Stacey Custer

Faith. There’s no better word than faith to associate with Stacey Custer. She’s relied on faith for her entire adult life. Stacey Custer, wife of PBR co-founder Cody Custer, has been a strong supporter of her husband during and after his bull riding career and their family. Sharon Shoulders states she is also a “good Christian role model for younger wives and an exemplary person.” Faith gave her the clarity to so quickly realize when she had met the man who would become her husband. It was faith that helped her to compartmentalize the worry and dangers of being married to a professional bull rider. Faith helped to raise a house with three children and to move from Louisiana to Arizona and later from there to Oklahoma. Just like a rider compartmentalizing the danger of what he does, so too does the wife and eventually their family. It can, if you let it, take an emotional toll. “I knew the only thing I could do – the only thing that was in my control – was putting him in God’s hands,” said Stacey, who would pray for his safety prior to each performance. “I know that, that sounds cheesy, but that was where my peace came from.