The Sport Of Bull Riding

Bull riding is known as the “toughest sport on dirt”. It does not just take physical strength to stay on the back of a 2000 pound, spinning, bucking bull. There is multiple things going on at the same time to get your eight seconds on the back of a monster. Later in this paper you will learn about the sport of bull riding.
The sport of bull riding started off in charreades, the competition of ranch and horse skills that started the sport off. Bull riding was evolved from the old time sport of bull fighting which riders would get on the bull and they would literally ride it to death. Then it later evolved into a sport where they just rode the bull until it didn’t buck any more.
In 1936 bull riding was a very popular event in the rodeo world but lacked standardized rules. In the year of 1936 it changed when the cowboy’s turtle association was made. This changed bull riding. In 1945 the name changed to rodeo cowboys association and became the professional rodeo cowboys association (PRCA).
Bull riders peeled off from the traditional rodeo and created their own group with their own rules. They believed that bull riding was the most popular event in the rodeos. Ty Murray, tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert all put 1,000 dollars of their own money into the making of the PBR. In the past year the PBR has paid more than 9 million to riders and 2 million to stock contractors. Today over 1200 riders from 5 countries hold memberships. Now bull riding is the fastest growing sport in the United States. A couple famous bull riders from the past that you may know are lane frost and tuff