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Theo Ribbs: Enjoying success in 2024
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Theo Ribbs is enjoying an outstanding year in sporting clays and FITASC. He sheds light on the challenges and advantages of being a left-handed shooter in a predominantly right-handed sport. Exploring his rigorous practice regimen, we find out how he perfects things he needs to work on. Inquiring about his divergence from his father's path, we gain insights into his motivations and aspirations. Additionally, Theo shares his goals and talks about the tournaments he plans to compete in this year.
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Speaker 2Today I have on a heavy hitter . So far this year he's placed in the top at multiple shoots and even secured a few wins as well . His dedication to being one of the best has helped his practice routine and it is showing . Here he is once again Theo Ribbs . Theo , welcome to the show again .
Speaker 3Yeah , thank you for having me on again , man . Yeah , I'm looking forward to getting into a few things with you .
Speaker 2Yeah , it's been a while since we talked . What's been going on ?
Speaker 3Not too much , man , just been shooting quite a bit the last two or three years . Yeah , like since we last talked , I definitely picked up the amount of shooting in terms of competing and practicing and uh , yeah , it's all been good man , all been super positive .
Speaker 2So you know , I think I've seen you , I've seen your name , uh , a lot more , it seems like , in the past couple years . I'm not just imagining that you are shooting more yeah , no , definitely not imagining it like .
Speaker 3Since 2022 , I've been , uh , definitely shooting a lot more major tournaments and uh , yeah , it's all been all been good , especially , I'd say , the last year and a half has definitely been really , really good , yeah , and you've been shooting .
Speaker 2How long you've been ? I know you've been shooting since you we've talked about this before , but what ? Since you was early how ?
Speaker 3yeah , young like 14 , 15 years old , started competing at 14 um , so shit . I'm 32 now , so like 18 years yeah so what's
Speaker 2made you ? What's made this ? Uh , this fire kick in all of a sudden , like in the past few years , with you . What's , what's the goal ?
Speaker 3Yeah , I mean , my goal has always been to , you know , win national championship , world championship , us open . So I've always had , you know , high goals , um , but obviously you get to those goals . You cannot , you can't , just like , do four or five major events a year , because everyone else you're competing against is shooting way more than that . So you can't shoot less than your competition and beat them on a regular basis . I mean , maybe you could , but it's really hard . Um , right , you got guys like brandon and and zach and gabin and anthony , and you know , all these guys are shooting a lot and they're already really good , so you don't want to put yourself on , uh , on a like a , not a level playing field , right ? So , yeah , that's just been my goal . I'm like , okay , let me compete as much as these guys . And and then also , uh , I started working with anthony as well . That that's definitely helped a lot of my shootings become super consistent . Uh , I've been , you know , right at the top uh , nearly every tournament I've shot this year . Um , so , yeah , man , just , and then just grinding man , I've , you know , really started to practice a lot more . I always , you know , was pretty good about practicing , but this year , um , I've been really hitting it hard , trying to go four or five days a week and , uh , I think obviously that helps your consistency as well and you're and I'm just like , a lot more comfortable , like you know , when you're shooting a lot and you're shooting pretty well , you're super confident , you're comfortable with what you're doing and it just , you know , it starts to snowball and then , and then the belief comes and everything else you know comes with that . So , yeah , it's been good and I think you know , brandon , you know success the last couple years , I think , is pushing everybody .
Speaker 3You know I'm talking to a lot more guys and everyone's , you know , trying to step up . You know not just their practice regimen , but you know every , everything right . You know I talk to the guys . Everyone's like oh yeah , we don't need sugar when we shoot , we don't do this , we don't do that . Like everyone's like , oh yeah , we don't need sugar when we shoot , we don't do this , we don't do that . Everyone's taking it to a really serious level , which is , I mean , the scores that are being shot now are just crazy , which is good . Man , I enjoy competing against a guy like Brandon Some people he's got kind of that either you love him or you hate him type of thing . But you know I like him , I think he's good for our sport , I think he just raises the bar because he's so talented and you know you don't want to be left behind . If you're a competitor , you know you don't want to be left behind , and so it's just helped me become a better competitor .
Speaker 2Yeah me become a better competitor . So yeah , you talked about your . Let's talk about two things . You talked about going to see you , you go to see Anthony still .
