On Saturday, April 13, 2013, young riders from the Big Bend region were in Marfa, Texas honing their roping skills at the arena on the east side of town. The riders and their trusted mounts worked hard under the sweltering sun. Roping is a piece of western U.S. culture burnished in the memory of anyone who has lived in or passed through Texas. Lorne Matalon sent these images of riders from Texas and New Mexico.
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Caesar Armendariz, 13 of Presidio, Texas prepares to go out of the shoot. In the background are riders from Valentine and Marfa, Texas. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Caesar Armendariz, 13 of Presidio, Texas holds hit cowboy hat in the wind. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Caesar Armendariz, 13 of Presidio, Texas with reins in his hands. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Caesar Armendariz, 13 of Presidio, Texas; tradition meets technology. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Caesar Armendariz, 13 of Presidio, Texas (L) gallops “out of the box." Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Caesar Armendariz, 13 of Presidio, Texas (L) further on. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Trevor Klein,13, with his brother, Tanner, 11 in foreground. Both live on a ranch 30 miles south of Marfa, Texas. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Tanner Klein of Marfa, Texas. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Trevor Klein,13, (L) with his brother, Tanner, 11, Marfa, Texas. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Wiley Dabbs of Marfa, Texas. He helps organize youth roping events. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Youth roping practice, Marfa, Texas. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Timothy Flores, 17 of Marfa, Texas (L) with Enrique Navarette from Valentine, Texas (R). Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Timothy Flores, 17 of Marfa, Texas (L) with Enrique Navarette from Valentine, Texas (R.) Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Jasper Klein, 15, (L) breaks out. Photo: Lorne Matalon, KRTS.
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Youth Roping Practice, Marfa, TX. Lorne Matalon, KRTS.