This is the first of a seven-part story on Boating editors’ favorite boat trailer accessories. We chose them because they add convenience in trailering, security in traveling with the boat and these ...

With the 2025 season coming to a close, a lot of eyes are on the tie-down roping standings. All year, the most talented guys in the sport have been battling it out for those top 15 spots. With about a ...

Over the past several months, Shad Mayfield’s perspective has changed. To be fair, he already admired the dominance of Trevor Brazile. From 2002-2018, Brazile won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys ...

6-time WNFR qualifier and 2020 World Champion Calf Roper, Shad "Money" Mayfield has been on fire all season. He started strong in the building rodeos by winning Ft. Worth and San Antonio and then ...

With 15 of the best tie-down ropers in the world headed to the NFR in December, two will compete in the Thomas and Mack arena for the first time. The National Finals Rodeo is the final goal for rodeo ...

You wouldn’t have known Shad Mayfield was the defending all-around world champion given the way he celebrated after he won his tie-down roping go-round Thursday night at the National Finals Rodeo.

Three-time World Champion Tie-Down Roper Tuf Cooper announced on social media this week that he has decided to end his 2025 bid for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). The year has dealt the Cooper ...

CHEYENNE — Save for a short-lived retirement, tie-down roper Tyson Durfey has been rodeoing professionally since 2003. He has been competing at Cheyenne Frontier Days just as long, and had only made ...

When Hurricane Ian struck the Southern Pines community in Bonita Springs, it brought wind gusts over 100 mph that tore roofs and siding off homes. "We saw a lot of a lot of damage," Gary Howard, a ...