3/26/2023 0 Comments Flint rasmussen![]() “Just those places I've gone to for so many years, that mean so much to me. And then of course later in the spring - places like Billings and Napa, Idaho, and Albuquerque," he said. “I wanted to do it before Sacramento because that event means so much to me. He only decided to make his decision public so that he could bid farewell to the people and places that made him who he is over the next few months. But the truth is, Rasmussen didn’t really want the attention from a retirement announcement. Watt and Ozzy Osbourne all plan a get together to celebrate their respective retirements. Rasmussen spent some time joking that he, Tom Brady, J.J. And in that era, nobody touched you.’ And I took a screenshot of that. “He said, ‘You were the start of a new era in your job and you are the end of the era. “I got a text message from Kynan Vine, a guy that used to be my boss at the Calgary Stampede,” Rasmussen explained. And since last week’s announcement, the response from friends, coworkers and even strangers has been overwhelming. ![]() He changed the way fans look at rodeo as a sport and a form of entertainment. Make no mistake, Rasmussen's impact is immeasurable. And I think part of my job going forward is be an advocate in order to preserve the Western lifestyle.” “To many people in the country, the closest it exists is in a fictional TV show where Kevin Costner played the governor. “I’m an advocate and spokesperson for our western lifestyle because in traveling to cities across the country, I see how close it is to disappearing,” Rasmussen said. He views his role as that of an ambassador, for a lifestyle that is rapidly vanishing. Despite his accomplishments, he’s never considered himself an influential figure in rodeo. But to Rasmussen the investment is always worth it. The years and the injuries have taken a physical, emotional and mental toll. But if I can’t give it everything, then it’s probably time for a change.” It’s supposed to bring me joy, and it still does. And I’ve been catching myself walking out of a tunnel and there’s a 11,000 people and I need to take a deep breath. “I’ve had just the most wonderful job in the world and I think people look at it and go, 'He just gets to go out and screw around and be happy and dance every week’ - and, well, yeah I do,” he laughed. But Rasmussen says it’s the emotional and mental part of the job that’s making it harder to perform. I used to get really tired after shows and now I just hurt.” “ I have one knee that started to bother me just from bounding up and down and beating it up for 30 years. “It’s not like all of a sudden I got up on Monday morning and said, ‘Man, I’m tired of this.’ It’s been in the works for a while,” Rasmussen told MTN Sports ahead of a PBR stop in Sacramento, Calif. ![]() The Choteau native has seen and done it all.īut last week through a PBR press release, Rasmussen announced he’s retiring from his on-the-dirt entertainment role and transitioning to the broadcast booth at the end of the PBR Unleash the Beast season. He’s entertained crowds all over the world, from tiny cities in Montana, to the largest rodeo events in the world. He’s an eight-time PRCA Clown of the Year, eight-time Wrangler National Finals barrelman and a seven-time Coors Man in the Can Award winner.Īnd that was all achieved before 2006 when he signed a deal to be the exclusive entertainer for the Professional Bull Riders organization. Over four decades, he’s reinvented what it means to be a funnyman in the can. Rasmussen is synonymous with rodeo entertainment. So at age 25, he quit teaching and made rodeo his full time job. A 19-year old Flint Rasmussen put on the greasepaint, stepped into the arena in Superior and performed as a rodeo clown for the first time.Īt the time, it was just a part-time gig to help with college expenses before he started his career as a high school math and history teacher.īut he kept getting calls from rodeo promoters and committees.
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