Speaker 3Uh , I didn't this this winter , but the past two . Um , I went up there and , um , yeah , it's definitely helped , man , and I just told him I'm like you know , this winter I'm like , bro , it's a little bit too cold for me , dog . Like 30 degrees , 20 degrees , it's like 20 miles an hour wind and we're out there like four or five hours . So I'm going to try and do something , and you know when he gets a spot open , but I just like going up working with him . He's obviously has crazy knowledge about the game and you know , even this year I did a shoot off with him and after the shoot off he's like hey , just work on x , y and z . Next tournament I go shoot 99 and win the fee test .
Speaker 2So you know ? What did he tell you to work on ? What I want to know ? What he told you um .
Speaker 3So you know for me like I tend to get my weight a little bit on the front foot sometimes , and so me and him have been working on just keeping my weight balanced and keeping my , my , my weight between my feet . And uh , so just like , hey , man , just move your feet up , move your feet a little closer together . They're a little bit too wide , he thought . So he's like moving together it'll get your back a little straighter to keep you more upright and not so much weight on your front foot . And so I did that Boom Next tournament . I shot , yeah , and then I made some changes as as well . I changed a little bit um things on my gun , shaved the stock down a little bit . But yeah , man , I mean , you're just always trying to find just little things here and there and always trying to listen to people that you know have a lot of experience and a lot of success in the sport . And uh , yeah , he's definitely been somebody like the last two , three years that has , I'd say he's helped me the most , um , out of anybody .
Speaker 2Yeah , um including my game . Now , your practice you're talking about . You're practicing a lot . What , what ? What are you doing to practice , uh , and to get better while you're practicing ?
Speaker 3um , so there's a couple things , um , you know , just understanding , like , say , from tournament to tournament , like assess it , assessing your , your game , like , okay , is there any shots that I'm weak on ? And really kind of just like , like going through in your mind each station or parkour or whatever that you shot from the previous tournament and understand , okay , was there any particular bird did I struggle on ? If not , okay , well , let's just go out and practice . If there is , then let's really , you know , try and set that bird as the best as we can and then work on that . And then also , you know , a lot of people like I used to shoot really open chokes . I've kind of started to go away from that .
Speaker 3I shoot a little tighter now and , especially in practice , I'm shooting I-mods and I just for me , I feel like it really helps me understand exactly where that gun's shooting . Just , you know , because , as you know , man , like when you're shooting that tight , there's no margin for error , right . So I think that's helped me . You know , just be a little more precise . And you know , because everything's got to be perfect , the whole point's got to be good to move , got to be real smooth on the trigger that doesn't affect the end of the barrel . You know it just helps you become , I think for me , has helped me , you know , fine tune some things and so those , those have been the main things that I've worked , I work on in practice and you know , since I changed that to start the start of the year , you know it's definitely not been a negative .
Speaker 2So so are you still ? Are you shooting that tight when you go to shoot a tournament or not ?
Speaker 3I'm not quite . Um , I typically shoot light mods . Um , there's been a few times , though , that I've shot imod in competition . Uh , this year , a couple stands in arizona that uh , that I shot imod on and yeah , so I was comfortable because I that's all I've been practicing with and I ran , ran the stand . So I was like , okay , you know , but you know I I'm not a big , but you don't need to crazy tight 24 7 . You know , I know some guys like it and that , and that's fine . But you know , for me , you know those beretta barrels , man , they are they pattern really well , and so I think you can get away with a little bit more open choke with that barrel than you can most others .
Speaker 2Yeah , and you're probably tired of Zach and everybody else saying you shoot too open of a choke , because I know he's got to be one of them .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , no , he definitely does . He blows his mind . I'm like hey man , we need to mic those chokes . You need to bring the hey man like . He's like we need to mic those chokes . You need to bring the chokes to my house and we need a mic of them man .
Speaker 2I have never met a guy who is so into it as he is I'm talking about ? Start to finish everything he talks about has to do with shooting everything 100 , 100 , so it's so . So tell me about your year . I mean , I've seen your name up at the top just like you said earlier . What have you won and what have you finished ? Top five in .
