We’ve got more photos from Calgary freelance photographer Sean Libin from down at the Calgary Stampede.
Sure, we’ve got the action shots, but we’ve got a bunch of shots from behind the scenes and of views you don’t typically get at the rodeo.
Enjoy these two dozen photos and we’ll keep bringing you more over the final five days of the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth!
Calgary Stampede Queen Carly Heath welcomes rodeo fans to Day 5 of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Tuesday July 9, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Members of the Canadian Forces and the Calgary Stampede’s Indian Royalty open the fifth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Tuesday July 9, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
BC’s Tyrel Roberts got tossed from Zeatin Walls in Day 5’s Novice Saddle Bronc event at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Tuesday July 9, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Bernie Bishop has been making the trip from his hometown Edmonton to watch the Calgary Stampede since 2001. Bernie wears his authentic trapper’s outfit every time he comes. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Texas barrel racer and reigning Stampede champion Hailey Kinsel tied her own Calgary Stampede Rodeo arena record in finishing her run with a time of 16.99 on the first day of Pool B action on Tuesday July 9, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Ryan Dirteater (Hulbert, OK) paired up with a bull named Strong Arm to score 88.5 to win $5,500 on the fifth day of bull riding at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Funnyman Flint Rasmussen has been entertaining fans of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo for two decades. Rasmussen, a former school teacher, makes his home in Montana when he’s not attending one of the many PBR bull riding events throughout North America. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Mason Clements is one of the Pool B contestants for the Calgary Stampede Rodeo’s Bareback competition. Clements says, “you can’t rodeo without some grit in yer teeth”. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Mason Clements bears down aboard Illegal Smile for a score 82.5 in the first day of Pool B (Day 5) action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Tuesday July 9, 2019 
Matt Shiozowa is an 11 time NFR qualifier and today he finished first in the Tie-Down Roping event with a time of 7.1 seconds on Day 5 of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo 
Contestants of Pool B of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo arrived today and spent some time visiting and sharing recent rodeo travel stories before jumping into the rodeo arena for Day 5. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Tanner Aus (Granite Falls, MN) gets his riding glove ready to get ready to kick off Pool B and the second half of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Tuesday July 9, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Dr. Mark LaFabull of the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sports Medicine Team fits a specially made elbow guard for bull rider Zane Lambert prior to Day 4 of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Steer wrestler Matt Reeves (Cross Plains, TX) is helped off after missing his steer in the fourth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Nanton’s Carter Sandberg got tossed from Beyond Filthy in the fourth round of the Novice Saddle Bronc event at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Big Valley, AB’s Zeke Thurston continues to add to his winnings scoring a winning 88.5 aboard Rock Star in the fourth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Twisted T was too much for Jake Wright, sending the Milford, UT cowboy airborne in the fourth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
The cowboy lifesavers, Brett Monea, Scott Waye and Monty Phillips, of the Calgary Stampede stepped in to protect downed bull rider Joe Frost after he was thrown off Director Assistant in the fourth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Bashaw’s Jacob Stemo tapes up prior to the fourth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede with hopes of repeating his winning performance yesterday. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Richie Champion is the two-time reigning and repeating champion of the Calgary Stampede’s bareback even. Today he rode Y Not Crystal to a score of 85.5 to finish off Pool A with $9,500 in winnings. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
Veteran bullfighter Brett Monea gives some encouraging words to a Garrett Bertamini, a young up and coming cowboy competing in the Junior Steer Riding in the fourth day of rodeo action at the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Monday July 8, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary 
2018 Calgary Stampede Champion Marcos Gloria rode Home Grown to a winning score of 87.5 to win the third day of the Calgary Stampede Rodeo on Sunday July 7, 2019. Sean Libin for LiveWire Calgary
