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Nate Jestes

Date of Birth: September 17, 1987

Notable Rodeos:

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo (San Antonio, TX)
Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, TX)
The American Semi-Finals (Ft. Worth, TX)
Dodge City Round-Up (Dodge City, KS)
Gooding Pro Rodeo (Gooding, ID)
Ellensburg Rodeo (Ellensburg, WA)
Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale
Lewiston Round-Up (Lewiston, ID)
The NILE Stock Show and Rodeo (Billings, MT)
Days of 76 Rodeo (Deadwood, SD)
Woodward Elks Rodeo (Woodward, OK)
Cody Stampede (Cody, WY)
Sheridan WYO Rodeo (Sheridan, WY)
All Star Rodeo (Denver, CO)
Elizabeth Stampede (Elizabeth, CO)
Farm City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, OR)
North Idaho Fair and Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene, ID)
College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, WY)
Crystal Springs Rodeo (Clear Lake, SD)
Rapid City Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, SD)
Rodeo Grand Island & Champions Challenge (Grand Island, NE)

Accomplishments:

2x NFR Bullfighter
2x Columbia River Circuit Finals Bullfighter
2x PBR Velocity Tour Finals Bullfighter
2015 NFR Top 5 Shortlist Selection
2015 Ram Mountain States Circuit Finals
2016 BullfightersOnly- Dodge City Round Up-Champion
2016 BullfightersOnly- Lewiston Round Up- Champion
2016 Bullfighters Only – Las Vegas – Reserve Champion
2016 Bullfighters Only – Oklahoma City PBR – Champion
2016 Bullfighters Only – RFDTV’s The American – Champion
2x National Western Stock Show and Rodeo Champion Freestyle Bullfighter
2015 Bulls of the West Freestyle Bullfight Champion
2014 American Bullfighting Year End Champion
2013 Rex Dunn Memorial Champion Freestyle Bullfighter
2013 Colorado State Fair Champion Freestyle Bullfighter
2013 James Pierce Invitational Champion Freestyle Bullfighter

 
Born and raised in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. Nate was always drawn to the family ranch and the small farming community where his closest friends were from. Throughout high school, Nate found a lot of success in various sports and eventually being recruited to some of the top colleges in the country to play lacrosse. After turning away several athletic scholarships, Nate decided to pursue his childhood dream of Aviation. Two years later, Nate graduated from Montana State University with an Associates Degree in Aviation Technology. Becoming a Commercial rated pilot as well as a Certified Flight Instructor, Nate now shares his passion for aviation with others.

During this time, Nate was instilled with another life-long passion of Bullfighting. Nate was accepted into the PRCA in 2010 and his career quickly accelerated. Throughout the last couple of years, Nate has had the opportunity to work and protect cowboys at some of the biggest rodeos in the industry. Up until 2017, Nate thoroughly enjoyed competing in freestyle bullfighting competitions. But decided to sideline his freestyle career to focus on protecting bull riders. Nate takes the most pride in his cowboy protection, to him it’s the most gratifying part of the job. In 2016 and 2017 Nate was selected by the top 20 bull riders to protect them at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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