By Kari Zubach - Indianrodeonews.com
Name:
Kevin Langevin
Age: 21
Marital
Status: Single
Hometown: Lac La Biche, Alberta Canada
Native American Heritage:
Metis
Horses: a Quarter horse named Rip
Events Worked: Bareback
Favorite
Event: Bareback
Association member of: CPRA (Canadian Professional Rodeo Association)
NANCA
(Northern Alberta Native Cowboys Association), PIRA (Prairie Indian Rodeo Association)
Rodeo Accomplishments:
2002, 2003, 2004 INFR Bareback Champion, 4 x qualifier of Lakeland Rodeo Association, 1 x qualifier of Wildrose Rodeo
Association
When did you start an interest in rodeo? Started riding bareback at 14 years old.
Do
you have any rodeo superstitions? I always ride with a cross and pray before I ride
What other sports
other than rodeo do you enjoy? Hockey and hunting
What is the funniest thing that you have seen or experienced
at a rodeo? A buddy of mine got bucked off so hard he blew his pants off!
What advice would you give to
Indian youth about rodeo or anything in general? Try your hardest and have a lot of fun.
What
advice would you give to Indian youth how wanted to participate in rodeo but didn’t have the resources or support to
get involved? Get the right information, and try to go to a rodeo school to learn the right way from a professional.
Are
their any songs that inspire or pump you up before you ride or rope? Any song from AC DC
What would you
like to see more of at Rodeo’s? More cowboys
What are your favorite western movies? Fist
full of Dollars with Clint Eastwood
What is your favorite music? Country
What was your most
memorable ride? I was 81 points at the Rodeo Royal in Calgary. It was also my first professional rodeo
Who
is your all time hero? Billy Laye
What Indian Cowboy influenced you to rodeo? My long time
friend – Bob Tizzed
Would you like to thank sponsors and or anyone for your success in rodeo? I
would like to thank everybody who helped me out along the way!!
Indian Rodeo News would like to thank Kevin for taking the time to talk to us, we'll be following
him this year during the rodeo season and will update his page with winnings and articles about his rodeo career! Kevin
serves as a role model to future Bareback riding champions, so kids if you see him at a rodeo, feel free to walk up to him
and say "Hi".
First annual rodeo scholarship awarded to ferrier
student
Olds College Media Release (July 2004)