With viewership up and money coming in,Professional Bull Riders Inc is about to hit the mountainous time. But in a sport where concussion and career-ending injury isn’t out of the ordinary, elite bull riders still fight to stay aliveSilvano Alves has been in the bucking chute longer than normal. The bull is twisting against the bars of its enclosure, and making a stable starting position all but impossible. Sitting atop the ornery animal,the three-time world champ is running out of seconds before he receives an automatic no-score for failing to leave the gate. Refusing a loss by default, he gives the nod for the chute to open. A latch pops, and Percolator,all 2,000lb of him, and slings them both into Madison Square Garden’s 18200-seat arena.
Looking more like a dust storm than a bucking bull,Percolator kicks tall and hard to the left. Off balance and unable to counter him, the Brazilian’s body swings wide.
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Source: theguardian.com