Speaker 3So let's start in . Arizona was our first regional . I finished third in the main event there and I think me and Zach shot off for M1 in FITAS . He got me in the shoot off . And then what was that ? The Southeast Regional I shot well there Won the FITAS HOA .
Speaker 3So I was a little bit in the main . I think I was top 10 in the main or something , maybe 8th or something . Yeah , it wasn't terrible . And then Texas State was 3rd in state and then 5th overall . Me and Joe Fennese shot off for 3rd and 5th . And then just this last weekend at the Grand Prix I was third and in the grand prix . So yeah , man , it's just been really consistent , shooting pretty much every tournament I've gone to , which is nice , man , you know . Obviously as competitors we want to win every tournament . But if you don't win , you at least want to be consistently on the podium and I feel like I've been doing that , which is good . It gives you a lot of confidence and you're not riding this roller coaster of emotions from oh , I had a bad performance , I had a good performance . You just want to kind of stay towards that top end .
Speaker 2Yeah , I just thought
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Speaker 2about something . Are you the only left-handed shooter ? That's normally at the top of the game ? I think you are . In our country yeah , my son shoots left-handed and you don't see a whole lot of that .
Speaker 3No , I'm trying to think of anyone outside of myself , man , I don't know of any that are up there .
Speaker 2I mean there's plenty that shoot , but I'm talking about that can win . You know what I mean .
Speaker 3Yeah , I think you're right .
Speaker 2Is it difficult coaching ? I know you're a coach , so is it difficult ? Difficult coaching a shooter that's a right-handed shooter no , not really .
Speaker 3I mean , obviously there's certain pairs , um , that are a little bit uh tougher for a left-hander or for right-hander . Yeah right , but I mean , you don't really coach it all that differently . You know you , because you shoot on the other side of the gun , you also understand the negative and positives . So you automatically walk into the stand knowing , okay , this is a good stand for a right-hander or this is not a good stand for a right-hander , just because you have that different perspective being on the other side of the gun . But no , I don't coach any different from left to right .
Speaker 2You're still coaching , though , right ?
Speaker 3yeah , not not as as much as I was at one point . Yeah , just because I'm trying to to um crane quite a bit . But when I have time , like when I have off week , yeah , I'll try and teach quite a bit . Uh , or teach a little bit . But yeah , yeah , I'm still still teaching . But yeah , like I said , I'm , I'm practicing quite a bit .
Speaker 2Yeah , Well , hey , that's what it takes . It looks like you know .
Speaker 3Well , yeah , man , it definitely does . I know Brandon shooting a lot . I know there's a few guys that are really putting in the time with the gun and , um , you know , that's what you , if you don't get left behind , which I obviously don't you know you got to step it up .
Speaker 2Yeah , do you not ever get bored ? I'm talking about practice , okay , when ? You're out there shooting the same stuff , or you're out there by yourself . Does it not ever get boring to you Like , oh , I'm done , I'm done , I'm done with this . Today ?
Speaker 3I mean this yeah , I mean with us today , I mean this yeah , I mean , I think we , we all get to kind of a point where it definitely starts to get boring , you know , and then you'll start , you know , oh yeah , let me shoot this pair from the hip or let me do this right , but you try , I try and stay pretty focused up to like the 250 to 300 bird mark , yeah , for each of my practices .
Speaker 3After that then I'm like if I could shoot , you know , a good 250 , 300 birds , and I'm cool . Then then if , uh , if I want to mess around and I feel like , yeah , it's okay , but yeah , you know , you definitely especially , you're like three days in a row , three , three , four days in a row practicing .
Speaker 2Yeah , you're done . Yeah , can I please stop now ? Yeah , I don't care if I even hit any , hit any of these yeah , it's .
Speaker 3But exactly , and especially if you're like not really missing or struggling with anything , yeah , then you're like kind of like man , I don't really even need to be out here . But you know , I I always look at it as like good karma . You know what I mean ?
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , last time we talked about your family's history with Winchester and your dad's history in racing , which is pretty cool . Yeah , yeah it is . You took a . You know most kids follow in their dad's footsteps . Okay , you didn't do that . Why didn't you kind of go down the same path he did in racing ? Or why are you in shooting now ?
