Bull Rider Gets F’n Slammed But Survives
Holy crap. This video in The Pit is spectacularly stunning and the announcer totally hits it on the head in the first few seconds; wait ’til you hear what he says. You have to be brave to just watch this video which shows a bull rider get slammed into a wall about zero seconds into his ride at a recent bull riding event.
“That became a five-second example of why you may not want to become a bull rider.” -announcer
I’m not sure the word, “slammed” is strong enough to describe what the bull does to this guy. What’s a few steps beyond slammed? Maybe crushed? What about obliterated? How about demolished?
Incredibly, the rider walked away from the whole thing. Which is so damn badass that I can’t hardly believe it. The dude is made of steel.
The slam of this guy’s lifetime happened at a Professional Bull Riders Association event in St. Louis over the weekend. The bull rider goes by JRV. His real name is João Vieira and let me tell you one thing: my man is one tough freakin’ dude.
The bull he is riding doesn’t even get out of the gate before pinning JRV up against the stall of the pen. The bull goes straight up and down vertically on his front legs and that poor dude bends almost in half backward because he has zero time to react to the freaking disaster that is this particular ride. Not just that though, because slamming this poor guy to the wall isn’t quite enough punishment for this bull to hand out, the beast gives João on more massive kick to the back of the head as a going-away prize.
Seriously, bull riders are the baddest-ass m/f’rs on the planet dude. This video is insane. Watch with one eye closed as this bull rider gets slammed into a wall. UGH.