ATHLETES & STARS
How
MATT
SHIOZAWA
Balances
Travel & Family
By Shannon Geddes
Rodeo is nothing like most major professional
sports. There are no guaranteed contracts and
travel expenses from rodeo to rodeo are paid by the
cowboys and cowgirls themselves.
Professional tie-down roper, Matt Shiozawa travels
approximately 60,000 miles per year. He always
enjoyed taking his wife and three daughters on the
road with him up until they got old enough that
school and extracurricular activities took them away.
As a result, Matt now limits travel to only about a
500 mile radius from his home in Chubbuck, Idaho.
That way, he gets home frequently to spend quality
time with his family.
In the summer, Matt’s family still regularly
accompanies him to rodeos. He likes to make it
a learning time for his girls whenever