRANESCHRADTT]

@@awakenedspirit7947 Actually, no. With all it's flaws there is still no better example of self-governance and freedom to pursue one's own happiness that has ever existed than the USA. We are not exceptional by luck, it is the intent and purpose of our founding documents which set the course. Not understanding that is the result of a poor education, (sadly, something all too common these days). We don't hide our mistakes, we attempt to correct them. And we keep them visible in our history so as not to repeat them. Nobody swims the sharks to get 'into' Cuba or Venezuela and the Berlin wall was built to keep people in. Historically, the natural state of man is one of subjection to tyranny.

[@jerrogance]

@@awakenedspirit7947 If you live here, and don't like it....perhaps Canada would be more to your liking. Either way, I hope you find or found a place you're proud to live in.

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

we laugh at your gun laws and how many mass shootings you have.

[@larryking2697]

@@R.L.KRANESCHRADTT Correct!!! The Best Place on the Planet to LIVE!! PERIOD!!!!

[@SFUndertaker]

Like you Eva, I grew up in Central Europe. Except, I endured communism. Living in the US for over 40 years. Furthermore, the US military took me to many places, to include long term in West Germany, Colombia, Peru and others. Culture is a funny thing. To some is the classical music, to some is salsa dancing and to others, it’s rodeo and such. Whomever said that there is no culture in the USA lied to you, just like they lied to me 40+ years ago. It is just different from others’. This is a big country with broad cultural diversity. Enjoy! 🇺🇸

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Thank you!

[@BlackSeranna]

I think people in other countries just boil it down to, "The U.S. is all gun culture", which is ridiculous. Just drive to different states, and you find out what their thing is. We have New Orleans, Louisiana; we have the coastal culture of surfing and fishermen/women. We have the out West culture, we have the Native culture. Where I live there is a persimmon festival, because we have plentiful native persimmons in our state. When I travel out of state, I usually ask them what kind of festivals they have, or I check out an antique shop because that could tell me some of the history of the state. One of the southern states I drove through, I went to an antique shop and found slave manacles and chains. I was shocked, but I guess it didn't happen so long ago. That state also is known as a music state, where aspiring musicians go to get famous, if possible. So, it isn't all bad. Most fascinating to me was meeting a former moonshiner, so I got to ask him questions on whether he knew how to tell if it was moonshine or wood alcohol (a.k.a. methanol, deadly toxic). The guy's method, by the way, was to shake the moonshine in a clear jar and look at the bubble, which seems kin of risky in my opinion but that's what the man said. He said wood alcohol wouldn't make bubbles when shook. Moonshine does. My Mom's people were originally from Kentucky, and so Mom has memory of making apple molasses (which I've never seen on the store shelves, but basically you take cider and boil it down into molasses). My grandpa used to make homemade moonshine, but Grandma made him give it up. He still made brandy in some secret still, though, and drank it every Christmas with his boys while they also played Euchre. I can't imagine people feel so superior that they would say we have no culture. I suppose these are descendants of the same people who went to other countries where the natives wore different kinds of attire, and the observers, being so small minded, decided they were primitive and lacking culture.

[@ShellShock11C]

Communism is a plague, sorry you had to endure it. Like the cancer that it is, I've even seem many waving the communist flag here in the USA, mostly foolish, spoiled college kids who've never had to deal with it.

[@SFUndertaker]

@H.U.N.K. Indeed. It is so sad to see. They refuse to listen to those who endured those conditions. Today the word "refugee" is watered down. When I escaped Hungary, it actually meant something and I would have been imprisoned as the enemy of the people, should I have gotten caught. Nowadays, one is a refugee if claims a disagreement with a neighbor. I certainly don't blame those who are looking for better economic conditions, but our system that allows this insanity. Anyway, God bless the USA! 🇺🇸

[@jaredchamberlain5709]

Damn man that’s wild, I am glad you found a home here in America

[@elizabethgaspodnetich4322]

I grew up on a farm/ranch and we went to some kind of rodeo almost every weekend in the summer! My dad was a bull dogger and I started out as his hazer when I was about 9 or 10. As I got a little bigger I really got into barrels and calf roppen and even did some bareback bronc riding which I was more than very good at when I hit 15-17, but in my day (think 50 years ago) they would not allow girls to compete in these area's they tried to keep us in 'girl' sports like barrel racing, pole bending, mutton doggen. I still worked as my dad's hazer until I was about 16 when I started doing my own thing. Love this sport!! I love horses and pretty much every animal in a rodeo. We had a huge bull at home but he was raised by my siblings and I so he was gentle as the family dog, so I use to get on him and pretend he was a bucking bull as he grazing! I still ride horses but I am getting a little old for much of anything else. Hope you really enjoyed you tour of our most beautiful country! Y'all come back now ya' hear!!

