Professional Bull Riding – Express Classic

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Friday night SuperPizzaBoy and I attended the Professional Bull Riders Express Classic here in Tulsa at the BOK Center.

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I had never been to one before. It was a cross between a fireworks show, rock concert, and a rodeo. Their was fire, flame, and loud music.

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The United States Air Force swore in a whole load of recruits. The crowd cheered the “Young Warriors.”

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There was a mouthy, hip hop, sarcastic clown with his own mike. He was giving the crowd, the contestants, and the announcers a lot of lip. Apparently, he is famous. He is going to be at Bass Pro in Broken Arrow if you would like to go see him.

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And of course, they had pretty girls who apparently were wearing theirlittle sister’s clothes because they didn’t quite fit or cover everything.

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We had demonstrations on the latest on lawn mowing technology.

But mainly we had bulls and bull riders, lots of them. I grew up in small towns all over the west and attended lots of rodeos. The bull riding event was the favorite but it wasn’t like this.

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These bulls are big and powerful. In the contest between cowboy and bull, the bulls won. Not very many riders were able to go the eight seconds.

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Cowboys were flying left and right. One landed on his head, one got kicked in the face, and another got pushed down in the back. Professional Bull Riding was the original extreme sport and is considered the most dangerous event in sports.

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Many of the cowboys are from Brazil. They are very tough looking guys.

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We rate the event at five smiles out of five.

Check out the PBR web site, lots of good information there. There is an extensive section on their policies and procedures on animal welfare. Included is a lot of information on injury rates.

13 thoughts on “Professional Bull Riding – Express Classic

  1. DrillerAA09

    I cannot imagine climbing on one of those animals and thinking that it was a good idea. Great photo set of what looks like a very exciting evening.

  2. Birdman

    That clown sounds like a real ‘bass masterbbasster’ and an all around pain in the a$$. hahahaha Now, the girls that’s another subject all together.

  3. Sylvia K

    Fun post and great shots for the day! I bet that both of you had a terrific time! It does look like fun! Enjoy your weekend!!

    Sylvia

  4. EG Wow

    I think you are enjoying having a teenage son to take to such places. SuperPizzaBoy rated it 5 smiles out of 5 but I think maybe you did too. You cracked me up with the comment about the pretty girls wearing their little sisters’ clothes. 🙂

  5. Barb

    I want to say “only in OK,” but I’m afraid you’ll get mad at me. SPB looks plenty pleased with the show, though.

  6. Ellen

    We haven’t been to a PBR event in quite a while. The last time we went Shiloh was very small and cried because he couldn’t ride the bulls. I do remember that it was a real production and it looks like it hasn’t changed. PBR headquarters is in Pueblo and is a beautiful building on the riverwalk. Looks like you had fun!

  7. Gemel

    Yahoo, looks like a lot of fun and excitement. We have rodeos here too, I have heard that they have children riding sheep the same way as their dads. They are called the mutton busters………

  8. SandyCarlson

    I’m glad you men had fun. Looks like quite a blending of American stuff–patriotism, lawn cutting, and taming the wild. All good. What fun. I love that portrait of your son.

  9. Oklahoma Granny

    So glad you guys had fun at the PBR. I grew up going to rodeos almost every weekend and my all-time favorite event is bullriding. Unfortunately for me my dad always wanted to beat the crowd out of the parking area so I only got to watch a couple of bullriders per rodeo back then. It’s different now. This past week was the Coffeyville (KS) Fair and Rodeo and we attended 3 times. And I did see every last bull rider.

  10. Baloney

    You know I love a good rodeo. I was tempted to bring my boys to see PBR!
    Ft. Worth has a fantastic stock show rodeo each year. We got to watch the bronc bustin for my kids’ radio watching debut.

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