Bull riding is a dangerous sport. Bull riding is exactly what it sounds like. The riders who are called cowboys tie one of there hands securely to the bull with a bull rope. once the gate opens the rider must try to stay on the kicking and raging bull for eight seconds.

During the eight second ride anything can happen. The two thousand pound bull can buck you off and gorge you with one of its long horns. this can causee very serious damage. Many cowboys have died by the bulls horns. If the cowboy doesnt die from the injury then they may be done with bull riding.

The most dangerous part of bull riding is when either the eight seconds are up or the cowboy is bucked off early. Once that happens the riders main goal is to get away from the bull. Sometimes the bull will chase the rider down and attack him. The rider can be trampled on or thrown in to the air and land on the hard ground.

Concussions are common in the sport of bull riding. While the rider is trying to get away the bull that is still kicking and bucking may hit the rider in the head. Not all of the bull riders where helmets, some riders receive worse concussions than others.