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Fried Twinkies, Buckle Bunnies, & Bull Riders: A Year Inside the Professional Bull Riders Tour
by
Josh Peter
In this intimate look at a fascinating subculture, award-winning sports journalist Josh Peter takes readers along on the Professional Bull Riders tour to witness the death-defying confrontation between man and beast that has made bull riding the fastest growing sport in the world. Success in this sport is measured in seconds--staying on a bull for 8 seconds without ge...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
October 1st 2006
by Rodale Books
(first published October 14th 2005)
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Even if you are not a fan of professional bull riding, inarguably the most dangerous sport in the world, this is a riveting insider’s look (OK, I’ll admit it—I’m a card-carrying member of the official PBR fan club, but not quite a "buckle bunny"). Peter, a sports writer for the New Orleans Times-Picuayune, follows these tougher-than-dirt cowboy athletes, the bulls they battle and those in charge of putting on the show around for a year of deadly wrecks, awesome rides and legendary wor...more
Entertaining and well-written account of a year in the PBRT. I liked learning the history of the the PBRT as well as the profiles of the bull riders. Each chapter ends with a chart of that venue's concession offerings and their commentary on fried twinkies, which was a fun touch.
A really fine book on the modern day rodeo/bull riding scene. a lot of humor and real life goings on. The grind is like that of professional wrestling or concert life. If you only read one book about rodeos and bull riding, even if you're not a fan, then this is the one.
Although I liked the subject matter (something I knew nothing about before reading the book) I thought it was a bit dry at times. I'm sure that the author could have made it much more exciting. Still, a good read.
This book was very insightful to my newest obsession (bull riding) I am the least likely to like, wait, love this sport, and this gave me all the background info I needed to be a bucklebunny in training.
You can take the guy out of the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the guy.
Guilty pleasure at its finest.
Guilty pleasure at its finest.
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I have talked to this arthuor if u dont like bull riding u wont like the book.
If you're a bull riding fan, read this book. If you just don't get it, read this book.
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