Dive deep into the mindset, grit, and legacy of one of the greatest bull riders of all time. Two-time PBR World Champion bull rider J.B. Mauney reminisces about his 15-year career with the PBR and the career-ending broken neck he suffered at a PRCA rodeo, in Lewiston, Idaho, nine months after qualifying for his first NFR, in a new 15-minute mini-documentary produced by Monster Energy.
What’s Inside:
JB’s raw thoughts on pushing through pain & injuries
The wreck that ended his career – a moment that shook the rodeo world
Exclusive insights into his legacy & future
I was part of a 24-hour caregiving team for a kid who was trampled by a bull. His life ambition was to heal up enough to crawl back on one. Last I knew, he still couldn't get a driver's license because they couldn't keep his seizures under control.
ReplyDeleteYou, gotta be kinda crazy to be a bull rider..
ReplyDeleteI watched a video about Lane Frost last week. It's a story about his ride on a bull named Takin Care of Business in July 1989,.... It didn't end well.
Lane Frost died of his injuries from that ride...
It's on a Tube channel named extreme if anyone wants to check it out
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Lane's death is why bull riders now wear Kevlar (at least I think it's Kevlar) vests. It spreads the weight of the bull out.
DeleteYep, they started experimenting with the vests and helmets after Lane's death....
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They really got serious about helmets after Bodacious fucked up Tuff Hedeman.
DeleteRodeo is a hard way to make a living and bull riders are a whole different level....
DeleteI would love to make it to the National Finals one year..
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I've been to more rodeos than I can count, but I've never been to a PBR event. I always swore I'd go but something always came up.
DeleteAnd Tuff got that name before he rode Bodacious. He certainly earned it with that ride.
DeleteBodacious sure fucked up Tuff's whole day, didn't he?
DeleteThat was a fun video.
ReplyDeleteJ.B. is one in a billion, isn't he? Sticking with "Plan A" worked out well for him and his 'Big Old Dogs'.
I remember watching him his rookie year and thinking he was going to be one of the greats. It wasn't just his riding and balancing instincts but his can-do attitude as well.
DeleteWhat trips me out is that he made it to 36 years of age in a sport where most kids call it quits after a few seasons.
There was one kid, can't remember his name, about 15 years ago that was cocky as hell and an exceptional bull rider. He was staying on bulls that nobody else could ride, then one night a bull bucked him off and then went after him. The bull wouldn't let him get up and was rolling him around on the ground with his horns. When they finally got the bull away from him, that kid had a look of pure fear on his face. Suddenly his cockiness was gone and he never came back for the next season.
I was an x-ray tech. Guy walks in on a monday. Says he hurt his ankle on saturday and it still hurts. I took the pick and it's shattered. He's walking on it! Asked him what he did and he said "Bull rider". Messed it up at the local rodeo. Bull rider and Bronc rider are the toughest people I have ever met.
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