Life on the bubble isn’t a new experience for Tilden Hooper. The nine-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier (2008-09, 2011, 2014, 2018-22) has fought his way onto rodeo’s biggest stage in the closing weeks of the season before, and he knows what it takes. Hooper entered the weekend 22nd in the PRCA | Bill Fick Ford World Standings in bareback riding. And he needed to make a move during the North Dakota Rough Rider Cup which took place Sept. 19-21.
