Professional Bull Rider Survives Brutal Body Slam
Professional Bull Rider Survives Brutal Body Slam
Professional bull riders have balls. We all know that. Video of a professional bull rider who survives a brutal body slam has gone viral after an event in St. Louis, MO had an unusual incident.
The rider featured in the video, João Vieira, who goes by ‘JRV’, is part of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders). At an event in St. Louis he was riding a bull named, ‘Doze You Down’. And Doze You Down did just that. You can see the the bull do a handstand and pin the rider against a metal structure. It was a scary scene because you’d think one of them would but injured but thankfully and incredibly, both the bull and JRV are okay.
The video has reached over 1 million views already in just a few days and personally we’ve accounted for a few of those because it’s so hard to believe nothing bad happened.
Riders are thrown from their bulls pretty often but a scene like this, with a bull doing a HANDSTAND, has to be a rarity in the business.
Bull Riding Injuries
Bull riding is one of the many events at a rodeo. Each competition is different but the events don’t differ too much between rodeos. The bull riding portion does account of the most injuries at a rodeo according to research. One study, Linked Here, shows the breakdown of injuries that some bull riders suffer. As you can imagine, it’s a dangerous sport and not for the faint of heart. Bulls are also injured as a result of the riding as well.
Bull Riding For You?
Is bull riding for you? I can say almost positively that no one on the show has ever rode a bull or would consider it. Unless you count Dave, who as you may have heard wanted to run with the bulls in Spain! But luckily, he’s changed his mind on that one!
