Cody Vanderholm

They make nozzler partitions?

They make nozzler partitions?

So did you just cut the ankle off, so tib-fib bone where your shin is?

So did you just cut the ankle off, so tib-fib bone where your shin is?

Seven and a half inches, okay.

Seven and a half inches, okay.

You said that very casually. Yeah. And so I read on your flyer here, sober since 15. August 7, 2015. And I was going to ask you, sober, is it just when people say sober, I've had some that just say, I decided not to drink. No, no, no. Not necessarily sober. So you actually felt like you were drinking too much and you call it sober for that reason.

You said that very casually. Yeah. And so I read on your flyer here, sober since 15. August 7, 2015. And I was going to ask you, sober, is it just when people say sober, I've had some that just say, I decided not to drink. No, no, no. Not necessarily sober. So you actually felt like you were drinking too much and you call it sober for that reason.

worthless at that point in time to be honest i noticed your bracelet pounds yeah i was 200 pounds that when i when i got sober so i noticed your bracelet uh says i can do all things through or i can do all things and normally that's a philippines 413 reference to the bible yeah right here and so um if if that's there was there a religious tie to quit drinking and to change your life and to move forward as well not at the time i did it um but since then absolutely okay

worthless at that point in time to be honest i noticed your bracelet pounds yeah i was 200 pounds that when i when i got sober so i noticed your bracelet uh says i can do all things through or i can do all things and normally that's a philippines 413 reference to the bible yeah right here and so um if if that's there was there a religious tie to quit drinking and to change your life and to move forward as well not at the time i did it um but since then absolutely okay

100%.

100%.

Sue went from 200 when you stopped drinking. What did you point at? The people in the hazmat suits? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I saw them walking out early. I don't know. There's people walking by with hazmat suits. But side note, we just did a podcast. We talked about tattoos. That's the tattoo I want. Philippians 413. I've wanted it for a long time. So were you married at the time?

Sue went from 200 when you stopped drinking. What did you point at? The people in the hazmat suits? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I saw them walking out early. I don't know. There's people walking by with hazmat suits. But side note, we just did a podcast. We talked about tattoos. That's the tattoo I want. Philippians 413. I've wanted it for a long time. So were you married at the time?

Yeah. Was it hard for her in that, you know, if you guys both met drinking at that time, I'm guessing she was drinking too. And then you, if you quit cold turkey, did she quit cold turkey as well?

Yeah. Was it hard for her in that, you know, if you guys both met drinking at that time, I'm guessing she was drinking too. And then you, if you quit cold turkey, did she quit cold turkey as well?

So do you guys think, I saw somebody's Facebook post the other day that said hashtag sober on the bottom. He's just getting fit is what it is. I don't know if he stopped drinking because of any certain reason other than he's just trying to get fit. Does the word sober mean that we maybe had a drinking problem or does the word sober just mean I quit drinking?

So do you guys think, I saw somebody's Facebook post the other day that said hashtag sober on the bottom. He's just getting fit is what it is. I don't know if he stopped drinking because of any certain reason other than he's just trying to get fit. Does the word sober mean that we maybe had a drinking problem or does the word sober just mean I quit drinking?

Or is there a better term for I just decided to stop drinking?

Or is there a better term for I just decided to stop drinking?

Okay. I didn't know if there was a background. I'm trying to think of the word with it.

Okay. I didn't know if there was a background. I'm trying to think of the word with it.

Yeah. And I never drank and I was cool with never drinking until I wanted to do it socially because everybody else was. So that's the term everybody else was. Yeah, socially.

Yeah. And I never drank and I was cool with never drinking until I wanted to do it socially because everybody else was. So that's the term everybody else was. Yeah, socially.

My parents didn't drink. I've never seen alcohol in the house. I've never seen my dad drink, ever. So he was drinking a lot when he was young and they cut cold turkey. Their first kid died of congenital heart disease. He blamed it on alcohol. They've never, never had alcohol. Even at our wedding, we had wine and he's like, make sure that my table does not have alcohol at it.

My parents didn't drink. I've never seen alcohol in the house. I've never seen my dad drink, ever. So he was drinking a lot when he was young and they cut cold turkey. Their first kid died of congenital heart disease. He blamed it on alcohol. They've never, never had alcohol. Even at our wedding, we had wine and he's like, make sure that my table does not have alcohol at it.

