Casey Martin's Crash and Burn

        Casey Martin

            Flank Man
Casey at National
           Finals High
       School Rodeo

        Erik Martin and
        Dave Adamosky

           Becky and Joelle

                   The Boss

        Humphrey The Camel

        Judge Bob Spellman

  Brian Caffrey (r),
  discusses with two
  new workers the
  benefits of free trav-
  el on the back of
  the truck and the
  Dave Martin work-
  out and diet plan.
  It worked for Brian
  he weighed over
  200 lbs. when he
  started.

    Dave with the ultimate Bull Wagon

See what Dave's workout and diet plan did for Biff

Former tour champ Justin Shue (c),
flanked by Bullfighter
Jesse Markel and Casey Martin

 The Late Doc Weber
   God Bless You

REMEMBERING DAVE RIVERA By Dave Martin

David  Rene  Rivera                  1981 - 2001         Via con dios, Vaquero!

When I met Dave Rivera we were in need of some exhibition riders for Bruce Springsteen's Father's Day Party in 2000. He competed in Bronc riding and bullriding and volunteered to go. Dave was always up for anything and for the most part had no fear of competing in bull poker, wild cow milking, and bull hockey with unquenchable exuberance. Many times he competed while suffering from injuries, but didn't complain. The voice mail message on his cell phone was "Life is like a rodeo, if you get bucked off, you gotta get back on -- this is Dave leave me a message".     Dave came to the states from Guatemala as an infant and was adopted by a loving Mennonite family northeast of Harrisburg. He competed in Mexican rodeos and also some anti-drug rodeo exhibitions for school children in New York City. He seeemed to be proud to be Guatemalan. During the last few weeks of his life Dave competed in APRA rodeos. What a thrill it was for him to win money in the Shartlesville rodeo close to his hometown.

When not on the rodeo trail Dave volunteered his time as a fireman. Many of the local folks knew him from the firehouse. Dave became a Christian and sometimes led a group of bullriders in prayer, but never had a holier than thou attitude. Dave received a severe injury from a bullriding accident. While in the hospital he required four hundred fifty pints of blood and fought a good fight for six days. Donating blood in memory of this courageous young man would be a great memorial.     Dave Rivera left this planet on July 19, 2001, the same date that two other great bullriders, Mike Burger and my son Jesse Martin, went to be with the Lord in 1997.     Dave was a bullrider, firefighter, friend, employee, and a great role model. We can all take a lesson from this young man's time here with us.     He will be missed.

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