Dreams coming true: Kissack wins bullfighting competition - Gillette News Record
He knew riding bulls wasn’t in the cards either. But Kissack isn’t afraid to get in the same rodeo arena with those rank horses or bulls. “The very first bull I ever stepped in front of hooked me and threw me in the air,” Kissack said. But I got up and said ‘You know what. Fun or not, the Gillette native knows what the risks are when he puts himself in the fire. “I know every time I strap on a pair of cleats, if I step in the arena, I may not walk out,” he said. Kissack, who was a team roper on the high school circuit, said he always wanted to be a cowboy. The dream didn’t start through family tradition, though. In his family, just he and his brother, Justin, wanted to get into rodeo. When he was 8 years old, Kissack started hanging out and working on the Burch family ranches east of Gillette as part of his dream of becoming a cowboy. The experience eventually paid off as he took over the ranch he lives on now for the Burches at age 19. In that way, he’s become part of a true rodeo family. “When I graduated high school, I knew I wasn’t college material,” Kissack said. And the Burch family gave him the shot he longed for. “Every day that I’m working, it’s like I’m on vacation,” he said. Life on the ranch suits Kissack, but he wants to do more. He wants to be in the rodeo arena, too. Source: www.gillettenewsrecord.com
