Ep. 26 (Part 2): Cody Webster – 6x PRCA Bullfighter of the Year

Tarek: Let's talk about Cody Johnson, Cody Webster, The Fall. How did this come about, this music video?

Cody: So, my first NFR was 2013. And I met a new guy that was kind of playing some music called Cody Johnson.

Tarek: Welcome to Y'all Street. Today, I speak with the six-time bullfighter of the year, Cody Webster. Cody Webster, you want a cup of coffee?

Cody: Hello, Tarek. Please, dude, going back to the first episode, you know I'm a coffee guy. You know it.

Tarek: I do, and check out this coffee mug before I pour the coffee in. Look at that puppy.

Cody: Whoa!

Tarek: We got bulls on parade. Check that out.

Cody: Dude, there's a bull in there.

Tarek: There's a bull in the coffee mug. I saw that, I said, there's only one man.

Cody: My whole life revolves around the bull.

Tarek: Only one man.

Cody: I've noticed this. It's, I guess it's not a bad thing if you're a bullfighter.

Tarek: I made it strong, coffee. Cowboy coffee. Cheers, brother.

Cody: Not girls, are we? Thank you, sir.

Tarek: Let's go.

Cody: Day two, Las Vegas.

Tarek: This is amazing.

Cody: Cup of coffee.

Tarek: You're not sleeping. You're all over the place.

Cody: No, we're not sleeping much.

Tarek: Bro, what are you doing? What's going on here? What is life like for Cody Webster at National Finals Rodeo?

Cody: Well, this year.

Tarek: Hold on, hold on. Six time bullfighter of the year. Congratulations.

Cody: Thanks, man.

Tarek: At National Finals Rodeo.

Cody: It, it's, I don't know. It's, like, I really, I can't sleep, to be honest, because, like, I feel like that young kid again. You know, like, I've had the butterflies. I've been just, I've been thinking about this since, well, I guess since I scheduled my surgery. You know, is when I really, it kind of set in that this might jeopardize December, you know?

Tarek: Let's talk about that for a second. Sitting at home, my phone is blowing up with the video of you at Music City Rodeo, and one of the gnarliest, gnarliest things I've ever seen. That, that video went viral, man.

Cody: It was all over the place.

Tarek: It hurt a lot. You went airborne. You were airborne for, like, half an hour before you slammed into that rail.

Cody: Yeah, I could've got some flyer miles, man.

Tarek: Holy moly. It was epic. Walk me through what, just walk me through what happened there, man.

Cody: Man, so it, you know, we got hired for Nashville. It was the first time they're having a pro rodeo in Nashville, Music City Rodeo, so we're excited, man. We got there, like, I think me and Ashley went a day or two days before, just because I've never been to Nashville. Went and seen the whole entire country music, you know, roll the bars. Everybody's playing, just trying to cut their teeth and advance in the music industry. So here comes all the cowboys. We're rolling into town, you know, and man, it was just epic. It was really fun. They took such good care of us there. They, like, it just, it was a breath of fresh air, you know, plus it's a new rodeo. It's somewhere that I haven't been, and the way they did the arena, the setup, the vibe, you know, the best stop. Man, it was just, it was epic, you know. So, like, I'm fired up, just excited, and literally, the first show, the first bull, threw that guy right at my feet, and a lot of times when that outgates to your back, you know, like, you have to cross the bull's vision. If you don't cross their vision, a lot of times, like, they've already seen the guy, the outgates where they're leaving is there, so if they see it and it's a cheap shot, it's a free shot, they take it. So, but you cross their vision, you know, it kinda, it kinda, you have a better success rate to save that guy if you cross their face. But, as quickly and as fast as it happened, man, I had to just literally just lay on a bomb, and I knew it was not gonna be good when I left the bull's head, because, like, a lot of times, if you can so less, you can get hooked in a way that you can kinda control yourself going airborne. When you lay on a bull's head, you're at his mercy, and man, it cut me a huge flip. I went out of the arena, into the outgate where the bull's leaving, and the first thing I hit was the top of the panel, I was at a very high rate of speed, I think I broke my foot, and when I landed, I come down with my elbow, because I hit the panel and it stalemated me, and then when I come down, my elbow was out, and it just completely broke everything off my socket.

Tarek: Did you know immediately, or did it just?

