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2016 PBR World Finals November 2nd Highlights

Professional Bull Riding contests are exciting and exhilarating for the spectators and the riders because they involve great feats of human agility, mental alertness and tenacity. Although each rider competes to stay put on the back of the bucking bull for only eight seconds, those eight seconds can mean glory and a pot of gold or a dislocated shoulder or even a broken neck.

Riders aside, the bulls share the limelight and elicit as much admiration and praise as the riders. The names of successful bulls such as Bushwacker and Astroid are legendary in the sport. They have been called incredible and invincible as Bushwacker for example.

Some readers do not know perhaps that when the sport started in the 1990s, the most difficult animals to ride, whether horses or bulls, were chosen for the competitions. But nowadays horses and bulls are ‘bred to buck’ with the welfare of the animal fully taken in consideration. Actually the welfare of the animal involved is the criterion behind those eight seconds beyond which the contest does not.

These are some of the highlights of the first night.

November 3, 2016
The Bug Squad

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When we take over, you will neither need costly contracts with pest-control companies nor environmentally harmful chemical pesticides. We guarantee pest eradication at a minimal cost as we merely ask for some congenial habitat to live & multiply in. Yes, believe it or not, that is all we, bees, wasps, praying mantises & other members of the Squad ask for! The congenial habitat can be shrubs with lots of foliage, hedges or even garden pots full of reeds or wood cotton where we can lie in ambush for the pests threatening your plants. We propagate quietly in the home you provide us so as not to waste precious time commuting. Our camouflage is perfectly in harmony with the prevalent local colors & we are on duty twenty-four seven & at no extra pay!

We gladly adhere to the ‘all you can eat’ formula; so the minute those horrid pests venture into your garden or field, they will be gobbled up by members of the Squad. No, no! No photography, please; the team is not keen on glamour in the media although we are all cute & fashionably colorful. Over and above the ‘all you can eat’ rule, we are also keen observers of ‘service on a first come, first get devoured’ basis. In a mere few days, you will see the difference our diligence & voracious appetite have achieved & you can enjoy your organic plants or produce in full peace of mind courtesy of the Bug Squad.

Manti

Bug Squad CEO

August 29, 2016
Interesting Facts About Horses

There is no doubt that horses are beautiful and graceful animals to look at. They are not pets though. You cannot place a horse on your lap and stroke it as you do with a cat nor can you allow it to jump on to your bed as your poodle does. They are also more demanding and more costly to keep. But when well trained and when the right jokey is riding it, your horse can not only confer celebrity status on you, it can fetch you a fortune.

Some men might refuse to wake up very early in the morning to drive their kids to school but a horse-lover would get up at dawn to clean his horse’s stable and take it for a ride. Generally speaking females (mares) are known to be more sensitive and nervous than males but one general claim about horses needs refuting. It is claimed that horses are generally cowardly but popular lore is full of stories about horse courage and intelligence. Can all that be fiction? Surely not thorough-bred horses or at least not all horses are cowardly.

Horses are normally gregarious animals that fight over females but not over territories. It has been noticed that when a domesticated horse is released into the wild, it sheds all traces of its domestication very quickly, reverting back to the wild in a jiffy! And although elephants and camels are proverbially famed for their memories, horses actually have better memories than either.

Cartoon pictures often show horses curling their upper lip and pressing it backwards as if to laugh but this are done so as to enhance their sense of smell. Anatomically, this increases their capacity to smell from a perfume or lotion on the hand stroking their necks to whether a mare is on heat.
The famous proverb about ‘looking a horse in the teeth’ points to the prominence of teeth in a horse’s head; they actually take more space than a horse’s brain! An adult stallion normally has 40 teeth while a mare had 36.
Last though perhaps not least, horse’s meat is sold and eaten in some parts of the world including Europe. However, not many restaurants offer horse-meat dishes on their menus. Many people would not even consider trying horse meat.

August 15, 2016
One-on-One with Bull-Riding Champions of 2008 and 2014

The CEO (CEO Sean Gleason) mentioned that:

The TV coverage & actual attendance have grown tremendously over the years as did the financial side. Twenty years ago the PBR founders started with $1000 each; to-day it’s an international sport worth $45 Million. This years there 17 competitors from Australia, 13 from Brazil. There are American competitors of course & others from Canada & elsewhere. The Finals have been held in Las Vegas, NV for 22 consecutive years & will continue to be held in Las Vegas, NV for 3 more years. The PBR officials & the City officials are pleased to announce the extension of the agreement between them.

