Inside Professional Bull Riders’ Plan to Upgrade the “Original Extreme Sport”

Back in the day, grizzled cowboys showed off their prowess by wrestling steers, roping calves, and clinging, for as long as possible, to the backs of snot-slinging bulls while their peers watched from the rails of an outdoor corral.There were no pyrotechnics as the riders walked to the ring, no thumping jock jams. No tiny, prize-filled parachutes dropped from the rafters during intermission, sending fans crawling over each other in pursuit. And not even a single audience member watched the proceedings from inside a metal cage on the arena floor. Also, bull riding was an individual sport back then, not a team game.That, my friends, has changed.With the inception of Professional Bull Riders Camping World Team Series in 2022, the league created what now feels like…

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This article was originally published by Pam LeBlanc at Texas Monthly (https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/professional-bull-riding-rodeo-wrapped-in-rock-concert/).

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