[@Whitehawkvisionfilms]

I grew up ranching and on the rodeo circuit. Most of the events are pieces of a ranch work skill. So having the skill to say rope and tie a calf or rope and isolate steer are things you must do in the pasture to usually doctor or inoculate the animal. So being skilled at doing it fast and well is easier on the animal. We love our animals! (all ranch animals from the chickens, cows to the horses and the dogs get fed BEFORE people! Its a rule we all practice from childhood!) The bucking horses is a skill for training horses and the bull riding is for fun. All the bucking animals are usually bred to rodeo and come from a long line of good bucking gene lines. It is their only job and they enjoy it and the good ones become famous and household names in ranching households. The good buckers also get more breeding time ;-P to make more good bucking stock! Its a life style and everyone loves and helps each other unlike many other sports. You would be shocked how people competing against each other will share $, vehicles, trailers and often even share horses to help each other! (by the way I have lived and worked on 5 continents and own a passport) God Bless and hope you come back!

[@hdctx]

I'm impressed. A positive attitude, a typical small town rodeo in beautiful Montana, and honest respect for the local people who put their heart and soul into perfecting their craft. Kudos to you.

[@jeremyday9056]

I'm from the U.S. (Kentucky,) and just went to my first rodeo a few years ago, in Cody, Wyoming. It was an awesome experience with good people, good fun, and some super exciting bull riding. I was just like Eva, gasping everytime someone fell off a bull. There was a small dog that helped to rear in the bulls and it kept running between their legs and I was holding my breath the whole time thinking it was going to get trampled. That dog was hardcore.

[@MtnBadger]

Poulson is just outside of Missoula, where I used to live and they put on a great rodeo with some of the best cowboys around. Glad you got to see it. The other two rodeos that are must see are the Calgary stampede and the Livermore rodeo, in the east bay area in California. Billed as "The fastest rodeo in the west" its 3 days of sheer excitement and exposure like you don't get in most places. Some of my best memories while attending Livermore high where our mascot was, you guessed it... "The cowboys." 😉

[@Equestrian_900_Official]

As someone who lives in montana, it makes me so happy to know that people from out of the country come to visit!! Also I went to that exact rodeo, I wish I knew!! 😋🤣😭

[@marcoayala111]

As someone from Texas it's very cool seeing your reactions and questions when your experiencing it all. It really makes me happy for some reason and It's so cool seeing ur excitement over things we see and understand to be normal

[@williamaustin1]

Marco Ayala, Exactly, my thoughts as well. Growing up in Texas, or any western/southwestern state we see it everyday. It was fun seeing her reactions. All in all, it made me proud.

[@nebnik2015]

me too😂 it's not often anymore we hear nice things from foreigners and even from ourselves

[@warbunny13203]

the reason is you find joy in seeing someone becoming educated in something, teachers once upon a time most likely felt the same way🤔🤔😀👍😁👍🇺🇲🦅🇺🇲

[@wrekka8348]

I went to my first or second rodeo idk in the Fort Worth stadium where the first indoor one was held at cuz I’m from Fort Worth and I’ve been to the stockyards and all that but man was it a amazing experience can’t wait to be able to go to billy bobs when I’m older

[@shaunvlog]

Omg I just went to my first rodeo recently too (in Texas). We don’t have them in Scotland either! And I agree - so much culture to be found in the US when you look closely. Great video 🤠 P.S. - I bought a cowboy hat too and they loved that I wore it 🤠

[@1995texasaggie]

Gig 'em!

[@pbird5351]

The only people who say "there's no culture in the US," or that it's "less than" are self-loathing progressives who think that saying such things endears them to Europeans. My only advice is to avoid people like that at all cost.

[@ezekielmauricio5209]

@@1995texasaggie WHOOOP

[@jhutch1470]

With all the energy you spent on the excitement of the rodeo, I'll bet you felt pretty dead afterwards.

[@R.L.KRANESCHRADTT]

Congrats! I grew up doing rodeos in Oklahoma in the 60's. What a blessing it was. The country's changed a lot since back then, but the spirit of America which is kept alive in the Cowboy world hasn't changed much. Nice hat.👍😁

[@uptown_rider8078]

I absolutely love Rodeos. They’re an important part of American culture, and one of the best traditions that we have

[@Paul.Douglas]

Your reactions are absolutely precious! We're proud of our culture. It's not the pinky in the air, wine tasting, kind of culture, necessarily. This is also where we get our uniquely American saying, "This ain't my first rodeo."

[@agent_k9508]

"They have no fear." If that isn't culture, I don't know what is. Makes me proud to be an American. Thank you, girly.

[@YoungMuscleCock]

Rodeos aren’t even an American thing it’s a Mexican Spanish tradition and it was discovered and adopted in the states don’t be ignorant and at least look into it.

[@guyfalcurious762]

My father grew up on a working ranch in south Texas and they used cowboy and vaquero interchangeably. The rodeo she went to is American as there are differences between the two from the saddles, the way they throw a lariat, the events and even the way they handle the same tasks. My grandfather threatened to shoot a vaquero who worked for him if he ever used “Spanish spurs “ on any of the horses again. The idea of rodeos come from Mexico along with the cowboy but has changed to be something American.