Cody: Well, not really, because, I mean, it happened so quick and so fast, and adrenaline's pumping, you know?

Tarek: Yeah. But when I was laying there on the ground, like, it kinda, it didn't knock me out,

Cody: but it knocked me kinda goofy for a second, so I kinda got my chickens gathered up, you know, they were running around the barnyard, and I went to try to push up, and like, I couldn't, my arm's not working, you know, like, I couldn't, and I kinda got rolled over, and I got to my left hand, and then I pushed up, and then Dusty grabbed me, and kinda got me to my knees, and my shoulder was completely down underneath my pec, you know, and I was like, this ain't good. So I kinda moved around, and it, all the muscles fired, and it took my shoulder back into place. So I got up, and the biggest thing I was mad about is I had a brand new Resist All Hat, shameless plug, I know, that I just, you know, like, when you get them straw hats shaped just right, you know, we're fixing to hit the summer, like, it was, it fit good, it felt good, and it was just, like, laid on my face, and just destroyed, so I'm kinda fixing my hat, but the whole time, like, I'm kinda, like, trying to ignore the fact that I just did something bad, because, you know, I've been, I've had a lot, a lot of injuries, a lot of broke bones, but to have my shoulder go from where it's supposed to be, plum down in the middle of my chest, I knew something was wrong, but then it went back into place. So for, like, two bulls, I'm kinda, like, getting around, I'm like, man, maybe I'm okay, you know, maybe it's just a weird dislocation, and maybe I'll be fine, you know, and then, like, the third bull, man, it dropped plum out again, went plum down, and I kinda got over the fence, and it went right back into place again, so it's weird, because, like, normally, when you dislocate, you gotta have a doctor or somebody put it back in, you know. So we get through a few more bulls, get through the night, and then going to Sports Medicine, and the doctor that's there, she kinda did some tests, and it dislocated two more times, and when she did it, she had to put it back in, so I was like, yeah, I've got something bad here, and the whole time, my toes are killing me, because I think I broke my foot, so I'm like, great, you know, go to the motel, absolutely no sleep, you know, never went to sleep, and then got up.

Tarek: You've been down that road before many times.

Cody: Yeah, got up and tried to take a shower, and I can't even lift my arm, you know.

Tarek: Was Smash with you?

Cody: Yeah, Ashley's with me, thank God, and, you know, and as the day went on, I don't know, you know, Frank Newsome kinda instilled in me at a very young age that if you're not dead, your legs are still working, you're gonna go do your job, you know, and I was like, well, my legs are good, and I still got one good arm, so I'm gonna figure out the night, and Sports Medicine, Justin's Sports Medicine team's there, and patched me back together, got through the week, and then I went and seen Tandy that Monday at Dallas to kinda get the MRIs and everything, and that's where it determined how much damage we had done, and, you know, surgery was definitely on the horizon, but we were gonna try to, at that point, you know, to be eligible for the National Finals Rodeo, you have to have your count, which is a minimum of eight rodeos with at least 20 shows, 20 performances, so, you know, Music City was my second rodeo. I went to San Antonio, which is a 23-show rodeo, but it only counts for one rodeo, so I've already perfed out, you know, I'm 23 shows just there, so I got my perf count, but I gotta get eight rodeos.

Tarek: What's crazy is that, so you're our first repeat guest on this pod, and the first interview, you're the very first interview, and it was at that San Antonio Rodeo.

Cody: Yeah, it was.

Tarek: You came down to Shiner, and what you told me in that interview is, you know, how difficult the sport is for so many guys because it can be taken away like that. One incident, one issue, one thing, and it's gone, and then the very next rodeo, you get put out of commission for the season.

Cody: Yeah, it is actually the next rodeo, yeah.

Tarek: It's crazy.

Cody: So, like, I knew it was gonna, I honestly, like, when, because Doc got my x-rays back before I left to go get my MRI, and I had broke my socket and everything, you know, like, pretty bad, like, broke, sheared everything off the front. There's bones floating, there's fragments everywhere, so he's like, yeah, you're broke, you broke it, so I'm like, all right, so I go get my MRI, and then get back, he checks it all out, and he's like, yeah, you know, your capsules exploded, your labrum's completely gone, your biceps tendons tore, yadda, yadda, yadda.

Tarek: What's going through your mind? I mean, you're getting all this done. You know, I was like. You thought that was the end of the career.

