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What
a great kick off for the 2009 Extreme Bullriding Tour! Friday,
January 2nd found a phenomenal group of fans having a wonderful time
watching outstanding bull riding and then dancing up a storm with Mark
Keaton and Aces High. What could be better? Saturday night!
The crowd was even bigger, the arena was full of positive energy and the
dance following was the final performance of Mark Keaton and Aces High as
the band is disbanding.
Both
nights the arena was pulsing with the spirit of a new year and a new tour
and everyone including the bulls were anxious to “strut their stuff”.
328 Sea Bass continues to make a name for himself with his
“moves” that make riding him extremely hard.
He is used to winning his match ups but on Friday night Chance
Roberts proved victorious making the 8-second whistle.
Skeeter Kingsolver wasn’t so lucky on Saturday night when Sea
Bass added another victim to his buck off list.
For the second event in a row Sea Bass was named Bull of the Event.
I’m no Dr. Doolittle but sometimes the way these bulls buck you
would think they are out to win the Bull of the Event award!
Chance
Roberts not only rode Sea Bass on Friday night adding his name to a very
short list of men to accomplish this feat but his skill won him the event
with 176 points and $1.930.50. Second
place went to 2008 Extreme Tour Rookie of the Year, Ty Redman with 173
points. Ty took home $
1,452.50 for his efforts. The
Bullriders of America and the National Federation of Professional
Bullriders were the sanctioning associations.
In
the Junior Bull Riding there were two qualified rides. Garrett Wren took
first place with a 77-points ride for $ 195.00 and James Barta was second
with 75 points for $130.00. Double
S Bull Company will once again sponsor the Extreme Junior Bull Riding
Series. The high dollar winner
for the season will be the Series Champion and receive a Frontier Trophy
Buckle.
Announcer
Brandon McLagan had lots to talk about.
Funnyman, Allan Dessel, brings a full plate of jokes and specialty
acts to each performance giving
Brandon
lots of opportunities to play straight man to his antics.
The
tribute to our U. S. Armed Forces which was lead by Mark Keaton was very
special as Dakota Crase and Michael Oakes from Oklahoma National Guards
participated in uniform. Dakota
is the son of Todd and Tammy Crase of White Buffalo Productions.
No bull
riding would be complete without the bullfighters - the men who provide
protection for the riders in the arena.
Putting their lives on the line for the riders were Andy Thompson
and Jeremy Muntz – the Extreme Teams version of the “Dynamic Duo”!
Two
special ladies added to the pageantry of the night as well as interacting
with the fans. Hannah
Hilsabeck, Winterset, IA, is Miss Extreme 2009 and also serves as our flag
bearer. Abby McDonald, Aurora, NE is our Extreme Princess.
Last year Abby raised $5091 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the
fight against breast cancer by selling 50/50
tickets during the bull riding. At the end of the bull riding a
winner is drawn and they receive 50% of the money with the other 50% going
to the foundation. In 2009 both ladies will be joining forces to
once again raise funds for this very worthy cause.
It
was a great start to a new year from the opening ceremonies to the last
dance. A wonderful memory to
start the year!
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