[@ursafan40]

That used to be America's motto. No Fear. We can do anything. Today half the population has to find a safe space when somebody says boo to them.

[@easttowest7839]

@@YoungMuscleCock That was centuries ago. By now it's also a part of American culture. Cope

[@YoungMuscleCock]

@@easttowest7839 nah it’s our culture and you’re countrymen adopted it even now it’s still our tradition it’s been that way ever since those hundreds of years passed you people just adopted it it because it was cool it’s an actual lifestyle for us Spanish North Americans in Mexico 🇲🇽 all over the country, because when people want to see rodeos they go to Texas or the west when people down here want to see a rodeo or bull riding we just do it or go to the nearby ranches, I mean no disrespect when I close this off by saying this but you Anglo North Americans aren’t even original in your actual culture so you claim that it’s yours but can’t accept that you adopted it, realistically it’s our tradition and way of life down here in Mexico 🇲🇽 you people just do it for the hell of it and try painting this delusion to all that come from Europe or Asia claiming that it’s American and that’s where I have to correct your ignorant claim.

[@mollyreid4844]

As a pregnant late 20’s has been barrel racer, I’m literally crying at at your video, the excitement, the recognition that it very much so is a culture, and your all around support for (in the opinion of many) the most American Sport that exists. I’m so glad you enjoyed, and I can’t thank you enough for bringing a little bright light to a very special thing.❤️

[@dherman0001]

I'll have you know the female barrel racers were the most exciting thing for me to watch. Full on hard charging adrenaline rush. I grew up in Sikeston Missouri, right next door to the Jaycee Bootheel rodeo that drew all the big country acts from Kenny Rogers to Willie Nelson. I sold snow cones and sodas at every rodeo. They lasted for several days. Thanks for the fun!

[@alongcamekarma]

Sad. Barrel racing isn't a sport. At the end of their careers each horse walks strangely and place weight oddly. The mere practice literally changed them. Not to mention the horrid spurring when studies have shown horses feel more pain than us. Tradition shouldn't mean cruelty

[@mplsgordon2]

@@alongcamekarma Don't believe everything you read on a PETA website. Barrel racing horses absolutely love competing. And not a sport? You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@alongcamekarma]

@@mplsgordon2 I worked with horses for eighteen years and barrel raced for twelve, until I went to college and wrote a thesis on the effects of barrel racing. Horses are driven neurotic due to training regiments (but yay, fun, right? Puhleez.) hooves and tendons and permanently damaged in every long term barrel racer. This has been supported by numerous scientific studies recently released. Not to mention how unregulated it is. Studies have also shown kicking a horse doesn't make it go faster and is actually the cause for many injuries horses relieve, and that those specific injuries are higher in barrel racers because of the treatment. Next rodeo ya go to, ask every barrel racer you see if they can show you how to do an emergency dismount. Just say you've heard of it but you're nervous to try. See how many even know how to do it in theory, and how many actually can. Now that is kinda fun. I got tired of abuse and ill fitted tack. Btw. Peta isn't a reliable or scientific source, especially since they have the highest kill rate over any shelter in the country and have harmed animals many times in their quest. But...you tried...

[@mplsgordon2]

@@alongcamekarma Thank you for a thoughtful response. While I was never a barrel racer myself and never will be, there's several in my close family and friends. And I've been around it a lot. I do know how to do an emergency dismount; it was something taught to me as a rider among other, working riders. I honestly can't imagine rodeos or barrel racing being regulated. If that happened, I'd imagine it would revert to the sort of events I grew up around; 50 to 100 competitors at a private arena on private land. I can't comment on the studies you mention because I haven't seen them. Perhaps they are valid. In general "studies" reproduce at shockingly low rates, if the data are not falsified altogether. Again, perhaps your studies are better. I'd read them if they're available. I certainly was unaware that there is a brewing controversy over barrel racing. From what I've seen it's grown from a women's rodeo event to a family event that lets entire families have fun together with their horses.

[@seeing8spots]

This video was precious! I lobe your excitement and appreciation for the culture. I'm a native Oklahoman and ironically have never actually been to a rodeo but it's still part of my culture and "normal" to me. It was really fun seeing this through your eyes where it was exotic and dangerous :D Also worth noting sense you mentioned it: the bucking horses and bulls are bred for this. They work 8secs maaaybe a week and are treated like kings because only very healthy horses and bulls buck hard (which is what they want). Horses bred for it that don't want to buck get sold as riding horses typically. It's not uncommon for horses (and some bulls) to know precisely their job and buck hard until the rider is off and quickly settle. Or stop bucking and actually be fully calm, rideable horses when the flank strap is removed (the strap in front of the back leg). The animals learn that the flank strap is their cue to buck basically and when it's not on they don't buck. It's cool stuff :) The sheep and calves aren't used long and are still well treated. The calf roping and stuff is a show of skill for open range cattle practices where roping a calve is the only way to brand and vaccinate it or treat injuries on the open range. It's still very much done on large open range cattle ranches so the sport of it is jsut to show off that skill basically :)

[@mikewiginton7948]

Thanks for appreciating our American heritage as much as I do. There's some who just don't get it and I'm glad you did. Family, FUN, excitement and tradition makes a rodeo a blast!

