Professional Bull Rider Canada Cup Series, supported by Global Calgary

Calgary is a premier stop on the Professional Bull Rider (PBR) Canada’s 2021 Canada Cup Series featuring the top bull riders in the world against the best bulls in the industry. Get your tickets for October 23 at the Nutrien Western Event Centre, a night of heart-pounding, bone-crushing action, fans can look forward to seeing a star-studded line-up of athletes.

The PBR 2021 Canada Cup Series showcases Canada’s top cowboys and some of the top PBR international athletes as they battle the rankest bucking bulls. It’s man vs. beast wrapped in the glitz and glamour that only the PBR can provide.

The PBR IS NOT a rodeo – it’s over two hours of intense bull riding action!

FAST FACTS:

• 600 tons of dirt is brought in each weekend for a PBR event.
• Over 50 bucking bulls are brought to the event.
• It takes a crew of 30 guys to set up for 36 hours for the show to take place.
• An average PBR bucking bull weighs 1700-2000 lbs.
• An average bull rider weighs 140 lbs.

TALK like a COWBOY:

• Rank – A bull that is very difficult to ride is considered ‘rank’.
  • “That bull right there, he’s a rank one, I tell ya.”
• Cover – When a rider ‘covers’ his bull, he has successfully ridden a bull for 8 seconds.
  • “Hell yeah, he covered that one.”
• Draw – An event’s list of bull riders and the bulls they are paired with.
  • “Dustin, what’d you draw tonight?”
• Down in the well- Saying is used by riders to describe a situation in which a bull is spinning in one direction and the force of the spin pulls the rider down the side of the bull into the motion’s vortex.
  • “Ah he’s done for, he’s got him down in the well.”
• Fades – A bull that fades during a ride moves backward while simultaneously spinning or bucking in one or more directions.
  • “Oh shucks, he’s gonna buck him off cuz he’s fadin’ fast.”
• Muley– Term used to describe a bull without horns.
  • “He done got stepped on by that brown muley.”