Speaker 3Um , well , like for my dad , it's kind of funny . So my grandpa was racing and my dad ended up taking his hobby , right , so that was . And then I did the same kind of thing when my dad shooting was his hobby , so I picked up shooting . Um , the same kind of thing when my dad shooting was his hobby , so I picked up shooting . Um , why I didn't race ? I don't know . He didn't really push me into it too hard .
Speaker 3You know , I don't think you , number one , want to spend quite that much amount of money yeah you know , because it's funny , like you go to these shoots and people complain about how expensive shooting is and I'm like , yeah , well , it's nothing compared to racing . You know what I mean . So that may be that , but then also , you know , my dad definitely had his set of challenges in racing , right , being the first . I think when you're a groundbreaking figure in any sport or doing anything , you're always going to be met with more challenges than than most , and so he didn't want me to deal with those things . And so he's like hey , you have a lot more control with how things go in shooting than you do a race car . You're not the not the one building the car , you're not the one working on the car , you're just getting in there and driving it .
Speaker 3So there's a lot of things that are out of your control , where , with a shotgun , we control nearly everything , right , right . So he's like hey , man , when you win , you know , or if you lose , it's on you been racing . If you lose , sometimes you have like a thought you know , did something go wrong ? Did I get screwed ? Whatever the case is , right , yeah and uh . So he didn't want me to deal with that . He's like hey , man , you know , you do that , you know and and I love shooting and I'm sure I would . I I enjoy racing now as a spectator and things like that , and I'm sure I'd enjoy doing it , but I'm glad I chose shooting to be honest yeah , Did you .
Speaker 2Do you and your dad ever go to any races ?
Speaker 3Yeah , I used to do a lot of the formula one races with him , Indy car races , 500 . Um , not as much anymore , just because I'm so busy now um shooting , Um . But yeah , I mean he's still going to a lot of races . He's actually going to Indy today because they're having the Indy Grand Prix up there this weekend and so he's got a black kid that is coming up in the Indy Light Series that he's going to go see . That has a lot of potential . So he's trying to kind of mentor him .
Speaker 2Yeah , you don't see a lot of that either , and that's good that that's happening and it's like that . You know that that's happening , you know , and it's like that in shooting as well . You know what I mean .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2And and you're seeing different races and shooting and you don't . You haven't normally seen that and that's . You know . That's pretty cool to see that .
Speaker 3No , it is . It's crazy , like like the Jamaican shooting , right I mean , and right I mean , and you go down to florida , man them , florida shoots . There's a lot of jamaican shooters now , man . So , yeah , I mean , there's a lot like , like you said , there's a lot more different races getting involved , uh , in the sport , which is good . It only , you know , helps the sport yeah , yeah .
Speaker 2As long as we don't have to foot , race will be good .
Speaker 3Everybody , everybody yeah , we ain't gonna be successful in that .
Speaker 2So , uh , team usa . You were on team usa a long time ago yep , yep and uh , and that's the only time you've really been on it , right ?
Speaker 3yeah , so as a junior I was on it a bunch and then back in 2015 I was on the team but I I didn't accept the opening on sporting . But yeah , it's been a while for me . You know , this year I'm having a good year , so kind of knock on wood that I keep it rolling and yeah , we'll see what happens in the future man , why did you not accept it ?
Speaker 3Kind of some politics happened when I was a kid . I don't really want to get too much into it , I don't want to uh , yeah , I don't want to like say any negative things about anybody , um , but yeah , just some politics , okay . I didn't know if it was some other reason or you just no , no , okay , well , at least you made it , yeah , yeah , at least I had the capability so now .
Speaker 2So now you're a national championship . Team USA US Open win . All that's in your sights now .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , I think I can do that for sure . And you know I want to definitely win a world , national US Open . I've been close at the World FITAS the last few years , so you know we'll see . Man , I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing , working hard and hanging and talking with the right guys and you know I have enough skill to do it so we can do it .
Speaker 2It's a big , you know , it's a big deal to hang around the right people . Oh , 100 man you know , when it comes to sponsorships , when it comes to shooting , when it comes to success in anything really in life , you are who you hang around you know , yeah , 100 and I and I'm pretty particular about that I don't hang out with a ton , ton of people .