[@missymoonwillow6545]

This episode brought me to tears and I think it's because I am recalling memories from my childhood with my dad, who has passed on. Thank you for highlighting what is American culture for you Eva, because you're right, we American's take this sort of stuff totally for granted. There's a big difference between city folk, and rural here, and most of what folks see on TV is how hollywood portrays this country, not necessarily how it is in reality. I love how each state, does have it's own culture and vibe. I'm so happy Montana is treating you well. Much love and prayers, be safe on your journeys.

[@silenceiscompliance4131]

It brought me to tears as well. Memories and emotions and being a local here in Montana, growing up this way and watching her experience it with such joy. It was an emotional video for some crazy reason, I cried 😀 I really loved watching this.

[@tritchie6272]

And most of Hollywoods portrayals are what I consider false garbage. I'm glad she enjoyed herself. Seems like she might be an alright person, even though I do find the whole Vegan thing weird and confusing.

[@dillon5741]

Good on you for coming in as a vegetarian, European and being open minded. Such a drastically different culture than you are used to and you respected it for what it was, a different culture.

[@SheilaR.08]

It's not a culture. It's an idiotic, cruel activity that's been done for far too long, but that doesn't make it American culture. American here and I don't want to be associated with such barbarism any more than I would Spanish bullfighting. Calling something culture does not negate its horrific nature.

[@ANDYPK_]

@@SheilaR.08 I agree-

[@arcticshocked]

@@SheilaR.08 you have no idea what culture is.

[@11bravo_outdoors91]

@@SheilaR.08 tell us you know absolutely nothing about rodeo without telling us. I raise bucking stock and I’ve rodeod the majority of my life. There’s nothing barbaric about it. The animals aren’t intentionally harmed, although accidents CAN happen. Why would I abuse my bulls and horses when they’re worth millions of dollars? Use your brain and actually take the time to do research and maybe find someone that’s involved in it to learn from instead regurgitating uniformed myths you’ve read on the internet.

[@a.m.4049]

@@SheilaR.08 This guy really just compared Rodeo to Spanish bullfighting. Ya know, where they slowly kill the bull after torturing and weakening it and drugging it.

[@toddphipps5496]

Thank you for your appreciation for your kind words and passion of our western culture for heritage. These are the people who have remained deep in history, respect, and backbone of this country. I am going to Australia this year to attend the week long Mount Isa Rodeo in Queensland in August. This will be my first time to go to another country for rodeo, excluding Canada. It's going to be a similar experience for me, as far as a different culture but really rodeo is rodeo. It's the people that make it a special way of life.

[@nataliemorrison5876]

Having a crush isn't weird at all These guys are worth taking home my love

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

😂 you'd probably let em rope and tie ya down like a calf 😂

[@nataliemorrison5876]

@@jonathanfreedom1st You're not wrong🤪

[@jonathanfreedom1st]

@@nataliemorrison5876 😷🤒😩😒😅😅

[@mena94x3]

Now she can legitimately use the phrase “This ain’t my first rodeo.”

[@orange_cat]

If she doesn't use the word "ain't" then she is fired. No more videos for her.

[@mena94x3]

@@orange_cat - EXACTLY!

[@laidbacktraveler2580]

While living throughout the South Pacific, I was told many many times (especially from folks that had never been to the US) that the "Us has no culture." Quite the contrary, the US has almost all of the cultures of the world in some way, shape, or fashion. Culture is everywhere here and if one isn't careful and paying attention, they might just trip and fall over it. Great vid as usual Eva, take your time and soak it all in!

[@jasonmajere2165]

It’s just the all out attack on wh1te people, as you know we control the world from birth.

[@Quantumanticz]

Not even that. The US has its own culture, you just have to leave the liberal coastal cities to experience it.

[@patfranks785]

I think people from small countries just don't realize that there is literally every culture in the US. Every decent size city has a little Italy, China town, latino area etc.

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

@@patfranks785 I'm old enough to remember when America was all white and it had its own unique culture most commonly called "Americana". It was unique to America and it was everywhere. Now maybe you don't know it because because someone the the floodgates open and it was inundated and overwhelmed but all the other cultures poured on top of it. It still had a pulse, though it's had to see these days.

[@nerychristian]

@@fionnmaccumhaill3257 Americana hasn't disappeared. It's just been copied by almost every other country. So that it doesn't seem that distinct anymore. I mean, look at China. In a few decades they went from being an agricultural society, to being a more modern society that now build computers. They took most of our style and technology and made it their own.

[@kirkharrison289]

This video was fun for me because of the joy you found doing it. You picked a good one to attend, IMHO the local rodeos are the most fun. I have been going to rodeos since I was a kid and I still feel the thrill. Thanks for sharing.

