Post by pabs on Jul 14, 2002 23:36:03 GMT -5
Well, keeping up with some great Texas traditions, last night I attended the Cowboys of Color 2002 Southwest Tour Invitational Rodeo.
As you can guess by the name, it was an event organized mostly for black cowboys, although there were some white and hispanic cowboys.
The first and the last events were bull riding. Now let me tell you something: those guys are crazy. Riding a 1900 lb bull takes big cojones and a loose screw in your head. The event basically consists of riding the bull for 8 seconds and they get graded on style. Of course I had heard at some point that those bulls are "motivated" to buck by applying pressure in their most sensitive parts, but we were told that this is not the case.
I can't remember the name of the second event but it basically goes like this: the cowboy is on a horse and he starts from this little box. The objective of the event is to chase a calf, then they have to jump from the horse to the ground as they get a hold of the calf, and then they grab it by the horns and make it fall to the ground and roll on its back. By the time they jump from the horse to the ground, we were told they were going at some 40 mph.
The next even was calf-roping. In this event they also chase a claf (200 lbs we were told) and they have to rope it from the horse. Then they have to pick it up, put in on the ground and tie 3 of its legs with another rope. At this time the time is stopped, but they still have to jump back on the horse and put some slack on the main rope and wait for 6 seconds to see if the calf can release itself from the rope.
The next event was the horse riding which is the same thing as the bull riding except on a horse.
The other event was for females and it involved riding a horse around 3 barrels. My 2 companions were also members of the talijuan so during this event we kept discussing optimal racing lines and braking points and comparing "sector times". It was funny though because I guess someone thought we were "experts" and kept asking for our opinion.
It was an interesting evening. This was my first time going to a rodeo and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it.
As you can guess by the name, it was an event organized mostly for black cowboys, although there were some white and hispanic cowboys.
The first and the last events were bull riding. Now let me tell you something: those guys are crazy. Riding a 1900 lb bull takes big cojones and a loose screw in your head. The event basically consists of riding the bull for 8 seconds and they get graded on style. Of course I had heard at some point that those bulls are "motivated" to buck by applying pressure in their most sensitive parts, but we were told that this is not the case.
I can't remember the name of the second event but it basically goes like this: the cowboy is on a horse and he starts from this little box. The objective of the event is to chase a calf, then they have to jump from the horse to the ground as they get a hold of the calf, and then they grab it by the horns and make it fall to the ground and roll on its back. By the time they jump from the horse to the ground, we were told they were going at some 40 mph.
The next even was calf-roping. In this event they also chase a claf (200 lbs we were told) and they have to rope it from the horse. Then they have to pick it up, put in on the ground and tie 3 of its legs with another rope. At this time the time is stopped, but they still have to jump back on the horse and put some slack on the main rope and wait for 6 seconds to see if the calf can release itself from the rope.
The next event was the horse riding which is the same thing as the bull riding except on a horse.
The other event was for females and it involved riding a horse around 3 barrels. My 2 companions were also members of the talijuan so during this event we kept discussing optimal racing lines and braking points and comparing "sector times". It was funny though because I guess someone thought we were "experts" and kept asking for our opinion.
It was an interesting evening. This was my first time going to a rodeo and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed it.
