IS GUN SLINGING AND TRICK ROPING A DYING ART?
“Well now that is a two-part question. Trick roping, YES. In this day and age when we are all too broke to pay attention, and if we cannot access something YESTERDAY, we most likely don`t take the time to learn it. American`s newest slogan is: Mom, apple pie and high speed Internet. “They say you can live two weeks without food, a day or so without water” but take someone`s Internet access away and they won`t last five minutes. Learning how to do skills like roping takes a LOOOOONG time and can be very frustrating. I just don`t see folks wanting to learn how to rope unless they need it in their everyday work. I do get a lot of folks that ask me to show them how to spin a rope, but when I start showing them they find out you don`t just press a button and make it go and they lose interest.” “As for gun spinning and handling, the biggest stumbling block with this art is that it is not real easy to get booked as just a gun spinner. With the way folks think about guns these day, don`t touch