And so he has never since then, I've never grown up seeing my dad, mom, anything with any kind of alcohol. We never went to like games or tailgated or any of that. We went in bars and played pool, but we just never drank. So just whatever your norm is, it's a social norm. It just was never normal until I moved away and then everybody else was drinking. I just had a record going.

And so he has never since then, I've never grown up seeing my dad, mom, anything with any kind of alcohol. We never went to like games or tailgated or any of that. We went in bars and played pool, but we just never drank. So just whatever your norm is, it's a social norm. It just was never normal until I moved away and then everybody else was drinking. I just had a record going.

And just like you, if you've got a record going, you want to just keep going with it and not fail. So I was like, all right, screw it. I'll just go until 27 until finally I decided. Yeah. Let's give it a go.

And just like you, if you've got a record going, you want to just keep going with it and not fail. So I was like, all right, screw it. I'll just go until 27 until finally I decided. Yeah. Let's give it a go.

It's all carbon fiber.

It's all carbon fiber.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So what, I've been grinding towards a championship in auctioneering, the world championship there. And I've taken third, but I've never won it. And somebody said to me last year, Dave, you're never going to win it until you're ready to know what it feels like if you don't win it. So I got to ask you the question, what if you never win it? I know you got a goal. I got a goal too.

So what, I've been grinding towards a championship in auctioneering, the world championship there. And I've taken third, but I've never won it. And somebody said to me last year, Dave, you're never going to win it until you're ready to know what it feels like if you don't win it. So I got to ask you the question, what if you never win it? I know you got a goal. I got a goal too.

And are you ready to not win it? Because everybody tells me that's when you're going to actually win it. When you say, look, I don't care. I got a good family at home. I got a business. I got a whatever. That's the day that you're actually going to make it happen. Have you ever thought about that?

And are you ready to not win it? Because everybody tells me that's when you're going to actually win it. When you say, look, I don't care. I got a good family at home. I got a business. I got a whatever. That's the day that you're actually going to make it happen. Have you ever thought about that?

So is this just a social media speaking deal? No, no, no.

So is this just a social media speaking deal? No, no, no.

This is something that you want to professionally speak at a large keynote type deal and tell your story.

This is something that you want to professionally speak at a large keynote type deal and tell your story.

And so that's... Gotcha. So real quick, just throwing a plug there, what... You have a website for your speaking engagements?

And so that's... Gotcha. So real quick, just throwing a plug there, what... You have a website for your speaking engagements?

We'll try to get you some speaking engagements.

We'll try to get you some speaking engagements.

Tanner, you are such an inspirational guy when we do podcasts like this. I can see your mind just freaking blowing up over there. You've got to relate this somehow.

Tanner, you are such an inspirational guy when we do podcasts like this. I can see your mind just freaking blowing up over there. You've got to relate this somehow.

I got two questions. You said cowboying. Do you have a special stirrup? No. Just regular stirrup on your saddle? Awesome.

I got two questions. You said cowboying. Do you have a special stirrup? No. Just regular stirrup on your saddle? Awesome.

Do you wear cowboy boots on your prosthetic? Awesome. Second question. Corey, do you think, I heard a guy say yesterday that we as, in Iowa anyways, farmers had drought the last couple of years and everybody got into harvest, get their combine in the field, they were kind of like down, you know, it's droughty, we need rain, we need rain, and Man, there's a 10-day stretch of like 90-degree weather.

Do you wear cowboy boots on your prosthetic? Awesome. Second question. Corey, do you think, I heard a guy say yesterday that we as, in Iowa anyways, farmers had drought the last couple of years and everybody got into harvest, get their combine in the field, they were kind of like down, you know, it's droughty, we need rain, we need rain, and Man, there's a 10-day stretch of like 90-degree weather.

I remember you saying that on the podcast. And then all of a sudden, everybody got out in the field and it was like, oh, okay, this is better than we thought. And all right, we're happy with this. Now, this year, we've had the rain. Does everybody have false hopes that this is going to be better than what it was in drought? Because in drought, we were all like, oh, hey, we got 250 bushel.

I remember you saying that on the podcast. And then all of a sudden, everybody got out in the field and it was like, oh, okay, this is better than we thought. And all right, we're happy with this. Now, this year, we've had the rain. Does everybody have false hopes that this is going to be better than what it was in drought? Because in drought, we were all like, oh, hey, we got 250 bushel.

Don't they have that? It's called the news.

Don't they have that? It's called the news.

That was better than I thought. Now, this year, we had rain. Are they going to go out and it'll be like 240 bushel? And they're going to be like, ugh.

