Broc Cresta, a California address Roper and rising star of the rodeo circuit, which was ranked No 12 in the world as a heel in team climbing pulley, Saturday was found dead in motor home at the Border Days Rodeo in Cheyenne Wyoming. He was 25 years.
Ridge, the son of a fighter for the meat expert of Santa Rosa, California, had competed Friday in the case of prestigious Cheyenne, held annually since 1897.
His body was discovered by his girlfriend, barrel racing champion Brittany Pozzi, when he tried to wake up Saturday morning, said his father, Daniel.
"The world of the rodeo is in shock," said Kendra Santos, director of communications for the Association of Professional Rodeo Cowboys. "My phone has been ringing on the wall all day with calls from Hall of Fame there are no children.
Broc is a fourth generation cowboy in California, and everyone loves it. It's very difficult to lose a good cowboy when is 90, but lost a talented person and very good at 25 is almost impossible .... The hesitation of the whole family hurts right now. "
In 2007, the association called Cresta Heels Rodeo Novice of the Year. Appropriate, linked together, is considered the only true detour in pursuit team, consisting of two Ropers: a header, ropes the calf first, and a heel that is second string and management of hind legs.
The event is scheduled with the clock stopping only when it remains in play arrangements of lambs and horses facing each other.
The case is more complicated than it seems, with the participation not only of strength and agility, but the moment is exquisite.
In the 10th round of the national final in Las Vegas in December, Cresta and partner Spencer Mitchell, a childhood friend, tied a calf in 3.6 seconds, which tied the fastest time of the round. They finished 10 th overall, five of the 10 roping calves in 21.3 seconds.
Cresta has collaborated with the sample header Turtle Powell, in 2010, and end with Logan Olson to win the Cheyenne in 2009.
Born January 2, 1987, Ridge raised on a ranch of 500 acres in Santa Rosa, California, his father and uncle fighting in the professional circuit. His grandfather, William, raised horses for the sport horse and took a sample of wrestling meat.
When Ridge 9 years, began to throw a rope around a variety of animals - horses, donkeys, horses and goats in the ring in the ranch rodeo family.
At the time he reached high school, missed school to compete in both the rodeo has come to an independent study program that requires them to attend formal classes.
He has a degree from Santa Rosa High School in 2005 and became a professional two years later.
Ridge traveled 60,000 kilometers a year to rival rodeos across the country. With Mitchell has won several rodeos in California this year in Redding, Livermore, Modesto, Bakersfield and Marysville, and in Eugene, Oregon, retired from a return to Oklahoma City three months ago when he hurt his ribs, but was in good health, said his father.
Besides his father and grandfather, he survived by his mother, Kelline Cresta, Santa Rosa, and a brother, Brent, of Cloverdale, California
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