Cody: Yeah, I figured we'd be doing surgery that week, you know, like, I figured this is it, you know, and so we kind of sat there and talked for a little bit, and he's like, so what's on the horizon? Like, what's your goal? And I said, well, I wanna, the NFR is my goal, you know, and he's like, well, when's your next rodeo? And I said, well, I got two weeks off, or I got a week off, then I go to Cleveland, Texas, and then from Cleveland, I go to Reno, and Reno starts my entire summer run, fighting bulls nearly every day for, you know, the full summer, so. So he's like, well, why don't you do three weeks of therapy, get that swelling down, and see where we're at, put a brace on, and go see if you can, see what you can do. So I'm like.

Tarek: And what about your foot? Was that just gonna naturally heal?

Cody: Yeah, my foot was good, it was completely black, purple, but ended up breaking my toes, you know, so. But, which is still painful, it's better than the foot, but ended up breaking my toes, so. So we take off, I ended up taking two weeks off, I missed Cleveland, and then did therapy every day, went right into Reno, or actually, man, I actually drove from Oklahoma, the ranch, to Cody, Wyoming, dropped our truck and trailer, which is 18 hours, jumped on a flight from there, went to Reno, Nevada, met up with Tony and the guys, and then got the Reno rodeo started, and the first perf, like, I had done therapy for three weeks and, like, I'd gotten, I had about all my motion, and, like, every time we'd stop for gas or, you know, fuel, I had my bands, I was doing my band workouts while the truck's filling up, and then we'd drive another three, four, five, six hours, fill up the fuel, I'd get a whole nother shoulder, you know, doing all my therapy. So by the time I got to Cody, dropped the trailer, I get to Reno, like, I feel good, I'm like, maybe I have a chance, you know? And put the shoulder brace on, and literally the first perf, about the 10th, 12th bull in, kinda got in a tight spot, and I just reached out to kinda get past that bull's head, and he hit me, and it dropped everything, completely dislocated, but the pain of it compared to the other dislocations, the original wreck hurt really bad, but, you know, the three or four dislocations after that would just go all the way out and then go back in. It still hurt, but not like it did the first time, but this pain at Reno was like instant sweat across the mustache, and then my face just, it was just bowling out of me, and I was like, I just did something else. And I ended up tearing another biceps tendon, and then I sheared a bunch of cartilage off my, I don't know what this ball thing is, I don't know the term for that, but deltoid? Whatever, something, one of them big words. But it ended up taking all the cartilage, busted all of it off. So, like, the next day is when I called Doc, and I said, hey, I want to schedule my surgery, and he's like, okay, so like next week? And I was like, no, July 28th would be the day after Cheyenne's over. Cheyenne's over on Sunday. I was like, let's go.

Tarek: You were still planning to go to Cheyenne?

Cody: Let's go Monday. Yeah, because, I mean, I've already took my rig. I'm already in the heat. I've already been here, done this, you know. I finished Nashville, so I'm like, it's not gonna be fun, but in the back of my mind, I thought if I can make it through the summer, A, I'd have my rodeo count, and B, if I was chosen to come to the National Finals Rodeo, that it would justify, in my mind, that I earned my spot, you know. And so we did. We toughed it out. By the time we got to Cheyenne, I had dislocated, like, I think two or three, like, for real ones that come all the way down, but then I had six, seven, like, minor dislocations.

Tarek: We don't have any pain killers or anything.

Cody: Man, I got on some, the doctors there in Reno prescribed me. It's non-narcotic. It was some kind of like, just a really high power anti-inflammatory. So I was taking those in the morning, but man, it just, there's nothing you could do, man. Like, by the time Cheyenne was rolling around, I was dislocating once a day or every other day. You know, it just is miserable, man. I'd roll over in bed, my shoulder'd fall out. You know, as soon as I'd fall asleep, as soon as my muscles would relax, my shoulder would shift, you know. So, painful, but got through it. Did the Cody Johnson music video. Yeah. Did all that.

Tarek: Which we need to talk about that.

Cody: You know, a few days after Cheyenne and then right into surgery. So surgery, you know, went very well. Very, you know, doc did a really good job. And, you know, I sat at home, I think for about seven days and then we went right into physical therapy and man, we haven't looked back since.

