Rodeo Video Vault

Rodeo Video Vault

The historical footage of roping and rodeo events of Rodeo Video, once trapped in VHS and DVD formats, has found new life on Roping.com. In 1985, Reed Flake and his uncle Keith Flake began filming rodeos, building on the legacy of Zoli Vajda’s Rodeo Classics to create Rodeo Video, a key resource for roping enthusiasts. In April 2024, the Flakes transitioned their extensive archive to Roping.com ensuring that both historic and contemporary footage remains accessible. This move allows the next generation of ropers to benefit from instructional videos and legendary event recordings. The platform now features content from iconic competitions like the George Strait Team Roping Classic and the Bob Feist Invitational, making the rich history of roping available to all.

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Rodeo Video Vault
  • Get the Winning Edge Heeling with Britt Bockius

    Talk about a debut at the NFR! The first year Britt Bockius roped there he broke the record for fastest time with partner Doyle Gellerman. Luck? Not hardly. They came back to Vegas the very next year and broke their own record with a smokin' 3.8 second run.

    Are you ready to improve your heeling ...

  • Mo'Betta Calf Roping 2000

    This is the favorite video event for many calf roping fans. The reasons are many: The top ropers in the country are here. The Apache, Oklahoma weather makes the video colors rich and the arena is in a picturesque spot. The calves are event. The big match after the main ropings is always exciting....

  • 2016 Wildfire Open to the World Team Roping

    The World's top teams meet here at the Wildfire Ranch Arena in Salado, TX to see the huge payout at The Wildfire Open to the World! There is over $300,000 paid out in both the Ladies and Men's team roping.

    Billy Pipes makes it easy for all these great teams to keep coming back year after year by...

  • 2011 Spicer Gripp | All Girl

    Watch the All Girl short round at the 2011 Spicer Gripp.

  • 2011 Spicer Gripp Memorial | Calf Roping Junior Match

    In this special feature from the 2011 Spicer Gripp Memorial, watch as Spur Valdze and Shay Johnson battle it out in the calf roping JR Match Roping.

  • Spicer Gripp Calf Roping Memorial 2011

    Since 1994, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Weekend has attracted the best teams and ropers from all over the world!

    Close to 40 of the elite ropers in the world battle in a 3 round roping and ends with a high-powered 12 man short round! This years video also includes the explosive roping match betwee...

  • 2011 Spicer Gripp Memorial | Team Roping Pro-Am

    Since 1994, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Weekend has attracted the best teams and ropers from all over the world! Over 50 of the most prestigious teams in roping today compete in a 5 round endurance roping which is progressive after 2 and brings back 12 to a high-octane short round! This years video...

  • Spicer Gripp Team Roping Memorial 2011

    Since 1994, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Weekend has attracted the best teams and ropers from all over the world! Over 50 of the most prestigious teams in roping compete in a 5 round endurance roping which is progressive after 3 and brings back 12 to the high-octane short round! This years video sho...

  • Mo' Betta '99 Calf Roping

    This is the favorite video event for many calf roping fans. The reasons are many: The top ropers in the country are there. The Apache, Oklahoma weather makes the video colors rich and the arena is in a picturesque spot. The calves are even. The big match after the main roping is always exciting. ...

  • 2013 Wildfire Open to the World Team Roping

    For the last 15 years in Salado, TX, at the Wildfire Ranch Arena, the world's top teams meet here to see the huge payout at The Wildfire Open to the World! There is over $350,000 paid out in both the Ladies and Men's team roping. Billy Pipes makes it easy for all these great teams to keep coming ...

  • 2014 Wildfire Open to the World Team Roping

    For the last 15 years in Salado, TX, at the Wildfire Ranch Arena, the world's top teams meet here to seek the huge payout at The Wildfire Open to the World! There is over $350,000 paid out to both the Ladies and Men's team roping. Billy Pipes makes it easy for all these great teams to keep coming...