[@tr9066]

I’m a city girl, but I love rodeos! My favorite one had calf dressing, where they chased calves and had to put pajamas on them in an arena with other contestants. It was hilarious and so fun to watch. No animals were harmed and we all left smiling.

[@spencerh3554]

I love to see an outsider perspective on the rodeos that I’ve grown up competing in. It’s always hard to see people bashing it because they don’t understand so seeing someone so open and understanding is refreshing. Great vid!

[@linmal2242]

We have our own in AUS

[@philipkuriger3420]

@@linmal2242 do you call it a rodeo

[@steveadams4009]

@@linmal2242 I've met some Australian bull riders few of them are pretty damn good.

[@brooklynzf1nest]

As a native New Yorker I am just as much a foreigner. So fascinating! I wish I grew up like this. Montana is stunning.

[@andrewneidinger3726]

Pennsylvania has rodeos. We’re not too far from NY.

[@richardbuchanan5497]

That is how I grew-up, and I would have to be paid to ever get on another horse.

[@petersburgtug6633]

I grew up in Montana. All my cousins are rodeo champions. I’m afraid of horses. There ya go.

[@g.w.hampton5525]

@@richardbuchanan5497 I would bet no one would offer to pay you.. I can just imagine...

[@richardbuchanan5497]

@@g.w.hampton5525 ...it's a figure of speech.....

[@malichimusser5153]

I grew up here, and I live an hour away now, and whenever I think of home, I picture the shots you took. You did a wonderful job showing a little of my home, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!

[@Dunriteproducts]

Not weird to crush on a cowboy. Its a thing 🤣 love to see you shedding positive light on rural American culture and more importantly experiencing it for yourself. Much of our culture cannot really be understood until you experience it and it feels like we are constantly having to fight to defend and preserve it from people who have absolutely zero experience of it. One example in particular is firearms. When i was younger from time to time friends would bring their new collage friends back to our hometown to visit. These were people who had never experienced life away from the city and usually had negative preconceived notions of firearms amoung many other things. They often also expressed fear of them but after a few days of some proper education on handeling them, shooting them, and why we have them, most of the people had a very different and positive opinion on them. Some even wanting to get their own afterwards

[@RLKmedic0315]

"They have no fear. No one here has any fear." Remember, "Courage is being the only one that knows that you're terrified"

[@Badge124]

Courage is doing something in spite of being terrified.

[@RLKmedic0315]

@@Badge124 That was exactly what the quote is saying.

[@Badge124]

@@RLKmedic0315 I don't think so. Anyone can know that you're terrified. Courage is doing it anyway. Big difference. 👍

[@swisschalet1658]

It’s called the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave for a reason.

[@brianbrandt25]

There are so many better ways to have fun, without the danger. I think it's stupid.

[@dinkydotzero]

I took a few of my family from England to the Rodeo and they were horrified and disgusted by it, and kind of created a bit of scene. And they keep going on and on about the treatment of the animals . I took them around and tried to explain things but they had this closed mind mentality and in the end I had to leave early. Glad you went in with an open mind and enjoyed the sport for what it is

[@peterruiz6117]

So sad.... The animals don't get hurt... The riders DO...

[@Crazyasian123456]

Were they equating rodeos with the bull fights or something?

[@larryreinke6136]

So sad, it goes to show a liberal mindset.

[@garygullikson6349]

@@Crazyasian123456 I had a US lady berate me for catching and cleaning panfish. I am an animal fan. She must have been a devout vegan.

[@Crazyasian123456]

@@garygullikson6349 heh, reminds me of a story I heard that some animal rights or food activists in Ireland tried suing dairy farmers for not letting their dairy herd graze outside in the winter and feeding them hay.

[@coreyjennings1816]

Not sure how KZbin’s algorithm led me to you but I have been binge watching your videos. I can’t get enough of following you along as you made this epic trip across our beautiful country. I hope that someday you can in fact return and see even more as well as experience more first. Way to go. BTW you are a cowgirl in your own right.

[@americanpatriot7247]

Ms. zu Beck is very cute!! Love to hear other people's perpective on American culture and traditions. Just like every other country on earth, yes, America has culture!!! America is so big, however, that you will see different cultural shifts as you go across the many miles of our great nation. It takes several days to drive from one coast to the other. So glad you are here, Miss. Be safe, have fun. Welcome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kcarter0265]

Thank you so much for highlighting my culture. Rural America is a unique part of the whole, found across the states and rodeos have always been a fun way of bridging the gap between agricultural/ranching folks to those who might come watch. We love to share our passion, family and culture ❤ seriously, thank you for appreciating something that can be so heavily mocked and hated by people who have never been or don’t even want to understand why we do what we do.

[@Kaia6485]

I’ve never been to a rodeo and want to understand. I mean this with all sincerity, from the animals perspective are they okay with all of this? Do they ever get hurt? Or just have to endure whatever is being done to them for human entertainment? I really do want to understand and hope it is that the cowboy/girl really does try and not actually hurt the animal.