Tarek: But that was, it was uncertain as to whether or not you were gonna make it. Like, it was a heavy push for you, right?

Cody: Very heavy. Yeah, I mean, you're talking a six month recovery for a lot of people. And from the surgery to last night's performance being round number one of the finals was three months and 26 days.

Tarek: Wow. I was talking to Dale yesterday at breakfast and we were talking about you a little bit. And I was saying, you know, when I heard it happen, obviously I was, you were texting, I was glad to know that, you know, you were on the mend and whatnot. But based on what we had talked about the year prior where you were like on the road nonstop, I was like, you know, this could be good for him to just kind of just reset a little bit. I know you had some other nagging injuries and kind of get healed up and take a little bit of a breather.

Cody: The good Lord knows what he's doing.

Tarek: He does.

Cody: I'll just say that.

Tarek: For sure.

Cody: It, I mean, it was, man. And it's pretty insane that I did pull it off, you know. And I'm still not out of the woods. Like we still got nine more rounds to go.

Tarek: Right.

Cody: There's really no telling what can happen. But as far as how I felt last night, how the shoulder handled things, how I responded, I feel like I'm back, you know, I really do. And the rest of my body is the best I felt since I was 15 years old. You know, I'm not in a lot, like, you know, there's, it's just, I feel good, man.

Tarek: That's great, man. Congrats. Let's talk about Cody Johnson, Cody Webster, the fall. How did this come about, this music video?

Cody: So my first NFR was 2013. And I met a new guy that was kind of playing some music called Cody Johnson at the South Point. And we just kind of hit it off, man. Like he was, he was sitting there. I think we ended up kind of just meeting outside. He's a rodeo guy.

Tarek: Yeah, he's a rodeo guy.

Cody: He, he's us, you know? So we hang out, you know, and, and I meet him and he's pretty cool. And he's like, man, I got, got my show, you know, tonight. You know, why don't you all come backstage and you get back from the show. And so we get back from the perf and we go back there and eat all the sandwiches and indulge in some other stuff, you know, and had a, had a, had a good night. And then he rocked them and he's like, man, you want to go to the bus and hang out? And so when the show's over, we went to the bus and that's when he was just getting ready to release his album that kind of really put him on the map, you know? And so he's playing all these songs acoustically and I'm like, man, it was just, it was neat. It was really cool. So from then on, you know, every year we'd meet out here and then we, you know, exchange numbers and talk and chat and then ended up seeing him playing in San Antonio. And then that's who ended up getting me my Resist All Cowboy Hat deal, you know, with the guys Dustin and the boys.

Tarek: He's tight with those guys.

Cody: And oh yeah, it's a, it's a fun crew, man.

Tarek: Oh yeah.

Cody: And so, so, you know, I've got to know him really well. And like literally that night at Reno, the first perf I dislocated again, like I can't sleep. Like no matter where I get, how I prop my arm, like the pain, the swelling, the throbbing, like you're just, you're not going to sleep. And it's like 1 a.m. and my phone's ringing and it's Cody Johnson. And I'm like, I told my wife, I'm like, it's odd, odd hours. This is odd. And she's like, either he's having a good time or something's wrong. You need to answer. So I'm like, hey, what's going on? He's like, what are you doing, man? I'm like, well, laying in bed in Reno. I can't go to sleep, you know? And he's like, man, I got this idea. Like I'm going to run it by you. Like you, you know the fall? And I'm like, yeah. He's like, do you know the fall? And I'm like, ish, but not like, and he's like, hang up, listen to the song, call me back. I'm going to tell you what I'm thinking. So he does. And then, you know, I listened and then he's, he starts telling me all the idea he has about, you know, kind of transforming from the bull rider to the bull fighter, you know? And he's like, and I want you to be that guy. And I'm like, no way. And he's like, yeah, like seriously, man, like this year we're going to do this. Like coming up, you know, he thinks this song and I believe that I think this song can go on and probably win a lot of awards, you know?

Tarek: It's awesome. And the video is awesome too. The way that he shoots the, I've never seen a bull shot the way, I don't know who the cinematographer was, but the way that that bull was shot in that video is a piece of art. Hey, Josh, insert the fall video right here.