  • 2015 The Wildfire Open to the World Team Roping

    For the last 17 years in Salado, TX, at the Wildfire Ranch Arena, the world's top teams meet here to seek the huge payout at The Wildfire Open to the World! There is over $350,000 paid out to both the Ladies and Men's team roping. Billy Pipes makes it easy for all these great teams to keep coming...

  • Breaking in Fresh Steers with Reed Flake

    You want steers that run better and last longer? There's more to do than showing them the bottom of the arena. After training literally thousands of corrientes, Reed Flake fills you in on everything from horn wraps to catch pen. You'll get some good tips from Reed and with the price of steers, a ...

  • 2010 Spicer Gripp Memorial | Team Roping Pro-Am

    Since 1994, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Weekend has attracted the best teams and ropers from all over the world! Along with all the other great events that take place during the weekend, comes the Pro-Am Team Roping. With great prizes and money for both the Pro's and the Am's it's sure to please ev...

  • 2010 Spicer Gripp Memorial | Team Roping

    Since 1994, the Spicer Gripp Memorial Weekend has attracted the best teams and ropers from all over the world! Over 50 of the most prestigious teams in roping compete in a 5 round endurance roping which is progressive after 3 and brings back 12 to the high-octane short round! This years video sho...

  • Mo' Betta '98 Calf Roping

    This is the favorite video event for many calf roping fans. The reasons are many: The top ropers in the country are there. The Apache, Oklahoma weather makes the video colors rich and the arena is in a picturesque spot. The calves are even. The bit match after the main roping is always exciting. ...

  • Mega Match 1: Barnes and Cooper vs. Hurley and Bach

    The team of Jake Barnes and Clay O’Brien Cooper matching the team of Bobby Hurley and Allen Bach for a marathon of 30 steers each. Three different score lengths, good cattle, good arena with the bottom gate closed…and the best two teams in the world. The lead changed hands several times but never...

  • Mega Match II: Steve Purcella & Steve Northcott vs. Matt Tyler and Kory Koontz

    Steve Purcella and Steve Northcott take on Matt Tyler and the incomparable Kory Koontz go head-to-head on a 30-steer match in Weatherford, Texas—battling it out over three separate score lengths on some of the best horses in the business. 

  • Mega Match III: Trevor Brazile & Wayne Folmer vs. Kevin Stewart & Martin Lucero

    Long before Trevor Brazile was the undisputed King of the Cowboys, he was an up-and-coming all-around hand from the Texas Panhandle who roped with Wayne Folmer in this match-up against greats Kevin Stewart and Martin Lucero. In Mega Match III, Brazile and Folmer duel Stewart and Lucero on 30 head...

  • Mega Match 4 Cory Petska & Matt Sherwood vs. Derrick Begay & Cesar de la Cruz

  • Better Basics Goat Tying Invitational with Lynn Smith

    Former Better Basics students gather from coast to coast of the United States and Canada to compete in a three head goat tying match at the Wyoming State Fairground in Douglas, Wyoming at the nation's highest paying goat tying event. Contestants of various ages put together some fast times and a ...

  • Mo' Betta '92 Calf Roping

    Maury Tate’s Mo’ Betta Calf Roping was around enough years that you can count on a few things. Count on just-right weather, showers threatening. Count on all the “big names” showing up. Count on down-home hospitality from the Apache, Oklahoma folks—rattlesnakes included. Count on a unique tying c...

  • Mo' Betta '93 Calf Roping

    The Mo'Betta Calf Ropings set the standard for great tie-down roping action in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At this Apache, Oklahoma, event, calf ropers like Fred Whitfield, Roy Cooper, Mike Johnson and Cody Ohl went head to head to determine the best dang calf roper in the country. Plus, this...

  • Mo' Betta '94 Calf Roping

    Watch the Mo'Betta Calf Roping, where the best in the world went head to head in Apache, Oklahoma, at the roping produced by Maury Tate. Watch a match roping, too, with Shawn McMullen and Mike Johnson. Plus, it ends with the famous Mo'Betta tying matches with some legends.