[@kcarter0265]

@@Kaia6485 it’s understandable to have concerns. Yes sometimes the animals can get hurt, just like the people. The sport used to be a lot more dangerous and harder on both people and animals, but like all things it’s evolved with our own understanding and education. No one cares more than the people competing and those raising the animals. Yes there is always a bad apple here and there, but the rest of the community is quick to put a stop to abuse and neglect. At every rodeo there is a vet on standby as well as an EMS team for the people. Most of the animals actually do enjoy it, or see it like a job. They have a lot of training and are used to it. Like the Bulls, broncs, even the roping steers. It’s high adrenaline, and is exciting to watch. Although there are professional athletes in rodeo now, but animals and people, it’s a sport that never forgot where it came from. Which was ranch hands coming together in a community to relax, enjoy company, show off their ranches livestock and even do business. In many ways it’s still like that.

[@Kaia6485]

@@kcarter0265 Thank you for the response, everything you said makes sense. It’s good to hear there’s an emt on hand for the people and animals and that everyone’s safety is an utmost concern.

[@beep2881]

@@Kaia6485 if it isn't dangerous it probably isn't worth doing.

[@peterg219]

"It's an actual bull... with horns... it's not a sheep!" Hahahaha... Too funny. Love your reactions, so real, spontaneous, just beautiful, like you. Thanks for being you.

[@Anon54387]

I was amused when she told the people at the concession stand that this was her first rodeo since there is that idiom saying this isn't my first rodeo.

[@TheChristycamel]

Such a beautiful setting with that clear blue sky and mountain background. Attending a rodeo is still on my bucket list, what a fun video to watch on a cold and snowy March day! Thanks Eva!

[@Sissypool]

You're the type of person I would love to show around. The person who's never been somewhere and extremely happy and curious about everything. I love educating people on the things I'm passionate about.

[@slopsec2358]

Honey, NEVER be ashamed of wearing a cowboy hat!

[@robertholland7558]

Cowgal hat

[@swisstroll3]

To be more complete, wear jeans and boots. Then you will look like a cowgirl. Web search this song: “Get yourself an outfit, you can be a cowboy too”

[@swisstroll3]

(Smother’s brothers) I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy.

[@veeemit9719]

I have never heard rodeos referred to as being exotic, but your interest and delight is rather captivating🙂

[@daviddawson1718]

It makes perfect sense when you think about it. Every cowboy there would describe her as exotic

[@davidcampbell4465]

@@daviddawson1718 absolutely!

[@tallest4eva]

Everything is exotic to someone else! When I first arrived in the US, just about everything was exotic!

[@TheOnlyTaps]

To be fair everything is exotic depending on where you come from. When I moved to Canada people used to laugh at me for getting excited about snow 😂 coz I come from a country where we just have hot/cold/rainy/dry, we don't have snow. So something so regular was foreign as hell to me.

[@FadingRosesBluesTristeza]

Exotic: adjective originating in or characteristic of a distant foreign country.

[@JBunny7482]

So I'm only 2 min in and I'm already cackling cuz she's like idk if they'll have a problem with me, will they be nice, will they be welcoming, will they have a problem with me filming? And I'm imagining most country folk who are SOOO super nice and welcoming, they're gonna be proud to explain everything to her, and everyone wants their 15min of Fame and loves to be "on tv" 🤣🤣🤣 she literally has zero worries, I don't even need to watch to know that 🤣🤣 she probably left with like 3 marriage proposals too 🤣🤣🤣

[@angieb6715]

Thankful for the respect of our culture as we all know mainstream media paints certain cultures in a way that other cultures may find wrong but we're all people living our lives where we live and are not always represented accurately by the media. American people are loving yet passionate people as said before on this feed! :)

[@allyip5777]

I was the only Asian in many of the places I traveled to in New Mexico, Wyoming and Montana region. It’s actually quite cool to look like an outsider as people are absolutely friendly and eager to show you things around!!!

[@clydeacor1911]

Really I live in the Idaho, Wyoming Montana area basically 60 miles from each ( Yellowstone National Park, Teton National Park) and we have 4 to 6 tour busses come through daily all summer every day of nothing but Asians.

[@clydeacor1911]

Granted those are tourist places.

[@allyip5777]

@@clydeacor1911, I don’t think so… as I had lived in the SW for 8 years… I only “looked” like an outsider but I had hiked nearly every trail in New Mexico!

[@michaelharris1455]

I am very glad (and proud) to hear this! Thank you for sharing your positive experiences, and hope you have many, many more!

[@allyip5777]

@@michaelharris1455 we just need to be less cynical these days… cynicism even tries to over take our Independent Day!