Speaker 3You know I'll do dinners and stuff with Zach and those guys here and there , but for the most part I keep a pretty small circle and , like you said , you've got to hang out with the right guys Anthony , Zach , Brandon , You've got to be around guys that are towards the top because they understand what goes along with that . Obviously they're there for a reason . All those guys have a lot of longevity in the game at being at the top of it , so clearly they're doing something right and you're hoping that it'll rub off on you . Just listening and learning . You know what I mean ? Do you just listening ?
Speaker 2and learning , and you know what I mean . So that's yeah . Do you find yourself shooting better if you shoot with them also ?
Speaker 3Yeah , I think so . For me , I definitely feel like my , I raised my game when I shoot with a good shooters because you know they're pushing you Obviously . You know you don't want to get left behind or you don't want to . You know , let some guy whoop you like that you're shooting against . You know we're all competitive people , so you don't , you know , you just want to . You know if you're like , you can hang with them , you know , for a week and you can , you know , stay right with them in every event . Then you know that you're , you know you're doing good , you know . So I think it helps 100% to shoot with good shooters .
Speaker 2Yeah .
Speaker 3You know , we all know that , man . If you don't , there's a reason why guys have squads that they tend to shoot with most of the time .
Speaker 2Yeah , you know , the only time you get out of that . I was thinking about the what they now call the pro squad yeah .
Speaker 3And you still shoot with good guys guys , but you're not shooting with the same guys . So same guys , yeah , and that that's definitely a little bit different . Some people look at it differently , like , oh , we're shooting a shoot off every stand type of thing , but I'm like , yeah , but I mean , what's the difference if you're shooting with good guys ? You know , period , you know anyway , it's the same type of dynamic , so it's no , no different really yeah , the world championships are coming up .
Speaker 2Oh yeah , I know you're ready for that . What ? What are you ? Have you done anything different to prepare , have you ? I mean what have I know you're looking forward to going , but what ? Is anything . Have you done anything any different ?
Speaker 3No , not really . I'm . Actually when we got the phone , I'm gonna go do some practicing Um , and then , uh , friday I'm going to go down to Houston and shoot with Dominic Grossi for uh for two days and just train train with him and Megan . Um , yeah , I did . I just try and train with good shooters before big shoots . Um , you know you can help push each other and you know , see , if I'm struggling on something , maybe Dominic can see something if he's . You know , vice versa , I can help him .
Shooting Plans and Sponsors
Speaker 3But no , I'm not really changing anything . I think when you're on a , you know a good run . You know , I don't think you need to change anything too much . You're obviously doing something well . So I just keep it pretty much the same , just train , maybe shoot a little bit more . But also , you don't want to wear yourself out either . I think there's a fine line with too much shooting and not enough . I think you've got to find that kind of right groove so you're not worn out by the time you get to when you're supposed to do your best shooting right ? Yeah ?
Speaker 2Oh yeah , Are you still shooting the 1250s ? Are you shooting ?
Speaker 31250s still . And then obviously 1290s and FITAS . But yeah , I still love ounce and eighths man . Are you shooting 1250s , okay still . And then obviously 1290s and feet tasks . But yeah , I still still love ounce and eighth man I . I really have a hard time getting away from it , especially when I heard george and anthony's uh conversation and you know anthony asked him . He's like obviously , you guys can only shoot 28 gram over in england . And he's like do you take advantage of being able to shoot 32 gram here in the states ? And george is like , yep , I'm gonna shoot . When I have the opportunity to announce an eighth , I'm gonna shoot it . So I'm like , all right , well , this guy does it .
Speaker 2So you can't argue with him . I promise , yeah , exactly , you can't argue with him . Yeah , you can't tell him he's doing something wrong . No , exactly , yeah , I noticed that . The southeast . I even said something to you . I said , theo , you got new glasses on . Like I have never seen you change the style shooting glasses .
Speaker 3Yeah , no , it was the first time that I have shot in a different frame of glasses . Man , I can't even remember . Like it's got to be at least like 12 years . It's been forever , forever . Yeah , no , well , they started discontinuing the panther frame and and the lenses for it . So I'm like , well , I gotta go to uh the outlaw and I saw these frames that zach had and I liked them , you know . For , you know , zach , ta man , he's got some , he's got some swag , I'll give him that and uh . So I was like , yeah , I'll get , I'll get some of those . And yeah , I actually like him , man , I uh caught him for the first time in , uh , arizona , yeah , and uh , and look back , man , great , great , uh , good frame lenses .
