Why bull-riding is becoming more popular
It is America’s most dangerous sport
THE RIDER is young, pale, thin-boned, fragile-looking. In a narrow pen, he tightens straps and lowers himself astride the bare back of a brown, 900kg (2,000lb) bull. Its smell, and that of a dozen more behind the stage, is intense. It jolts a black metal gate and the stage vibrates. Even for an observer standing just above, adrenalin flows. Thousands roar as beast and man fly.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Masculinity on steroids”
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