by Terry Lidral
Hawaiian Ivory came from the Hawaiian Islands out of the renowned Rocker G bucking bull program developed by Hawaiian native, Bud Gibson. Gibson created a pure Brahman herd of “correctly” athletic animals known as “The Hawaiians.” Hawaiian Ivory was brought to the Rossers with a group of other bulls that were flown to California by plane.
“Bud Gibson raised Hawaiian Ivory on the Islands,” said Cindy Rosser of Flying U and Rosser Rodeo Company. “That bull came with about 6 or 8 others as 3-year-olds. They were flown over on a 747. We bucked them at rodeos and at the PBR.”
Hawaiian Ivory, or HI as Rosser calls him, was sired by Ivory Rock and has Rocker G breeding from the bottom side.
“He was big when we got him,” Rosser told us. “And he filled out as he got older. HI was fractious as a youngster. We took him to Enid when Troubadour was bucking to compete in the Classics, but it didn’t work well. He was a mess in that small 12 X 12 pen and he tried to hook everyone that came by. That bull was even tough to load up to the squeeze chute.”
HI eventually settled down and bucked in the PBR and PRCA. His big size, power and bucking style made him a popular choice for the Brazilian riders.
“Cody (Lambert) would put him in the Short Go all the time,” said Rosser of the bull that had 8 rider round wins out of 27 outs in the PBR. “The Brazilians loved him and picked him all the time. They rode him quite a bit, so I had Cody put him back in the long round. That way he could buck some guys off and be the victor.”
Overall, Hawaiian Ivory had 81 outs with 22 rides. His career average bull score was 22.216 and he had a Probullstats Power Rating of 81.29. His career in the professional ranks spanned from 2007 through 2012. His best year on tour was 2009 where he was out 24 times with 2 rides and an average bull score of 22.74.
A PBR Finals and WNFR bull, Hawaiian Ivory died before he had many seasons as a breeding bull.
“Sadly, we got only 2 calf crops out of him before we lost him,” Rosser told us.
“We are bucking calves out of HI’s daughters and I think they will be special. Some of his calves are hot, but the right cross on him is fantastic,” she went on to say.
“HI’s best daughter is 25,” Rosser told us. “That cow had 25/5 Black Kat who is sired by Mikel’s Kat (a Skat Kat son) and that is a good cross. They won the long round on Black Kat in Reno this year. He’s a bucker. There’s talk of him going to the WNFR, but we’ll have to wait and see.”
“A couple of years ago we had 10 to 20 HI sons we were hauling,” Rosser continued. “And now we have a promising son known as 5812. He’s been to a couple of rodeos and he looks exciting.”
Hawaiian Ivory has a namesake son carrying on the HI legacy.
“Probably HI’s best son is 33/2 Hawaiian Bond out of an MR Bond cow ,” said Rosser. “33/2 has been to the PBR Finals and has been in lots of short rounds.”
The future for Hawaiian Ivory’s legacy looks bright. Rosser has reintroduced a tried and proven cross that has produced in the past.
“Thanks to technology, we can make more,” Rosser said about Hawaiian Ivory’s quality sons and daughters. “HI is definitely a producer.”
“I just remembered that we had an old cow #812 that crossed really well on HI,” Rosser went on to say. “So, I flushed her back to him and she has a handful of sons by HI.”
Rosser has hopes for those sons. And, with the help of modern technology and some good female producers, Rosser plans to keep HI’s genetics strongly imbedded in Flying U’s very successful breeding program.
Author: Terry Lidral
Terry Lidral is a western writer/journalist who lives in Idaho. She is the publisher and editor of the online magazine Bucking Stock Talk and the online magazine Western Living Journal. Her publishing credits include Storyteller for Real American Cowboy Magazine, writing feature articles for Humps N Horns Magazine as well as a wide variety of national and international web sites, historical magazines and news publications. She is known for her "up close and personal" profiles of celebrities and industry moguls such as NPR's Tom Bodett; PBR's Wiley Petersen and D.H. Page, PRCA's Sammy Andrews, Cindy Rosser and Julio Moreno to name a few. She has been applauded for her way of making a personal connection between her readers and her subjects. She indulges in her love of rodeo by serving as an associate board member for the Caldwell Night Rodeo. She is also an accomplished trainer and handler in dog agility. Her shelties Amelie and Milo are titled in NADAC, USDAA and AKC.
I’ve got a bull called Flyin Hawaiian aka (Frank) he’s Gunslinger X Bodacious on top and out of KC113 that’s out of Rocking G Livestock Black Ivory and cow KC113 M44 that goes back Rocking Guylene Livestock Ivory Rock. He’s a great bull and likes to buck and very easy to handle.