[@SADDLEHORN1A1]

Eva, in spite of the big show they've become, a hobby or source of income, rodeos were born from actual ranch work. The ability to ride a rank horse on a daily basis, roping and tying stock for various reasons etc. Pecos Texas lays claim to being the home of the world's first rodeo. I find that a dubious claim given the daily routine of ranch life and competitive nature of most cowboys. I grew up on a ranch, trust me, getting kicked while treating a maggot infested cut in an onery old cow is not near as glamorous as a rodeo would have you believe.

[@jacquesstrapp3219]

Opinions vary but most people agree that the first rodeo was held in Deer Trail Colorado in 1869. The rodeo you are referring to in Pecos happened in 1883.

[@sssigsauer2266]

@joelmopar yeah I know what you mean, had one of the worst bruises on a thigh from a horse. Worried it was broke for a bit, then I was wishing it was. Had a friend had 3 toes broken from a horse stomping on’em, luckily it didn’t get the top of the foot. Yeah they don’t say anything about that I bet in the booklet.😂😂😂

[@appliedfacts]

I loved your video!! I grew up in Montana, on a cattle ranch, 55 miles from the nearest town. If there was ever a place to where a cowboy hat it would be a rodeo. It does not matter if you are a real cowboy/cowgirl or not. The best way to stay unnoticed would be to wear one. 😁 The little (or a lot) crazy is why people watch rodeos and yeah people do get hurt sometimes but the helmets and protective vests help a lot. Also, notice that there are no old men riding those horses and bulls!! 🤣 Having a crush on a cowboy is so ok. They are young, stong, healthy, polite and are doing really manly things. What more could a girl want? If I were your age I would volunteer to be your tour guide but, sadly, I am not. 😥

[@StevenLeeStudios]

Proud to be American. Thank you for enjoying the different cultures, hopefully you travel around more and experience all that the USA has to offer. There is a stigma here from the outside, but its only because of media and ignorant people. Its the best place to be on earth in my opinion. May god bless you on your travels.

[@simela-art]

Вие и англичаните сте най - простите същества във вселената.. остани си горд простак!

[@333Hedgehogs]

I guess you haven’t traveled a lot, have you ? 😂

[@StevenLeeStudios]

@@333Hedgehogs i've traveled enough

[@kem1233]

RODEO N COWBOY CULTURE CAME FROM MEXICO.

[@shaketin]

@@kem1233 cowboy culture came from Spain

[@Deathbird_Mitch]

I love how she started in the stands abd very quickly wound up pressed against the fence as close as humanly possible to the action.

[@theloneranger8725]

Oh, I think the real reason was to get closer to the cowboys. Something about a crush, I think. Big kudos to Eva for going into the heartland of America, which is the real United States. So many foreigners stay on the coasts when they come here and think those crazies in New York and California represent the real America. So far from the truth. Those people at that rodeo are real, moral, rational, fine Americans, and they are awake, not woke.

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

@@theloneranger8725 I think her motivation was little bit from column A and a bit from column B…. But yeah, I agree. It was mostly column B. that brought her down there! 🤣👍

[@birddogz545]

@@theloneranger8725 She's not used to being near masculine men. No soy boys at the rodeo

[@Hollylivengood]

@@birddogz545 Er...Polish guys are some masculine men, don't doubt that. But yeah, since she's here with the cowboys..."save a horse, ride a cowboy."

[@N-A-uw5fp]

It’s so fun to watch you watch this rodeo! Without understanding what’s happening, I can see how crazy it must look. And it is crazy. But these kids have been born and raised with parents who have horses and have competed themselves when they were little and so it’s a whole culture and norm for them. it’s something they’ve slowly grow into step-by-step. they build up to the hard and scariest competitions. There’s a lot of professional training going on as well.

[@TheStammzilla]

I just stumbled upon your channel and I want to thank you for what you said about culture being found everywhere. 👏🤘🤗

[@ninline2000]

I was stationed in Spain while in the Air Force in the early 80s. I was amazed to see a rodeo come to town there. We had a guy from Wyoming in my unit and he competed and won in the calf roping event.

[@Egilhelmson]

It makes sense. The US Westerners learned the rodeo from Mexican vacceros , who learned it from the Spanish.

[@saries54]

Oh, my gosh! I was in Spain in the early eighties too. My husband was stationed at Torejon and we saw a Rodeo on base but they were Gypsies! Just about like the American version.

[@kristybarnes2563]

Spain was awesome, yes?

[@kristybarnes2563]

@@saries54 loved Rota.

[@westondavis1682]

@@Egilhelmson Not quite. It wasn't the US at the time and want something that was taught or imported for an established people. When the Spanish imported the first cattle into Mexico in the 1500's the Rodeo was more just a way of the vaqueros to show off their skills and cut loose. Entertainment back then was what you made. From there it was just part of the cattle farming culture. Much later the Rodeo would be born as an off shoot to the traveling circus business that had used cowboys to help tend their animals and enter the ring entertaining crowds with their riding and roping skills. In the end, it wasn't something that was just something that evolved out of a job.

