Basically, it's still a cowboy on horseback chasing a steer with a twirling rope, hoping he and his partner rope both ends in a time faster than others.
Team roping stays constant.
Everything around it evolves with technology. Don and Trisha Pennington have stayed up with the technology of digital photography. They and their three daughters have been coming to Abilene and the Original Team Roping Finals for the past five years. And when he can, Don joins in competetion with various partners in the 2.5 and the 3.5 roping. He and partner Dennis Fuller won first place in the second rotation of the 2.5 roping.