Professional Bull Riding is a fairly new sport as a stand alone, started in 1992 by 20 bull riders hoping to see professional bull riders recognized as mainstream professional athletes. The sport now has divisions in Canada, Mexico, Australia and Brazil as well as the United States. Events often bring riders from the ranch to the urban environment to perform in large arenas to sizable crowds who follow individual riders closely. Competitions result in financial prizes to the winners.
Here's the recap on all the bull any bull rider can handle (that would probably be Chicken on a Chain) - June 6th and 7th, 2008 Git R Done Invitational, hosted by Tate Porter and presented by Cooper Tires in Orlando, Florida. This Professional Bull Rider event had plenty of action as riders quickly went up and down with their scores more than a roller coaster ride. As an oversimplified introduction to the sport, the main idea is to ride that bull without falling off for 8 seconds. Some of you are saying, “ Eight seconds? That's no big deal.”
To give you a little taste for this event:
- Event Winner: Sean Williamson, wins $24,500
- Foreign competitors included Guilherme Marchi, Renato Nunes, Valdironde Oliveira, and Ednei Caminha
- Among the bulls: Chicken on a Chain, Snake Eyes, and El Gato
- Advertisers include: Ford Trucks, Montana Tractors, Dickies, Wranglers, Copenhagen, Budlite, Jack Daniels, Amway, U.S Air Force, and BorderPatrol.gov
- Memorable characterization regarding Cord McCoy: “He's so nice he could charm the ticks off a mule deer.”
- Check out the doctor to the stars: Dr Tandy Freeman
Upcoming Event: Dickies American Worker of the Year Invitational presented by Pike Electric, Dallas, TX, June 21 and 22nd. Sean Williamson will challenge L.J. Jenkins in the Grudge Match, and defending World Champion Justin McBride makes a comeback from an injury. Justin also has a CD, “Don't Let Go.”
