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What does it mean to be a cowboy? We may have our preconceptions of what that means, but Dale Brisby is here to show us what a real cowboy is. Brisby is a champion rodeo competitor and owner of the Radiator Ranch in West Texas. He is also an internet sensation and now, also a Netflix star. The Netflix reality show, How To Be A Cowboy, follows Brisby in a six-part series showing how he uses social media to not only show off his rodeo skills but also to keep cowboy traditions alive.
He has a huge online following on YouTube as well as on TikTok, where he’s teaching the world how to cowboy right. “The cowboy. An iconic symbol of the American West,” Brisby says in the show. “We ride together, but in our hearts, we are self-reliant and answer to no one.” The series is light-hearted, informational, and not to mention hilariously entertaining. The first season premiered last year. Here’s what we know about what to expect for the show in the future.
Is How To Be A Cowboy Season 2 Happening?
In the first season, we see what goes down on Brisby’s ranch. It is more than just a place for cattle rearing. The Radiator Ranch is much more than that. It is home to the self-proclaimed “greatest bull rider to ever walk the earth,” who takes aspiring rodeos and ropers under his wing. There are also other adventures that happen on the farm, like the time a young bull escaped his pen, and Brisby and his ranchers had to retrieve him. We also meet Brisby’s brother Leroy Gibbons who helps him out on the farm. There is also Cheech, a champion roper, and Donnie, a former intern.
Brisby is just an alter ego of Clint Hopping, a moderately successful bullfighter and bronc rider from Newcastle, as per Texas Monthly. Gibbons’ real name is Tate Hopping and is a fellow veteran of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. They play their parts really well that you almost think it is all very real.
Jorden Halvorsen is their new intern and also their first female intern. Halvorsen was a professional bull rider from North Carolina who wants to make a comeback after a hiatus due to knee surgery. She wants to train on the bulls at the ranch while also learning the tricks of the trade of ranching. This forms the premise of the short first season. There are some sitcom-like funny moments with Brisby calling himself a comedian with the other colorful personalities on the ranch. There are also equally real and emotional moments like the time a little girl meets Halvorsen and tells her she looks up to her and wants to become a bull rider as well.
As for the second season, Netflix has not mentioned whether there will be one yet or not. But if the show is renewed, we can expect to see the new season sometime in 2024. Until the time another season comes to Netflix, you can keep up with the cowboy and his adventure on social media that he regularly updates, including his Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
