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In 2009 CBCsports.ca featured interviews from the Calgary Stampede covering a wide variety of the rodeo's
participants highlighting "the best of the best". In this interview with Gary there's lots of live footage from
CS and wonderful commentary from some of the riders who have worked with Gary throughout the years.

Here are some other recent articles of interest. The first comes from an interview with Anne Christensen from Prorodeo.com.   Gary Rempel's been down the road a time or two. Five times, that road led to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, and another 10 times, the Canadian Finals Rodeo - three with his brother, Wade. "Being from Canada, I use the hockey analogy: you play with the same linemate for so long, you know exactly where he's going to be," says Rempel.   Read more

Gary Rempel has become a Calgary Stampede icon, sort of like . . . well . . . the now retired Rangeland Derby race caller Joe Carbury. Rempel is what rodeo calls a pickup man, the guy who rescues bareback riders and saddle bronc riders off the backs of bucking horses. He's been plying his artistry in the infield for the past 24 consecutive Stampedes -- and alongside brother Wade for about the past 18. But, for Gary, it's a full-time profession --   Read more

Pickup man - This is the cowboy on horseback who assists the bareback and saddle bronc riders in dismounting from their stock. Piggin' string - This is a small soft rope about six feet long used by calf ropers to tie the animal's feet together. P.R.C.A. - Stands for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Pulling leather - A term used when a saddle bronc rider touches any part of the saddle with their free hand during the eight-second ride. This is also known as "grabbing the apple" and causes the rider to be disqualified. Re-ride - This is when another ride given to a saddle bronc, bareback bronc, or bull rider in the same go-round when either the stock or the cowboy is not afforded a fair opportunity to show their best. Can be caused by things like a chute-fighting animal, a fallen animal, etc.

Seeing daylight - This is the term used when a cowboy comes loose from a bucking animal far enough for the spectators to see daylight between the cowboy and the animal. Shankman - This is the cowboy in the Wild Horse Race that grabs and holds on to the lead-line attached to the horse's halter so the mugger can get a hold on the horse's neck.

Star Gazer - Describes a saddle bronc that bucks with its head up, and causes the cowboy to have a hard time keeping the slack out of the rein.