(bright music) - [Rodeo Announcer] You know him as a $2 million bareback rider.

Let's make some noise to tell him who we are behind.

Are you ready for Tanner Aus?

- We put him on a horse when he was nine years old.

Which looking back that was maybe a little early, we probably should have waited a year or two.

He went about nine feet in the air and then popped down on his feet and got up with a smile on his face.

♪ I walk through the ♪ valley of the shadow ♪ ♪ And I hold my head up high ♪ - We laugh so hard when people say he's famous 'cause we're just like, that's funny.

- Yeah, we don't see him as famous, but I don't think he sees himself as famous either.

- I mean, he's cool.

We think he's cool, too.

But yeah, it's just always been our brother.

- [Mom] Hey, Tan.

- [Tanner] Hey, Mom.

- How you doing?

Good to see ya.

♪ I'm ready ♪ ♪ Ready as I'm ever gonna be ♪ ♪ I'm ready ♪ ♪ Are you ready for me ♪ - It is billed as the roughest sport on your body.

I think that's just because them horses are so athletic.

Bareback riding, I mean, your hand is tied off in that rigging and wherever that horse goes, you're going.

It might be pretty, but it might not go as planned either.

I didn't win.

I didn't even actually get close.

- [Driver] You just wanted to share, right?

- No.

(epic music) The higher the jump, the harder they buck, the better he rides, the better the score.

- Rodeo is so much fun and there's a lot of positives, but it can be stressful, just in regards of trying to figure out your life, like on a Monday, what it's gonna look like for the rest of the week.

(epic music) - My kids are probably the least understanding of it, but they sure are happy to see me when I get home and I miss 'em like heck when I'm gone.

And I hope that when they look back on it someday they won't think that, dad was just gone all the time.

(epic music) ♪ I'm ready ♪ ♪ Ready as I'm ever gonna be ♪ ♪ I'm ready ♪ ♪ I'm ready ♪ ♪ For the light to shine on me ♪ ♪ I'm ready ♪ ♪ As I'm ever gonna be ♪ ♪ Are you ready ♪ ♪ Are you ready for me ♪ (epic music) (upbeat music) - [Narrator] "Postcards" is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota.

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