The just turned 15-year-old is the 11-under 14s Bad Company Circuit’s junior steer ride champion, after managing to hold onto bucking bulls all over Northern NSW and Southern Queensland.

He’s also ranked fourth in the 11-under 14s national standings, with a score of 75.50.

Adams has travelled thousands of kilometres for the past 12 months, visiting places like Mendooran in western New South Wales and Bollon in southern Queensland for eight seconds of glory. 

“I like winning more than anything,” he said with a grin. 

“There’s people that jump out of airplanes for fun, so I wouldn’t call myself crazy.”

Adams is keen to become champion in the next level of the competition and said he’ll become a professional one day, fulfilling a special promise to a good mate.

“He said ‘I’ll see you in the professionals one day,’ and when he passed away I promised him that I’d do it. So I’m going to keep on doing that,” he said.

“My family members love me doing it, and I’ve had family members pass away that were really proud of me. So I think of them,” he added. 

Adams said he knew those he’d lost were watching when he competed.

This has been a stellar year for Adams, who took the competition head on and scored 30-40 points above last year.

Neck and neck with second place, it wasn’t until the last rodeo of the season, in Mendooran, that he knew he’d won.

“I only noticed that I was leading it halfway through the season,” he said.

He kept a patient watch on the website for each new result.

“It was sort of nerve-wracking, because if I didn’t get a place and he did, that’d put him in front. I try not to think about it. I just try to stay focused and stuff and not let it worry me.”

Adams is part of a family legacy, and was introduced to the sport early by his former rodeo rider father. 

“We just had some calves out the back of home when I was 10 or 11 years old, and we got on them and got a like for it and kept going,” he said. 

“I still get nervous, but once you start I suppose you get your confidence up and you start really liking it and that makes you want to keep doing it.”

While he stays fit to keep “an edge”, Adams said winning in the rodeo was often the luck of the draw.

“If you get on a good steer or a good bull, you’d be likely to win it,” he said.

“Anyone can win it, if they stay on.”

The next major event on Adams’ radar is the ABCRA National Junior Finals in Tamworth in January.