NATHON JESTES

Nate was born and raised in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado and was always drawn to the family ranch and the small farming community.  Throughout high school, Nate found a lot of success in various sports and eventually was recruited to some of the top colleges in the country to play lacrosse.  After turning away several athletic scholarships, he decided to pursue his childhood dream of Aviation.  Two years later, Nate graduated from Montana State University with an Associates Degree in Aviation Technology and became a Commercial rated pilot as well as a Certified Flight Instructor.

 

During this time, Nate was instilled with another life-long passion of Bullfighting.  In 2010, he was accepted into the PRCA as a professional bullfighter where his career quickly accelerated.  Throughout his career, Nate has had the opportunity to work some of the biggest and most prestigious rodeos in the industry.  Nate has also been fortunate enough to have been selected 8 times to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, NV.

 

Notable Rodeos:

 

Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (Las Vegas, NV)

San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo (San Antonio, TX)

Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, TX)

Rodeo Rapid City (Rapid City, SD)

The American (Arlington, TX)

The American Semi-Finals (Ft. Worth, TX)

Dodge City Round-Up (Dodge City, KS)

Gooding Pro Rodeo (Gooding, ID)

Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, WA)

Ellensburg Rodeo (Ellensburg, WA)

PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale

Lewiston Round-Up (Lewiston, ID)

The NILE Stock Show and Rodeo (Billings, MT)

Days of 76 Rodeo (Deadwood, SD)

Woodward Elks Rodeo (Woodward, OK)

Cody Stampede (Cody, WY)

Sheridan WYO Rodeo (Sheridan, WY)

Elizabeth Stampede (Elizabeth, CO)

Farm City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, OR)

College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, WY)

Crystal Springs Rodeo (Clear Lake, SD)

PBR Cheyenne Frontier Days (Cheyenne, WY)

Rodeo Grand Island (Grand Island, NE)

Sioux Falls Premiere Rodeo (Sioux Falls, SD)

Guymon Pioneer Days (Guymon, OK)

PBR Pendleton Round-UP (Pendleton, OR)

 

Accomplishments:

 

Cowboy Protection:

8x WNFR Bullfighter

7x PRCA Bullfighter of the Year Award Nominee

3x PBR Velocity Tour Finals Bullfighter

2x RAM Columbia River Circuit Finals Bullfighter

2018 RAM Badlands Circuit Finals Bullfighter

2015 RAM Mountain States Circuit Finals

 

Freestyle:

2016 BullfightersOnly- Dodge City Round Up-Champion

2016 BullfightersOnly- Lewiston Round Up- Champion

2016 Bullfighters Only – Las Vegas – Reserve Champion

2016 Bullfighters Only - Oklahoma City PBR - Champion

2016 Bullfighters Only – RFDTV’s The American – Champion

2x National Western Stock Show and Rodeo Champion Freestyle Bullfighter

2015 Bulls of the West Freestyle Bullfight Champion

2013 Reserve World Champion Freestyle Bullfighter

2014 American Bullfighting Year End Champion

2013 Rex Dunn Memorial Champion Freestyle Bullfighter

2013 Colorado State Fair Champion Freestyle Bullfighter

2013 James Pierce Invitational Champion Freestyle Bullfighter