[@kitsunelee007]

I never thought I'd ever do anything on a regular basis that someone has on their bucket list. I'm glad you had fun. 💗

[@CarterKey6]

I went to a rodeo when my dad was trying to culturally enrich me at like 4 we had to leave halfway through because I was crying uncontrollably because I was so upset over the baby bulls being tied up. Needless to say he never took me to another rodeo.

[@SamDracula_]

I consider myself a pretty proud American and I LOVE rodeos. It's so wonderful to see this through the eyes of someone who's never seen it before. Edit: you gotta admit that cowboys are so cute lmao

[@michaelsojka3265]

Whoever says that the US has no culture has never actually travelled the US. I had culture shock just from moving from the Northeast to Texas.

[@IIIAJHIII]

I dont think there is an argument for the US having no culture at all. I think like myself i only find the south has culture but slightly adopts European culture while the rest of the US seems to have a 1 for 1 adoption of European culture. Like food wise i cant think of a single dish outside of the south that isnt just a straight adoption of European food while the south takes inspiration from France and the UK and Spain etc but makes it their own. Just for clarification the Americas is the only continents i havent visited. But if i was to travel to the US. I would probably only visit the south and maybe New York (Just for that large city experience) the architecture etc. I would stay well clear from the likes of California.

[@vesnastankovski3680]

@Gator Nuggets Jealous of what?!?😂🤣🤣🤣

[@Botoburst]

@@IIIAJHIII The hamburger was invented up north. There must be some other examples hehe. Deep dish pizza, buffalo wings. Pecan pie was actually invented in Chicago.

[@11binfantryfollowmeus.army95]

@@vesnastankovski3680 No war😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@silenceiscompliance4131]

I've traveled all over USA and lived in 7 different states . Stay a few years in one state then off to the next. For the culture. Culture shock is humbling and moving out of comfort zone to new locations kept life real. Builds character. I chose to stay here in Montana as it's truly the best place I found to live and raise my kids. America is full of culture if you take the time to have the experiences in one area to the next .

[@coltoncarpenter5921]

As someone who competes it’s a breath of fresh air to see someone from Europe go in with and open mind I’ve met one European person at a rodeo and the hated it to the point of accusing my folks of convincing me it was ok to abuse animals when it isn’t abuse to the animals when rodeo stock has a better life than most other animals Edit : I’m 15 and compete in bareback riding I’m good enough to compete professionally and if u really want to learn this cowboy stuf then lmk I got nothing but time to spare

[@simplelivingmontana]

Nothing like ruff stock. Keep at it buddy.

[@thehuntress8850]

I agree Ive helped out on ranches and I've been to rodeo's. those free range animals are big and tuff. Life as a rodeo animal is a lot easier. But people who have never been around it don't know that.

[@JB-1138]

Were they French? 🤣

[@MKB_Equestrian]

As someone who grew up around horses ad riding them I love that she Is so kind about Every sport from bull riding to trick riding!

[@audreygregis8721]

I think you have made many of us Americans appreciate what we have, watching it thru someone's eyes from another country. Sometimes we take for granted what we have in this country, which we should never do. My oldest son lived in London for a couple years, but he and his U.K. wife now live in Texas. Both my sons used to say I should travel to Europe, but my reply would always be..."Why, when I haven't gotten to see the whole U.S. yet?" Our country is massive, with every kind of culture you could imagine. We are definitely "the melting pot of the world." And I love that you have seen how friendly we are, because there are people who try to make us out as not caring, not friendly, which is totally far from the truth. I sure hope you come back to visit...and maybe find your "cowboy."☺

[@aroundwyoming4694]

Just remember, you can be a Vegan, a Vegetarian, and even be a part of PETA and still love the rodeo. The key is knowing what is happening and understanding it before you condemn anything. There is a lot of history in rodeos and the lifestyle as a whole. I'm a part of "The Daddy of 'em all" here is Cheyenne and I love to tell visitors all about it. It's not just the rodeo for us, but the whole 10-12 days of celebration. July 20-30 this year. PM me or send me an email if you'd like to know more.

[@Roper15]

It’s really cool to see someone experience a rodeo for the first time and it makes you think about how fascinating or crazy it looks to someone who hasn’t ever experienced it before.

[@robertwilliams4487]

"Who doesn't love a good cliche?" Made me love this video. A most refreshing take. Thank you.

[@arrowlodger]

. Glad you enjoyed it! I used to go to rodeos when I was little with my grandmother I haven't been in years. I grew up around horses and animals so it's nice to see how people from other places feel about these things that are common to see for those who grew up in this lifestyle

[@FrJWF]

Having grown up in a very similar cultural environment in Oklahoma, your reactions to this brought me to tears of laughter and joy. Local rodeos like this used to be very common. Today, many of them have become sadly commercialized. You have been given a glimpse of a very traditional community event that is disappearing from the American experience. (By the way, you need a straw cowboy hat for everyday wear ... it would be far less conspicuous than the dress hat.)

[@yknphotoman]

I laughed at the "What about insurance" comment. It's too bad she isn't here in Oklahoma as we have some Pow wows going on as well right now.