Red Cent Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Gotta admire their courage to get on them tanks !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 said: Gotta admire their courage to get on them tanks !! Even more for them to get back on and do it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I don’t see how any of them reach age 40 without major damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Im more inclined to ride the wild chaise lounges and recliners. Imis I had a friend get kicked in the face by a bronc, not pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I'm not so certain their helmet and chest protectors do much good. I was in a car wreck once upon a time where the car rolled. That was a lot less traumatic and violent then what we just saw in this video. OUCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Creek Jack Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Tough way to make a living, love to watch those clowns work too, takes some sand to put yourself between the cowboy and 2000 lbs. of badazz. SCJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Plasters, SASS#60943 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 No bulls were harmed in the making of this video - cowboys well that is a different matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 16 minutes ago, Silver Creek Jack said: Tough way to make a living, love to watch those clowns work too, takes some sand to put yourself between the cowboy and 2000 lbs. of badazz. SCJ Better be world class quick too. Them bulls don't have any sense of humor And any defensive lineman would love to have their speed and size. Possibly the most dangerous combination of animal in this country, ESPECIALLY to mess with on purpose! Well, besides maybe an angry mama grizzly bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Clark Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I still remember the last sound I heard (bong)right before my concussion when the bucking chute pipe gate stopped my head on the way to the ground! It helped to numb the pain of the broken wrist when I rejoined the living And that ended my bull riding career at 17..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Grass Range #51406 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Tried that. Have a bridge where 3 teeth used to be on my lower jaw. Hard heads those bulls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 A few trips on saddle broncs at amateur rodeos was enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 10 hours ago, Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 said: Gotta admire their courage to get on them tanks !! But I question their sanity. I tried saddle bronc for a year and gave it up as too dangerous. I went from that to racing sport cars and felt a lot better knowing that, while some people wanted me harmed, my ride never did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Makes ya just want to run out and try it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Wheeler Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 OMG! There is no way those cowboys are paid enough to do what they do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Reminds me of a bullfight bar we went in to in Madrid a few years back. The walls were covered with hundreds of pix of matadors being gored. Horns through their necks, arms, chests, etc. etc. Dangerous beasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Eye Jim Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Last time I "rode" I was 17. It was my first time on a bull at a PRCA event (this is back before PBR guys). Before this it always been at Junior Rodeos so I hadn't really been exposed to pro stock, and our practice bull was a bit long on the tooth, so I was a little, shall we say, under-prepared and full of youth, testosterone and stupid. I drew a bull by the name of "El Diablo". The other cowboys actually thought I should redraw. This was a 50 pt. bull that had yet to be ridden at the time, but I was, as I said, young, cocky and full of testosterone, so I took the draw. Then I saw the bull. He was 7' tall at the shoulder if he was an inch. He was a White speckle Brahma with 3' long horns that went straight out to points so sharp they cut the light when he turned his head. He had a ring in his nose and the reddest evil eyes that I swore shot lazer beams. And he was sneaky bastard that knew his job. He walked straight into the shoot and stopped. He didn't fight the flank strap or when we put my rope on. My dad was watching real close, but not saying a word, just shaking his head. As I started to sit down and get settled, I swear the bull looked over his shoulder at me with a look that said, "If you don't get off when that gate opens I will kill you." For the first time, I actually saw how far off the ground I was. It was a ways down. In a flash of self preservation I elected to use a standard grip instead of a "Suicide" grip ( Some riders will run a second wrap around their wrist, which holds better, but you have to use your off hand to get your hand free). When I nodded for the gate, the bull took a short pause as if to say "You can get off safely now" then LEAPED out of the shoot. The rest I have to go on hearsay, as I remember none of it to this day. He spun 90 degrees and did a barrel roll. When he landed, he immediately kicked high and hard with this back legs, that threw me forward right into his huge head that he was throwing back and knocked me out cold. As I fell off dead to the world. The bull bucked one more time flipping another 180 degrees and stared straight at me as if he was going to finish the job, then looked over the shoot where my dad and the stock boss looked in horror as the bull fighters rushed in the cover me. He apprently snorted on me, turned and trotted toward the exit gate before the cowboys could try to shoo him in that direction... I did wake up in the ambulance. Apparently I got a nasty concussion as well as some sense knocked into me. I never rode again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawhorse Kid Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Dutch Wheeler said: OMG! There is no way those cowboys are paid enough to do what they do! Point of fact, I think they are the only sport where they still have to "Pay to Play" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 The guys out there dressed as clowns are not called clowns, they call themselves bullfighters. As a side match they have a contest where 4 guys sit around a poker table in the center of the infield playing cards. Then they let the bull in and last man playing cards is the winner. It's hard on the body. One ex bull rider that I know is suffering. He said to me one time, "Lloyd, I'm 34 yrs old and I walk around like I have a 2x4 shoved up my azz, some mornings my wife has to help me get up out of the bed in the morning." There isn't enough money in the world for me to get on a bull. I used to help out at the high school rodeos after I retired from the Air Force, working behind the chutes, there were even teenage girls riding the bulls. More guts than Dick Tracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Don't look all that hard to me.........a group of folks corral the bull and help you climb on it. Somebody even assist in opening the gate. All the rider has to do is fall off and make it look 'graceful'. The most 'graceful' looking get a YouTube video. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 12 hours ago, Dutch Wheeler said: OMG! There is no way those cowboys are paid enough to do what they do! I thought cowboys rode bulls to impress the cowgirls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantankerous Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Red Eye Jim, Great story with a very good lesson. Thanks for writing it here. I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Man they got some big cajones....but maybe not for very long!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Wheeler Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Man they got some big cajones....but maybe not for very long!! They may be big, but they are FLAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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