Music Video Clip: ♪ I know the end, I climb back on again. ♪ ♪ The ride is worth the fall. The fall is worth the smiles. ♪ ♪ Smiles were worth the tears. Tears were worth the miles. ♪ ♪ Miles were worth the pain. Pain was worth it all. ♪ ♪ It's all worth this life. Life is worth the ride. ♪ ♪ The ride is worth the fall. The fall is worth the fall. ♪ ♪ The ride is worth the fall. The fall is worth the smiles. ♪ ♪ The smiles were worth the tears. Tears were worth the miles. ♪ ♪ Miles were worth the pain. Pain was worth it all. ♪ ♪ It's all worth this life. Life is worth the ride. ♪ ♪ The ride is worth the fall. ♪ So like, yeah, I mean, it was just epic, man.

Cody: Because like, you know, he's got this idea and then we kind of start like brainstorming with each other. What about this? And he's like, yeah, what about this? And I say, you know, so he's like, yeah.

Tarek: So what do you think?

Cody: Like, you know, maybe, maybe towards like September or something, you know, I think we can start shooting. I said, Cody, I just scheduled my surgery. Like, I'm going in surgery. Like, we've got to do this like in the next two weeks before, or if I'm going to be the guy, because if not, then it's going to be way late and way towards the end of the year or 26, you know.

Tarek: And so basically what you're telling him is this is impossible because putting together a music video in two weeks with all of the work that has to go into that is like, yeah, hard.

Cody: And that's what I thought. But next thing I know, the next morning, my phone's blowing up. I've got producers and people texting me and we're all in group chains. And so I was like, well, why don't y'all come to Cheyenne next, you know, in two weeks or whatever it was and we can get some B roll and what we need, you know, get the idea there rolling. And then I said, Cheyenne's over Sunday. I'll drive home Monday. Tuesday we're shooting the bull riding scene. So I'd been, you know, getting with the guys and stuff and setting everything up.

Tarek: Was that your bull in the video?

Cody: No, it was Brendan Eldred's bull.

Tarek: OK.

Cody: But we kind of set up that whole thing at an old school rodeo arena right there in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma. And so we get all the B roll and we do everything at Cheyenne. But I still didn't know that like how directed towards me this video is going to be. Like, I thought it would just kind of be some clips and, you know, what you would think. And I was blown away, dude. Like, we do all that stuff at Cheyenne. And then when I rolled into Paul's Valley, when I rolled up, there's like 70 people on the crew. There's booms with lights and there's, I mean, there's just people everywhere. There's never been this many lights and cameras and everything going on in Paul's Valley, Oklahoma ever, you know. And I'm like, holy, wow. So we had to wait until it was pitch black. We kill all the arena lights and then just use what they had.

Tarek: And what about the rain? So they just had big rain machines rolling in?

Cody: Well, so like all the bull riding and all that was in Paul's Valley. And then that was basically all my parts.

Tarek: Oh, gotcha.

Cody: So then when we got done there, I went right into surgery. And then they went down to another arena down around Houston. And that's where Cody shot his scenes with the rain and all that. So I had surgery and I'm sitting there, you know, just hanging out, arm in a sling, and I get this video from Noe that, you know, they're shooting this scene. And when I seen that, I was like, holy smokes.

Tarek: I couldn't believe how it was shot with that bull, man. I'm telling you, like, it was a work of art.

Cody: Well, and then just the rain scene and all that and the lightning and everything that they did, man. It's an epic video, dude.

Tarek: I love it.

Cody: And to be as involved as I was with it, man, I owe him so much because, like I said, dude, he didn't have to do that. But that's the kind of guy he is.

Tarek: And the song is just so good, too.

Cody: It's powerful.

Tarek: It's so good. And it actually, I was telling my wife when she was watching, I'm like, this encapsulates Cody's entire life.

Cody: It does.

Tarek: Like, this is Cody, you know.

Cody: The ride is worth the fall.

Tarek: That's it.

Cody: Man, it's been epic, bro. And I don't know. Like I said, the good Lord knows what he's doing, dude. Like, this has been a fairytale ending, you know, to do what we've done, to go through the injury, the music video, the therapy, the training, and then get to come back to the national finals rodeo for my first rodeo back and not just get to protect the top 15 bull riders in the game, but also my very first bull back was a fighting bull, you know, a freestyle bull fight at the Thomas & Mac in front of the Yellow Shoots.

Tarek: Man, you had such a pep in your step. I was watching.

