The superstars of the rodeo arena are the bull riders, an elite group of athletes that risk life and limb for the sheer glory of conquering the beast. We meet Tanner Girletz and his travel partners: young men with a mission.
Tyler Thomson and his boys have been riding bulls for many years; several are past champions. They’ll compete at three different rodeos in the space of 24 hours, and travel 1,600kms to do it.
One of Canada’s superstar bulls will give one bull rider a chance to earn $20,000 if he can just hang on for eight seconds. Meanwhile, in the young gun’s truck, it’s buck off after buck off, and a former champ storms off the field.
Though it’s the middle of summer, it’s cowboy Christmas, a heap of rodeos all happening at the same time, which means the biggest opportunity to make a lot of money. It’ll kick off in Ponoka, Alberta.
Cowboy Christmas continues in Airdrie Alberta. Then, while one truck drives all night to get to Williams Lake, BC, the more mature and perhaps wealthier truck travels there by private plane. For one of the young guns, a home-town victory!
It’s the grand-daddy of them all, The Calgary Stampede. Three Hell On Hooves bull riders have qualified for this most prestigious event, and with $100,000 on the line, there’s no room for the slightest mistake, though injury will cost one competitor a great deal.
. Ponoka It’s a triangle of rodeos, as the boys travel from medicine hat to Strathmore for regular rodeo competition. Then, it’s bulls for breakfast at the big valley jamboree in Camrose, Alberta.
It’s a race to the finish line. Only the top 12 money-earning cowboys will qualify for the end of season finals. With just a few hundred dollars separating those who are on the bubble, they’ll put it all on the line as rodeos in Armstrong, Merritt, and Okotoks, all for a chance to get to the Edmonton finals.
The superstars of the rodeo arena are the bull riders, an elite group of athletes that risk life and limb for the sheer glory of conquering the beast. We meet Tanner Girletz and his travel partners: young men with a mission.
Tyler Thomson and his boys have been riding bulls for many years; several are past champions. They’ll compete at three different rodeos in the space of 24 hours, and travel 1,600kms to do it.
One of Canada’s superstar bulls will give one bull rider a chance to earn $20,000 if he can just hang on for eight seconds. Meanwhile, in the young gun’s truck, it’s buck off after buck off, and a former champ storms off the field.
Though it’s the middle of summer, it’s cowboy Christmas, a heap of rodeos all happening at the same time, which means the biggest opportunity to make a lot of money. It’ll kick off in Ponoka, Alberta.
Cowboy Christmas continues in Airdrie Alberta. Then, while one truck drives all night to get to Williams Lake, BC, the more mature and perhaps wealthier truck travels there by private plane. For one of the young guns, a home-town victory!
It’s the grand-daddy of them all, The Calgary Stampede. Three Hell On Hooves bull riders have qualified for this most prestigious event, and with $100,000 on the line, there’s no room for the slightest mistake, though injury will cost one competitor a great deal.
. Ponoka It’s a triangle of rodeos, as the boys travel from medicine hat to Strathmore for regular rodeo competition. Then, it’s bulls for breakfast at the big valley jamboree in Camrose, Alberta.
It’s a race to the finish line. Only the top 12 money-earning cowboys will qualify for the end of season finals. With just a few hundred dollars separating those who are on the bubble, they’ll put it all on the line as rodeos in Armstrong, Merritt, and Okotoks, all for a chance to get to the Edmonton finals.