Speaker 2So I know that's a big deal to to change something like that . So , and I'm sure the lenses you had , they I mean they're so far beyond in technology now yeah , you know .
Speaker 3No , they , they , uh it's good and I , they actually fit my , my , my head better than the other ones actually , so it's uh actually worked out really good . What's the plans for the year ? I mean , where are ?
Speaker 2you going what ? I know you're going to the world . You know you go to all the big ones . I'm sure it actually worked out really good . What's the plans for the year ? I mean , where are you going ? I know you're going to the world . You go to all the big ones . I'm sure you got anything going on .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , getting married or anything ? No , no marriage plans , man , I'm not in a relationship with anybody at the moment , which , for me , is good . I'm able to really focus on my game , which is nice , is good , like I'm able to really focus on my game , which is nice . Um , for me , man , like it seems like when I'm single , I shoot better . I think I just like able to like hyper focus on the things I need to , which is important . And yeah , like you said , I'm gonna do a lot of , a lot of shooting , all every big shoot that they have . Uh , I'll be at .
Speaker 2Yeah , yeah , when you have someone else to think about , especially when you're married it's hard to , unless they like to shoot with you .
Speaker 3Yeah yeah , See , Zach is in a prime position right . Him and Des are both in the shooting , and so it works really good , theo .
Speaker 2sponsors are always a big part of a successful shooter , and you may be the only person that shoots with some crazy sponsors yes or at least I'm not saying they're crazy .
Speaker 3I'm talking about the names like the names go over some of these because it makes me laugh um , so in the last like two years I've been , there's two sponsors I get asked about the most jim weed , obviously because it has weed in the name , and then chief keith air and a bunch people know chief keith the rapper , and so everyone's , like you know , trying to put two and two together . Is that the rapper ? And I'm like no . So jim weed is actually a cbd energy drink , um , and my dad knows , through racing , knows uh , one of the part owners of the company , um , and so he's uh decided to get involved with me and and help , and help my career , which has been unbelievable . So yeah , it's actually a really good energy drink . The other owner actually used to own muscle milk protein drink . So , yeah , man , I need to get a case and bring them to the shoots and see what you guys think . And no , there's no , like hot , you're not going to get stoned or anything , it's just energy drink .
Speaker 2So do you have them ? Do you have their names together on your vest ?
Speaker 3yeah , yeah , yeah , they're really close together . Yeah , actually , yeah , it's funny . And then chief kefier he was , uh , his last name is kefie and he just , uh , what he was like a , he's like an uncle of mine . He's not actually blood related but , um , my grandparents adopted him and he's like pretty much , was raised with my family in a way . So , uh , well , yeah , he , he wanted to get involved with me and pay for all my airfare .
Speaker 1Nice . So that's what he does . That's a big help .
Speaker 3Yeah , I made a play on his name and so , yeah , it's been good
Sponsorship Importance in Sports
Speaker 3man . It's nice to have , like you said , good sponsors . It's super important . A lot of my sponsors are not in the industry , which I think is important because you know we there's so many sponsors that everyone has right of the same same sponsors , and so you gotta try and look outside the box and and find sponsors in a different way . You know , because there's in in our industry , these current sponsors can only help so many people . If you want to keep going in the sport , you've got to figure out ways to do that .
Speaker 2What in the sport sponsors do you have ?
Speaker 3I've got Winchester Ammunition Promatic USA Cole Gunsmithing .
Speaker 2They've been with you for a while , all three of those .
Speaker 3Yes , yep , yep . They've all been with me for a while , and all great people , so I really obviously appreciate everyone's support .
Speaker 2Yeah , all right , man . Well , that's all I got . You got anything else ?
Speaker 3No man , all good bro .
Speaker 2Yeah , wish you the best of luck . I'm going to be at the U S open , so I'll see you there . I won't be at the world , so some people got to work , you know .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , no doubt .
Speaker 2But , uh , good luck to you and I'll be keeping up with you . And uh , see you at the U S open . All right , man .
Speaker 3Later bro .
