>> Melanie: GRAB YOUR
COWBOY HATS AND BOOTS.
VETERAN MEMORIAL WILL BE THE
HOME OF PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDING
THIS WEEKEND.
THE JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL
SPURS INTO ACTION, SATURDAY
EVENING WITH THE BEST, I MEAN
THE BEST BULL RIDERS HEADING TO
AFTERNOON.
I COVERED THIS EVENT BACK IN
2015 AND I'M NO PROFESSIONAL BUT
I DID RIDE A BULL.
THIS MORNING I ACTUALLY GOT SEE
HOW LONG I COULD STAY ON, I WAS
A LITTLE NERVOUS.
>>> YOU THINK HE'LL STOP MOVING?
>>> I AM ON A BULL AND I DON'T
THINK I LIKE IT.
I THINK HE'S GOING TO CRUSH MY
FEET.
>>> SO THAT WAS WOLF DOG.
I WAS VERY, VERY NERVOUS.
THOSE THINGS ARE HUGE, HEAVY,
RIDES THEM WELL.
A PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDER.
I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR YOU,
BECAUSE YOU GUYS DON'T
NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT IS --
WHICH BULL YOU'RE GETTING ON,
RIGHT BEFORE THE COMPETITION.
YOUR CAN'T PRACTICE ON THE
CALIBER OF BULL YOU'LL BE ON
THIS WEEKEND.
TELL ME HOW YOU GOT INTO THIS
CRAZY PLACE?
>>> MY DAD RODE BULLS.
AND WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD HE
STARTED ON IT WILL ME ON LITTLE
BULLS.
>> Melanie: WHAT IS A LITTLE
BULL LIKE.
>>> A CUTE STEER 800 POUNDS.
>> Melanie: AT FOUR YEARS OLD.
REALLY?
>> SHE DIDN'T CARE.
BECAUSE SHE'S MARRIED TO ONE.
SENSE.
TELL US WHAT LIFE IS LIKE, YOU
WERE BAKE I E BASICALLY IN A
COMPETITION EVERY WEEKEND.
>> GOY HOME AND DURING THE WEEK
AND I RAISE QUARTER HORSES THERE
IN TEXAS.
AND JUST I'M A COWBOY THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.
BUT, LOVE RIDING BULLS AND
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
>>> AND YOU ARE GOOD, I MEAN
YOU'RE IN THE TOP 35, YOU SAID
BEFORE.
WHAT DOES IT REQUIRE TO REALLY
NUMBER?
>>> JUST DON'T LET GO.
DON'T REFUSE TO LOSE, I GUESS.
>>> IS THA YOU?
>>> THAT'S MY REAL GOO BUDDY.
>> Melanie: ARE YOU KIDDING ME
EXPERIENCE.
IF YOU WERE MY KID I WOULD
LITERALLY PULL YOU AND LOCK YOU
IN A CLOSET SOMEWHERE.
HOW DOW YOU LAND AND NOT GET
HURT.
>> SOMETIMES YOU DON'T LAND AND
GET HURTT.
>> Melanie: WHAT IS THE KEY
HERE?
WE SEE WOMEN RIDE THEM I BARS.
MECHANICAL ONES, NOTHING LIKE
THAT, RIGHTING?
>>> THAT ONE HAS A HEARTBEAT AND
A BRAIN OF HIS OWN.
HE WAS RIDING GOOD AND RIGHT
THERE HE JUMPS OUT OF IT AND
THROWS HIM OFF HE MADE THE
>> TERRIFYING.
AND THE BULL, ARE THEY -- THEY
HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOU'RE RIDING A
SPECIFIC BULL DO YOU DO RESEARCH
>>> YOU CAN, YES, MA'AM.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN
QUESTION WITH MAY HAVE SEEN THEM
BEFORE AND ALSO TIMES YOU KNOW,
YOUNG AND UP COMING BULLS WE
HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.
YOU JUST HAVE TO GO OFF OF BASIC
INSTINCT IT WILL IT HAPPEN.
>> Melanie: AND THE ADRENALINE
IT.
>> YES, MA'AM.
IT IS AN ENTERTAINMENT FOR
EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW KIDS AND
ADULTS AS QUELL.
>> Melanie: HOW LONG DO YOU
THINK YOU CAN DO THIS?
>> PROBLEMMABLY AS LONG AS MY
BODY WILL LET ME.
WE HAVE TWO RIDERS ON TOUR RIGHT
SO.
>> Melanie: THAT'S OLD.
>> NOT OLDER, BUT OLD, YES.
AN INJURY.
>>> YES, MA'AM.
I HAD PULL IING NO ON WOOD NOT
VERY BROKE BONES.
>>> AND YOU'RE IN IT.
YOU'RE IN IT YOU'RE IN IT.
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> Melanie: YOU WIN MONEY FOR
EVERY ONE.
IT IS REALLY YOUR CAREER AS YOU
ENJO BEING A COWBOY.
COWBOY.
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE.
>>> MY BULL RIDING STUFF U.
>> Melanie: IS THIS PROTECT
JIVE YES, MA'AM, KIND OR FOR
BLING YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAY.
THIS RIGHT HERE, THIS WAS DESIGN
BIDS OUR STOCK COORDINATOR AND
LAMBERT.
SPECIAL?
>> THAT IS MY LITTLE DAUGHTERS
AND.
>>>.
>>> IF SHE WANTS TO.
SUPPORT IT.
>> Melanie: JEN IS SHAKING HER
HEAD.
GOOD LUC, GOOD LUCK.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Melanie: IF YOU WANT TO SEE
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