Buck Brannaman coming back to New Zealand

Buck Brannaman is one of the worlds leading practitioners of Horsemanship, his last visit to New Zealand was in 2008 and was well received.

Buck will be back in New Zealand again in January next year, there are two three day clinics, one near Christchurch and one in Taranaki. The clinics are being organised by HorsemanshipNZ - dates and locations are specified below.

To quote Buck:

"I've started horses since I was 12 years old and have been bit, kicked, bucked off and run over. I've tried every physical means to contain my horse in an effort to keep myself from getting killed.

I started to realise that things would come much easier for me once I learned why a horse does what he does. This method works well for me because of the kinship between horse and rider"

For more information on Buck, take a look at his new updated website. We also stock the full range of Buck Brannaman training DVDs

Buck Clinics - Dates and Locations

South Island 22/23/24 Jan 2010 Selwyn Equestrian Centre (fabulous Indoor Arena near Burnham, just south of ChCh)

North Island 29/30/31 Jan 2010 Hawera Indoor Arena, Taranaki

Ropes and products for Cowboys in New Zealand

If you're a real cowboy, or know a real cowboy in New Zealand you might be interested to hear that Out West is a stockist for Equibrand products and Cactus ropes - both manufacturers of top quality rodeo gear.

We have a range of ropes in stock now including team roping ropes (Rattler Radar, Cactus Magnet and Classic MoneyMaker) we also have Cactus calf ropes (Cactus Double SS, Destiny) and piggin strings. See the new Rodeo and roping section of the Out West website

We can get pricing and availability on any of the Equibrand or Cactus ropes range for delivery in New Zealand.

Cowboy Boots - why are they like they are

A while back I did some research on Cowboy boots to find out what history and reasoning went into the design. The article is up on our website at http://www.out-west.co.nz/info/cowboy-boots

One of the key things about them (which is kind of obvious when you think about it) is that if a cowboy falls off his horse and gets his foot caught in the stirrup, the boot "should" come off allowing him to fall to the ground without being dragged for miles at high speed!

Theres also a good Wikipedia article on Cowboy boots which is worth a read if interested.

We stock Wrangler Cowboy Boots and also the famous Justin Brand boots.

Welcome to Out West

Out West is an exciting and different store with a Western theme located in Waimauku, Auckland, New Zealand.

Come and visit us for :
- Western Saddlery
- Cowboy Boots, Belts and Buckles
- Lots of hats - Cowboy hats as well as a range of Australian bush hats, baseball caps.
- R.M.Williams - We stock R.M.Williams clothing
- Wrangler - New Zealands No1 Wrangler stockist.

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