Calgary's Nick Tetz wins 2024 PBR finals in Edmonton
Calgary’s Nick Tetz was crowned the 2024 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) champion Saturday night in Edmonton, besting Cody Coverchuk of Meadow Lake, Sask. at Rogers Place.
Tetz arrived in Edmonton trailing Coverchuk for the top spot, but was able to make up a 21.75 point deficit over the weekend to claim the title.
“That's the goal that I had set out at the beginning of the year, and so I just got a little happiness from accomplishing it,” Tetz said.
This was Tetz’s second PBR Canada Championship, having won it in 2022. He joins some elite company, as there are only five bull riders who have won the title multiple times.
“It's pretty special getting to be a two-time champ and join the legends like Coverchuk, Dakota Buttar, Aaron Roy and Zane Lambert, you know, to be a multi-time winner,” he said.
For his efforts, Tetz took home a record payday of $153, 375, including a $100,000 champion’s bonus.
Tetz pocketed nearly a quarter of a million dollars on home soil this year. One thing that stands out is his consistency – riding 34 of the 61 bulls he was on and winning 12 events. He credits his success to hard work and being in shape.
I make a point of making sure that I'm getting on my drop barrel and doing my drills and that I’m in the gym and making sure that my body is prepared for the force that it's going to go through,” Tetz said.
“And it's not necessarily that I'm working out to be a better bull rider, I'm just working out to be a better athlete and injury prevention through that.”
He became only the fourth rider to win the PBR Canada Championship and PBR Canada National Finals in the same season.
Earlier this season, Tetz won a PBR event in Lethbridge, Alta.
Tetz was previously featured as the Athlete of the Week on CTV News.
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