Four year old twin brothers Blayne & Bryar DeMattos future rodeo stars watch the rodeo event Saturday at 50th annual Kona Stampede Rodeo at the Honaunau Rodeo Arena. Photos by Brad Ballesteros/Special to West Hawaii Today
Dale Viloria runs down a calf.
ABOVE: Header Dale Viloria lassos a calf Saturday as his partner, Jordan Gomes, readies himself to rope the calf’s heels Saturday at the 50th annual Kona Stampede Rodeo at the Honaunau Rodeo Arena.
TOP: Four-year-old twin brothers Blayne and Bryar DeMattos watch the rodeo Saturday.
Photos by Brad Ballesteros/Special to West Hawaii Today
LEFT: Headers and heelers wait outside the Honaunau arena for their turn in the slack roping event Saturday morning. RIGHT: Calves peek out of the holding area Saturday before the slack roping event.
Calves peek out of the holding area Saturday before the slack roping event.