I won a hat for high point bronc ride at the very first CPRA finals they ever had. It was in '92, I think. I was a custom hat from a guy in OK named Stan Runion. That was the absolute best hat I have ever owned. It was very well built, and held up forever. I had it re-blocked and cleaned twice at some place in Ft. Worth. I still wore that hat until I gave it to my younger cousin in about 2005 or so. Started getting a little tight for me, but he still wears it around. I don't know if he is still building them, but I was very impressed with that hat!
he's workin for the state now if ya know what i mean, seems he was makin more than hats...
Well, if they would give him the tools, he could dang sure pay his own way, lol. Man makes a heck of a hat! I had always heard he was in a wheelchair, or something like that. Story I was told by the older bronc riders was that his old lady shot him!
