Waylon Bourgeois is headed toward a dream he has carried since childhood, 10 nights in Las Vegas under the brightest lights in rodeo history at the National Finals Rodeo.
Growing up in Church Point, surrounded by horses, cattle, and a family that lived by the saying ‘live your life to the fullest,’ Bourgeois learned early what it meant to ride hard, live fast and chase his dreams with everything he had.
Guided by the do-what-you-love principle, he never felt pressured to follow a single path, he says. His childhood memories are a mix of racing dirt bikes, playing football and baseball, and, of course, rodeo…