Cody: I had to, dude. That thing was a missile.

Tarek: Every moment, I'm like, he's back. Cody's back.

Cody: I had to have those butterflies, to have everything. It was epic, man.

Tarek: Let's talk about Ultimate Bullfighter.

Cody: Yeah.

Tarek: Not only.

Cody: I hear you're coming to the show today, man.

Tarek: Yeah, man.

Cody: Yeah.

Tarek: It's exciting. I'm proud to be involved with that. And I got to tell you, like, talk about a year. You go from injury to music video to back to NFR, six-time bullfighter of the year, and launching Ultimate Bullfighting.

Cody: Yes.

Tarek: Let's talk about what that is.

Cody: UBF in Las Vegas. Hit it. Man, it's insane, dude. So I was 15 years old, and I was sneaking out of class, hitching rides to the airports, and flying to North Carolina for the Ultimate Bullfighters. So, like, that's how long this has been going on. I'm 33 now. So whatever the math is, but that's when this was happening. You know, and that was, man, that's forever ago, you know. And it was kind of the one of its own. It was the only association in freestyle bullfighting at the time. You know, the Wrangler Bullfights for, like, 40 years was huge. You know, their finals was with the NFR. So, like, what we did last night with the one bull, they would do that for four nights with six guys. And that was the finale of it, you know. And back then in the 80s to be winning 100, 125,000, 150,000 fighting bulls was huge, you know. And I don't know all the exact details, but 2,000 was the last year of the Wrangler Bullfights. And then the event went away. So there were some smaller deals that kind of kept going. Rex Dunn, he made the NFR in the Wrangler matches, and he was a fighting bull breeder contractor, which is who really inspired me to do what I'm doing now.

Tarek: All the listeners in Europe right now are thinking that you're talking about Matador.

Cody: No, American freestyle bullfighting. Explain what that is.

Tarek: There's no capes, there's no swords, and there's no blood.

Cody: The only blood that will be shed is from the bullfighter. You know, so it's an action-packed sport, man. It's literally man versus beast. And when you see these guys take these kind of bulls and get them to a spot of where they're controlling them and missing chaos by no more than a half an inch or even a centimeter and dance with the bull in an art form, it is amazing. And when it goes bad, it goes bad. You're talking about guys getting cut flips. You're talking about a bull that has been bred for thousands of years, and it's the most pure genetic database line of bulls. You know, like it goes back to Roman times. And those same genetics that was in the Roman Colosseums is the same bulls that we're using at the Ultimate Bullfighters. So it's very pure. Like on our ranch, when certain seasons hit, full moons, it gets eerie. It feels a lot like being maybe on an episode of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park because it gets that eerie because it's so pure still. Any other line of cattle that's in the world has been crossed or changed at some point. This is as pure as it gets. So those natural wild beast tendencies that was going on thousands of years ago is still going on at the Flying W, and it gets eerie.

Tarek: It's crazy, man. It does. I know you brought a whole bunch of bulls with you here. Walk the listeners through your experience of what are these 10 days like for you because you've got so much going on. What does morning, noon, night feel like?

Cody: Man, there's no sleep, I'll tell you that. But I can do anything for 10 days, man. It's 10 days. It's the best 10 days of our sport, what we get to do. So for me, I'm slammed without the Ultimate Bullfighters coming here, without me standing. I've got 47 head of stock from the ranch here in Las Vegas right now, and I've got another 16 head of bulls going from the Flying W to Fort Worth, Texas, for the Ultimate Bullfighters World Finals. So our guys are going fighting bulls here in Las Vegas and fighting bulls in Fort Worth, Texas tonight, tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday of next week while we have a 10-day event here. So a lot of guys that fought yesterday got on a plane this morning and is fighting in Fort Worth, Texas tonight. So the money's huge.

Tarek: They're going to be able to win.

Cody: The winner here will get a $50,000 check plus with what he's won throughout the week.

Tarek: That's fantastic.

Cody: But if he does good here and goes and aces them in Fort Worth, Texas, you're looking at potentially a $125,000, $150,000 weekend for a bullfighter if he can go all in and win both events.

Tarek: Game-changer.

Cody: It's a game-changer, man. So it's huge, and it's growing.

Tarek: Do you bring guys from the ranch to help with all the stock that you're bringing over?