That was better than I thought. Now, this year, we had rain. Are they going to go out and it'll be like 240 bushel? And they're going to be like, ugh.

Gotcha. I mean, because we had too much rain. I mean, I was even in northwest Iowa. That's where I heard it, or northeast Iowa yesterday. That's where I heard it from up there. They didn't think there were crops. They thought they were good, and I'm looking at them thinking, maybe not.

Gotcha. I mean, because we had too much rain. I mean, I was even in northwest Iowa. That's where I heard it, or northeast Iowa yesterday. That's where I heard it from up there. They didn't think there were crops. They thought they were good, and I'm looking at them thinking, maybe not.

Exactly.

Exactly.

You totally need to trademark that because even being in the industry, not knowing that, you need to label it instead of organic. This is like an extra tender or something. You need a label you just put on your beef. And just mark it up 20 bucks.

You totally need to trademark that because even being in the industry, not knowing that, you need to label it instead of organic. This is like an extra tender or something. You need a label you just put on your beef. And just mark it up 20 bucks.

A lot of the veterans, you know, say veteran-owned. That's true. Well, like, is there a world of amputee-owned? I don't know. We're going to have to start something. There's got to be some certification out there. And I'm guessing you get that question a lot, that maybe, are you a veteran? Oh, it's all the time. I was going to say.

A lot of the veterans, you know, say veteran-owned. That's true. Well, like, is there a world of amputee-owned? I don't know. We're going to have to start something. There's got to be some certification out there. And I'm guessing you get that question a lot, that maybe, are you a veteran? Oh, it's all the time. I was going to say.

Does your wife ever ask you, when's enough's enough? Yeah, a lot. I mean, I've had my wife ask me that. She's like, you've already won some championships. You've done this. When's enough's enough? I just wrote down in my notes, what's the point of stopping? That's quite interesting. Now, you might not be doing the same thing, but you might change and pivot.

Does your wife ever ask you, when's enough's enough? Yeah, a lot. I mean, I've had my wife ask me that. She's like, you've already won some championships. You've done this. When's enough's enough? I just wrote down in my notes, what's the point of stopping? That's quite interesting. Now, you might not be doing the same thing, but you might change and pivot.

You know, any entrepreneur pivots into something else. Maybe your pivot is speaking. It is. You know, maybe a pivot is something else. And Tanner related back to agriculture. Maybe you don't make money this year, but as Flea said, maybe you pivot and go get another job in town.

You know, any entrepreneur pivots into something else. Maybe your pivot is speaking. It is. You know, maybe a pivot is something else. And Tanner related back to agriculture. Maybe you don't make money this year, but as Flea said, maybe you pivot and go get another job in town.

You know? No. Mm-hmm. Been there. Probably still am. Tanner, I'm waiting for your payoff question at the end because I am just waiting to hear what this one. Before that, though, I want to say.

You know? No. Mm-hmm. Been there. Probably still am. Tanner, I'm waiting for your payoff question at the end because I am just waiting to hear what this one. Before that, though, I want to say.

You have to. I mean, you dropped some swear words in this one, so it has to be a fun one.

You have to. I mean, you dropped some swear words in this one, so it has to be a fun one.

I had to incorporate the life together to make it work or else it wasn't going to work. Let me change it up a little bit. How do you balance the motivation to be a world champion and family? You talked a lot about your family integrated into the cattle business, but You have a whole nother time suck over here, a big time suck. How do you balance that?

I had to incorporate the life together to make it work or else it wasn't going to work. Let me change it up a little bit. How do you balance the motivation to be a world champion and family? You talked a lot about your family integrated into the cattle business, but You have a whole nother time suck over here, a big time suck. How do you balance that?

Because it's your dream, maybe not your family's dream.

Because it's your dream, maybe not your family's dream.

After our talk here, if you... So, first prom, are you wanting them... First form. First form, are they the person you want for a sponsor?

After our talk here, if you... So, first prom, are you wanting them... First form. First form, are they the person you want for a sponsor?

I was going to say, everybody I know will be all right with it.

I was going to say, everybody I know will be all right with it.

Yep. Can you say Tanner? I bet I can, but could you say the Ogallala Livestock Commission and Ogallala Livestock? Do you ever have to say that when you auction? Have you ever auctioned in Ogallala?

Yep. Can you say Tanner? I bet I can, but could you say the Ogallala Livestock Commission and Ogallala Livestock? Do you ever have to say that when you auction? Have you ever auctioned in Ogallala?

