AIRDRIE, Alta. – Since becoming PBR Canada’s first Rookie of the Year in 2017, Camrose, Alberta’s Coy Robbins has fought injury after injury. But with a couple slower seasons as a result of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the young bull rider has gotten healthy, and has regained his footing.
Last season, Robbins concluded the season with an eight-event run that culminated with a 10th place finish at the 2021 PBR Canada National Finals. During that stretch, Robbins settled into a newfound consistency, registering consecutive Top-10 efforts in his final six events of the campaign.
As a result, Robbins tied his career-best finish in the PBR Canada standings, ending the campaign No. 18 in the nation.
With the 2022 season now upon us, and the two-week World Finals in May fast approaching, Robbins has aimed his sights south of the border.
Travelling to the United States in January, the 22-year -old has been a consistent presence on the PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour, appearing at four of the expansion series’ events.
“Since my rookie year before I hurt my shoulder, I haven’t been able to make a wintertime run down there,” Robbins chronicled. “That is what shapes a bull rider as far as I am concerned, stepping out of your comfort zone, showing up and showing out down there.”
“Up here it is tremendous because we know everyone, we know the contractors, the bulls, the riders, but when you go down there it’s almost a different world,” he continued. “I crave being a little uncomfortable at that first event and then staying down there for a bit. This is what I do, I ride bulls for a living.”
“That is what I think a guy should be doing right now. You can get on at a lot of practice pens up here, but there is nothing like doing the real deal. It wasn’t a question for me on whether I was going to do it or not. I am just glad Ashton [Sahli] was wanting to do the same and we could take it on together.”
Having made appearances in Reno, Nevada, Denver, Colorado, Portland, Oregon and Spokane, Washington, and Lexington, Kentucky, Robbins has gone 2-for-7 thus far stateside. His efforts have been headlined by an 87.5-point score on Neon Street in Lexington, which propelled him to a fourth-place finish at this weekend’s Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event.
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