Cody: Yeah, I've got TDR, Truck Driving Rob. That's my main man that does all the transportation. He's really good with the bulls too. I can put him on the road. He's got 47 head of bulls, and he went from the Flying W to New Mexico. We found a place to lay over there. He let them rest, fed, feed water, back on the truck, another trip to Las Vegas, and I never had to worry about a thing.

Tarek: That's great.

Cody: So I've got a really good crew, Connor, George, all the guys back at home taking care of. Frank Newsome is hauling for me this week.

Tarek: Oh, that's great.

Cody: And feeding and stuff for us. It's a full circle. It really is.

Tarek: But you've got all your sponsors here.

Cody: But then we've got all our endorsements, all our partners, Texas Precious Metals, everything, Justin Boots, Wrangler, everybody that's involved. So we've got to go do your due diligence. If you're going to be a partner, and this is their big-time event, so we're signing autographs, we're hitting the podcast, we're hitting this boom, boom, boom. So, like, I've already been to another signing this morning. As soon as it was over, back into another cab, shooting across here, me and Marcy running across, running y'all, we're running down here, doing this. As soon as this is over, I'm hauling butt to the resorts world to get ready for the bullfights. As soon as the bullfights are over, we'll go straight to the building because we mandatory have to be checked in by 4.15 at the arena. And then it's maybe another cup of coffee, and pretty soon the rodeo starts at 5.45, and you're under the bright lights and protecting the top 15 bull riders. So it's like that every day. You're just boom, boom, boom, boom.

Tarek: Boy, you're killing it, man.

Cody: Like yesterday, me and Ashley, we got back to the South Point, and we're kind of both just dragging a little bit, a little down. And I'm like, what's the deal? And she's like, we haven't ate since breakfast.

Tarek: Gosh.

Cody: We ate at 9 o'clock this morning.

Tarek: Get this man a granola bar.

Cody: So it's like, but that's a typical day in Vegas. You may not eat.

Tarek: Yeah. Just wild.

Cody: But like I said in another podcast the other day, everybody's like, because young guys coming in, or well, I'm going to put my rodeo comes first. But if you're going to be big time, you can't be part time. If you're going to have the endorsements, you're going to have the partners, you're going to do what you're going to do, you may not sleep this week.

Tarek: That's advice for any industry. That's advice for any entrepreneur. If you're going to be big time, you can't be part time.

Cody: Can't be part time.

Tarek: People want to follow you while you're here. Where can they follow you?

Cody: Man, check me out. I'm a big time Instagram guy, official Cody Webster. Same deal on Facebook. And then I got a YouTube channel, man, and it's been fun. Cody Webster, professional bullfighter on YouTube. We've got everything from behind the scenes at rodeos to ranching to driving to whatever we may be getting into that day. Lots of updates, man, so check that out. There's a lot of cool footage on there, and that's my main deals.

Tarek: Your Cody Webster coin is selling like hotcakes. Dude, I love that coin.

Cody: To have messages of like, hey, man, I can invest in the silver, but it's still your coin. And I'm like, oh, yeah, it's 100% legit.

Tarek: Man, that thing looks so good.

Cody: You can even store it at the Texas Precious Metals Depository.

Tarek: Which you've been to.

Cody: Yes. Dude, I walked in with guys with guns, and hey, it's Texas. I was like, man, this is amazing.

Tarek: You know what I got for you this time? Since you're our first repeat Y'all Street guest, you got the Y'all Street coin.

Cody: That's the Y'all Street coin.

Tarek: You like that? I got one more for you, too. Since you're out Oklahoma, The Flying W. The Oklahoma Goldback. Won 1,000th of an ounce of gold. That's for you, brother.

Cody: Shut up. You remember that big freaking piece of gold I had?

Tarek: You're working up to it.

Cody: Do you remember that?

Tarek: I do. You know what that's worth now?

Cody: No idea.

Tarek: It's like $1.6 million.

Cody: Yeah. Held it right there at that hand.

Tarek: Gold's up like $1,000 since you were up there.

Cody: I'm going to tell you what. You better be strong if you're going to deal with gold.

Tarek: Yeah. It's dense.

Cody: Very dense is the word I learned. That is awesome, dude.

Tarek: Cody Webster.

Cody: I'm going to put this in my pocket.

Tarek: National Finals, baby.

Cody: Thanks, Tarek!