I've been there once. So, yeah, the Scow family works there. Dave's an auctioneer, really, so he talks fast.

I've been there once. So, yeah, the Scow family works there. Dave's an auctioneer, really, so he talks fast.

But, yeah, so. So where are you at? Let's fast forward, and then we'll go back to the middle. So fast forward to now. Married kids, where do you live?

But, yeah, so. So where are you at? Let's fast forward, and then we'll go back to the middle. So fast forward to now. Married kids, where do you live?

Red Angus. Red Angus?

Red Angus. Red Angus?

Oh, my God. All right, so back up. Now, we know where you're present. Back up to where we became paralyzed, if you would, or where you lost your leg. He's not paralyzed.

Oh, my God. All right, so back up. Now, we know where you're present. Back up to where we became paralyzed, if you would, or where you lost your leg. He's not paralyzed.

So why do they call it Paralympics then? So it's Paralympics is parallel to the Olympics. See how that segue worked? Yep. Yeah, you guys had no freaking clue. No, no, no, no. Bunch of dumbasses over here.

So why do they call it Paralympics then? So it's Paralympics is parallel to the Olympics. See how that segue worked? Yep. Yeah, you guys had no freaking clue. No, no, no, no. Bunch of dumbasses over here.

Pause there for a second. Do you guys know what ropers are? Those lace-up ropers.

Pause there for a second. Do you guys know what ropers are? Those lace-up ropers.

You should bring it back.

You should bring it back.

Bring it back.

Bring it back.

They make nozzler partitions?

So did you just cut the ankle off, so tib-fib bone where your shin is?

Seven and a half inches, okay.

You said that very casually. Yeah. And so I read on your flyer here, sober since 15. August 7, 2015. And I was going to ask you, sober, is it just when people say sober, I've had some that just say, I decided not to drink. No, no, no. Not necessarily sober. So you actually felt like you were drinking too much and you call it sober for that reason.

worthless at that point in time to be honest i noticed your bracelet pounds yeah i was 200 pounds that when i when i got sober so i noticed your bracelet uh says i can do all things through or i can do all things and normally that's a philippines 413 reference to the bible yeah right here and so um if if that's there was there a religious tie to quit drinking and to change your life and to move forward as well not at the time i did it um but since then absolutely okay

100%.

Sue went from 200 when you stopped drinking. What did you point at? The people in the hazmat suits? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I saw them walking out early. I don't know. There's people walking by with hazmat suits. But side note, we just did a podcast. We talked about tattoos. That's the tattoo I want. Philippians 413. I've wanted it for a long time. So were you married at the time?

Yeah. Was it hard for her in that, you know, if you guys both met drinking at that time, I'm guessing she was drinking too. And then you, if you quit cold turkey, did she quit cold turkey as well?

So do you guys think, I saw somebody's Facebook post the other day that said hashtag sober on the bottom. He's just getting fit is what it is. I don't know if he stopped drinking because of any certain reason other than he's just trying to get fit. Does the word sober mean that we maybe had a drinking problem or does the word sober just mean I quit drinking?

Or is there a better term for I just decided to stop drinking?

Okay. I didn't know if there was a background. I'm trying to think of the word with it.

Yeah. And I never drank and I was cool with never drinking until I wanted to do it socially because everybody else was. So that's the term everybody else was. Yeah, socially.

My parents didn't drink. I've never seen alcohol in the house. I've never seen my dad drink, ever. So he was drinking a lot when he was young and they cut cold turkey. Their first kid died of congenital heart disease. He blamed it on alcohol. They've never, never had alcohol. Even at our wedding, we had wine and he's like, make sure that my table does not have alcohol at it.

And so he has never since then, I've never grown up seeing my dad, mom, anything with any kind of alcohol. We never went to like games or tailgated or any of that. We went in bars and played pool, but we just never drank. So just whatever your norm is, it's a social norm. It just was never normal until I moved away and then everybody else was drinking. I just had a record going.

And just like you, if you've got a record going, you want to just keep going with it and not fail. So I was like, all right, screw it. I'll just go until 27 until finally I decided. Yeah. Let's give it a go.

It's all carbon fiber.

Yeah.

So what, I've been grinding towards a championship in auctioneering, the world championship there. And I've taken third, but I've never won it. And somebody said to me last year, Dave, you're never going to win it until you're ready to know what it feels like if you don't win it. So I got to ask you the question, what if you never win it? I know you got a goal. I got a goal too.

