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2. Lasso - Wikipedia

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   A loose bull is lassoed by a pickup rider during a rodeo in Salinas west of Fresno, California [relevant?], July 2006 A lasso or lazo (/ ˈ l æ s oʊ / or / l æ ˈ s uː /), also called reata or la reata in Mexico, [1] [2] and in the United States riata or lariat [3] (from Mexican Spanish lasso for roping cattle), [4] is a loop of rope designed as a restraint to be thrown around a target and ...

3. Team roping - Wikipedia

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   There is specialized equipment used by team ropers: Rope - made of synthetic fibers, used to rope the steer, there are two kinds of ropes, one for the header (the person who ropes the head) and one for the heeler (the person who ropes the legs). The header's rope is usually 30 to 32 feet in length and is a lot softer (softer means the rope has ...

4. Trick roping - Wikipedia

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   In addition, thrown-loop tricks and tricks that involve the use of two ropes are used. Among the vertical loop tricks is the "Texas Skip", which involves the performer spinning the lasso in a wide loop in a vertical plane and jumping through the loop from one side to the other on each rotation. [4] Well-known trick ropers include:

5. Calf roping - Wikipedia

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   When the roper reaches the calf, he picks it up and flips it onto its side. Once the calf is on the ground, the roper ties three of the calf's legs together with a short rope known as a tie-down rope or "piggin' string". A half hitch knot is used, sometimes referred to colloquially as "two wraps and a hooey" or a "wrap and a slap". The piggin ...

6. Bolas - Wikipedia

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   Lasso or lariat, a looped rope used for similar purposes, especially in North America; Meteor hammer and meteor, a Chinese melee weapon and a Chinese skill toy, both consisting of two weights connected by a rope or chain; Poi, a Māori skill toy consisting of a ball attached to a tasseled cord

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   To get you started, we found this weighted jump rope our editors love on sale at Amazon for under $20. At 26 percent off, this one-pound device is super portable and can easily be tossed in a gym ...