Hands On™ Bullriding
Believe In Tomorrow Families From All Over the Country Get Up Close and Personal with the PBR (Professional Bull Riders, Inc.)
Believe In Tomorrow Families from New York City to Albuquerque, NM and points in between can experience a Hands On Adventure with the PBR, during their 2010 National Tour...
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The rodeo’s most popular event – bull riding with the Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) – invites critically ill children of Believe In Tomorrow and their families to kick up their heels and watch the sport’s star cowboys ride some of the toughest bucking broncos around.
Go behind-the-scenes in the above video with Believe In Tomorrow and the PBR.
Children and their families enjoy tours of the infamous chutes, mingle with riders and clowns, leave their paint-covered handprints on the rider’s gear, and watch the world’s 45 top-ranked bull riders compete. Children who go on a behind the scenes tour, led by the riders, come away with autographs and pictures with their favorite rider. Families view the entire event from VIP seating as they watch their new friends ride a bull for eight seconds.
“We had the best time and learned so much from all of you.”
Fast Facts about Bull Riding:
- A rider obtains a high score once riding the bull for eight seconds
- The sport started in 1864 in Deer Trail, Colorado when two groups of cowboys from neighboring ranches met to see who was better at general ranch tasks
- The area where the rider sits atop the bull before the competition begins is called the “bucking chute,” a small enclosure that opens to the front
- The rider stabilizes himself with a piece of rope made of polypropylene and grass with a handle braided into its center
- A metallic bell is strapped to the bottom of the rope where it is hung below the bull to give the rope weight and allow it to fall off.
- A flank strap is a rope tied to the bull’s midsection to encourage the bucking motion
- A bull’s hide is seven times thicker than humans, so often goes unharmed when kicked by a cowboy’s spurs.
- One bull suffers a career ending injury every 100 events
- To PBR, bulls are athletes. Just like the riders, they receive stats and have their own web pages
- The average bull weighs 1,700 to 1,800 pounds
- Bulls that are part of PBR receive 20lbs of alfalfa hay per day, among other things
- Bucking is generally a genetic disposition