And are you ready to not win it? Because everybody tells me that's when you're going to actually win it. When you say, look, I don't care. I got a good family at home. I got a business. I got a whatever. That's the day that you're actually going to make it happen. Have you ever thought about that?

So is this just a social media speaking deal? No, no, no.

This is something that you want to professionally speak at a large keynote type deal and tell your story.

And so that's... Gotcha. So real quick, just throwing a plug there, what... You have a website for your speaking engagements?

We'll try to get you some speaking engagements.

Tanner, you are such an inspirational guy when we do podcasts like this. I can see your mind just freaking blowing up over there. You've got to relate this somehow.

I got two questions. You said cowboying. Do you have a special stirrup? No. Just regular stirrup on your saddle? Awesome.

Do you wear cowboy boots on your prosthetic? Awesome. Second question. Corey, do you think, I heard a guy say yesterday that we as, in Iowa anyways, farmers had drought the last couple of years and everybody got into harvest, get their combine in the field, they were kind of like down, you know, it's droughty, we need rain, we need rain, and Man, there's a 10-day stretch of like 90-degree weather.

I remember you saying that on the podcast. And then all of a sudden, everybody got out in the field and it was like, oh, okay, this is better than we thought. And all right, we're happy with this. Now, this year, we've had the rain. Does everybody have false hopes that this is going to be better than what it was in drought? Because in drought, we were all like, oh, hey, we got 250 bushel.

Don't they have that? It's called the news.

That was better than I thought. Now, this year, we had rain. Are they going to go out and it'll be like 240 bushel? And they're going to be like, ugh.

Gotcha. I mean, because we had too much rain. I mean, I was even in northwest Iowa. That's where I heard it, or northeast Iowa yesterday. That's where I heard it from up there. They didn't think there were crops. They thought they were good, and I'm looking at them thinking, maybe not.

Exactly.

You totally need to trademark that because even being in the industry, not knowing that, you need to label it instead of organic. This is like an extra tender or something. You need a label you just put on your beef. And just mark it up 20 bucks.

A lot of the veterans, you know, say veteran-owned. That's true. Well, like, is there a world of amputee-owned? I don't know. We're going to have to start something. There's got to be some certification out there. And I'm guessing you get that question a lot, that maybe, are you a veteran? Oh, it's all the time. I was going to say.

Does your wife ever ask you, when's enough's enough? Yeah, a lot. I mean, I've had my wife ask me that. She's like, you've already won some championships. You've done this. When's enough's enough? I just wrote down in my notes, what's the point of stopping? That's quite interesting. Now, you might not be doing the same thing, but you might change and pivot.

You know, any entrepreneur pivots into something else. Maybe your pivot is speaking. It is. You know, maybe a pivot is something else. And Tanner related back to agriculture. Maybe you don't make money this year, but as Flea said, maybe you pivot and go get another job in town.

You know? No. Mm-hmm. Been there. Probably still am. Tanner, I'm waiting for your payoff question at the end because I am just waiting to hear what this one. Before that, though, I want to say.

You have to. I mean, you dropped some swear words in this one, so it has to be a fun one.

I had to incorporate the life together to make it work or else it wasn't going to work. Let me change it up a little bit. How do you balance the motivation to be a world champion and family? You talked a lot about your family integrated into the cattle business, but You have a whole nother time suck over here, a big time suck. How do you balance that?

Because it's your dream, maybe not your family's dream.

After our talk here, if you... So, first prom, are you wanting them... First form. First form, are they the person you want for a sponsor?

I was going to say, everybody I know will be all right with it.

Yep. Can you say Tanner? I bet I can, but could you say the Ogallala Livestock Commission and Ogallala Livestock? Do you ever have to say that when you auction? Have you ever auctioned in Ogallala?

I've been there once. So, yeah, the Scow family works there. Dave's an auctioneer, really, so he talks fast.

But, yeah, so. So where are you at? Let's fast forward, and then we'll go back to the middle. So fast forward to now. Married kids, where do you live?

Red Angus. Red Angus?

Oh, my God. All right, so back up. Now, we know where you're present. Back up to where we became paralyzed, if you would, or where you lost your leg. He's not paralyzed.

So why do they call it Paralympics then? So it's Paralympics is parallel to the Olympics. See how that segue worked? Yep. Yeah, you guys had no freaking clue. No, no, no, no. Bunch of dumbasses over here.

Pause there for a second. Do you guys know what ropers are? Those lace-up ropers.

You should bring it back.

Bring it back.