bull rider

Eight-second athlete

A bull rider is someone who competes in rodeo by attempting to stay mounted on a bucking bull for eight seconds.

The sport requires grip strength, balance, and tolerance for being thrown.

Bull riding is considered one of the most dangerous rodeo events: He spent fifteen years as a professional bull rider before his knees gave out.

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arena · chaps · spurs · eight seconds · hang on · chute · rope · dust · clown · bareback · livestock · western · hat · boots · grit · adrenaline · broken bones · roughstock

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participant role

bull riderspectator

Observer at an event

bystander · onlooker · observer · viewer · couch potato

risk-taking profession

bull rideraccountant

Financial records keeper

desk jockey · office worker · bureaucrat · librarian · actuary

relationship to the bull

bull riderbucking bull

Rodeo animal that throws riders

bull · rodeo bull · bronc

Family

bull, rider, bulls, bullish, ride, rides, rode, riding, ridden

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G