“CEO Gleason- Guilherme – JB-USA- _Trophy” by LA Studio Supreme & PBR Inc

Interview With J.B. Mauney, 2008 PBR World Champion

1-Do you change your style or technique when riding different bulls?

— Every time I try to go the same way & hold on as long as I can.

2-How long have you been in this sport?

— I have been taking part in bull riding for 14 years.

3-When did you start training?

— at 5 years old.

4-Do you like your son to ride bulls in the future if he would like it?

— I would love it if a son of mine liked the sport & would encourage him.

5-Do you think you would like to train youngsters in the future on bull riding?

— yes, I speak about the sport to youngsters at school & might train them when I retire.

6-Is there a retirement age for a professional bull rider?

— A bull rider retires when his body tells him it can take no more. One knows how one’s body holds & it’s the body that decides when it’s time it’s time to retire. Bull riding is more difficult for tall men than for short men because the body needs to bend & contort less if the rider is short.

7-Is it different when you ride the same bull a second time?

— when you ride the same bull twice it can give you an understanding of what tricks he might do but bulls are smart animals. They too can sense the rider’s fear or hesitancy & they can become meaner. It can be dangerous.

8-What do you think when you are on the bull for those seconds?

— In the ride, I only think to hold on and to never let loose.

9-Are bulls smart?

— Bulls are smart like horses.

10-Would you participate in Bull Riding competitions outside the US?

— I traveled to Brazil & Canada & would not object to traveling to any country for the sport even as far as China. Where the venue is held is where bulls & riders would go. So far it had not been held in China.

11-How are the bulls chosen for PBR competitions?

— The bulls come from all over USA or local breeders in international events. If PBR thinks that the bull has what it takes to go for this sport, they bring it. It’s tested & if it is fit for the sport, it is on.

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“Stetson Lawrence-USA, ND- with trophy” by LA Studio Supreme & PBR Inc

Interview with Guilherme Marchi, 2014 PBR World Champion :

1-Do you change your style or technique when riding different bulls?

— Every ride is different even if it’s the same bull. No two rides are ever the same.

2-When did you start training?

— I started training at 16 years of age.

3-Do you like your son to ride bulls in the future if he would like it?

— yes, I would love it if my son loved the sport & took to it.

4-Do you think you would like to train youngsters in the future on bull riding?

— I would gladly train youngsters in the sport.

5-What do you think when you are on the bull for those seconds?

— When he’s on the bull’s back, all he’s thinking is ‘ 8 seconds, 8 seconds’

“world champions next to trophy” by LA Studio Supreme & PBR Inc

Interviews Conducted By : Tarek Kazamel exclusive for “CherryBuzz ”

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October 25, 2015
Amazing Facts about bull riding sport

Bull Riding has become a major sport not only in America but worldwide and is attracting fans from all over the globe. It has long ceased to be a mere attraction at the end of Rodeos and has proved itself capable of being an independent sport with its international acclaim, its champions, its ‘Bull of the Year’, and its staunch fans.

Bull Riding is not new, it has been practiced in old Mexico for centuries as part of contests in horsemanship skills. Some even trace it further back to the Minoan-mycenaean civilization of ancient Crete (3000-1100 B.C.). From these ancient times when the bull played a role in important religious ceremonies, the practice travelled, like all cultural phenomena, across Europe, e. g. Spanish bull fighting, to Mexico. From there, it was taken over by the cowboys in USA as part training in horsemanship skills and as a contest in endurance.

It has naturally evolved from those early beginnings and now has its ruled and its official organizers, Professional Bull Riders, Inc, the international organization in charge of the sport since 1992. Their first headquarters was in Colorado Springs, Colorado from where they moved to their present offices in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.

Riding a bull for eight seconds might seem easy till one remembers that the bull is bucking and the rider has the use of only one hand gripping a rope tied round the belly of the bull. Some forms of the contest are more exciting-scary because of the position of the rider which could potentially tip him over the bull’s horns. These can be lethal even after being shorn. There are other risks if the rider falls; he might too entangled in the rope to free himself in time or could be trampled by the animal. All that probably adds to the excitement if the sport.

The number of countries now taking part in the sport had increased to include Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and China besides the USA of course. Total viewership whether via the screen or by actually attending events has also increased dramatically with the number estimated to have been 101.7 million in 2008. Furthermore, its revenues have rocketed from over $330,000 in 1994 to over $11 million in 2008. Two-time defending World Champion, Silvano Alves, amassed a hefty $1,464,775 last year alone. The culmination of the Bull Riding contests is the World Finals which will take place in Las Vegas later this month.

October 4, 2015