Now, Maggie will probably end up bringing more women to the sport of bull riding because she loves what she does, and is good at it, than someone who was in it for the agenda. Enthusiasm and love for anything is more infectious and more inspiring than doing it so a race or a sex or a nationality can have a representative in it. Not every woman is ever going to want to do this, just like every man isn't going to want to do it either. Even if it means I am the lone hold out. :)
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sir Glen! does that mean you would never do it? maybe when I was younger I'd try one of those training bulls, you know because they have all these different classes and levels of bulls, danger levels...lol.
I would get on a beginner level bull, not the champion ones that can jump nine feet straight up! lol.
I agree though, her love for the sport is inpiring other girls. I say girls because it's a young, practically a kids sport. by the time they get to 25 they're almost retired from it!
They probably should. More limber when you're younger and potential to heal faster and without further complications, depending on the injuries, obviously. Still, I don't know if I'd be in favor of my granddaughter getting on a bull at any age, so there's that. Of course, at this point, she's kind of a daredevil, and would probably want to try it. :)
re: ride a bull
No, not really. I don't see the point. Nothing against rider or the bull. I'm just not that much of a thrill seeker. Don't like rollercoasters either. Or drops from heights.
hhhaha! you know how boring you sound? lol. no I hate the out of control feelings of rollercoasters. The bull riders...that's why there are thousand of professional rodeo cowboys and only 35 of them are bull riders!
Even THEY ain't that stupid! I guess I shouldn't call anyone doing that stupid but I think it's kinda stupid.
I'd say that there needs to be some kind of trait or skill or desire to make someone get on one of those, and hopefully there's a healthy dose of respect for the bull too. But there's probably some things like wanting to prove you can do it, or that you're better than the bull or some other rider, the accolades and admiration of the crowd, the money, the belief you won't get hurt or killed—there's got to be some mixture of some or all of that.
I don't have that mix. At this stage in my life, I don't want that mix. I wouldn't mind getting behind the wheel of Camaro SS or bigger and stopping on the gas, but I wouldn't get on a bull.
no sir I wouldn't either but there do has to be the mixture of those things you talked about that creates an addiction because when you get your back broke and know that you almost got paralyzed and you still have to do it?
that's something powerful, I'm sure her family tried to talk her out of it.
hey what to you know about The Alliance?
I've heard the name. That's it. I'm not even sure who to refer you too. Someone mention it to you or trying to recruit you? It may be a writing community of some kind with it's own set of standards you have to meet to get in. That's about it. I see some people have the alliance graphic at the bottom of their blogs. I haven't really ever inquired. Why?
why what? I thought you were going to bed early this week.
oh..ecoin said I should join and I said I don't know, have no idea what they do or stand for or anything.
Then his mom contacted me tonight and invited me so I was kind of stalling and that didn't go very well with her. she's tough!
then several of their members wrote me and said just save yourself some headaches and do the application. But I still have no idea what they do, I'm sure it's wonderful though, I guess engine witty founded it but I don't know anything about them either.
All I know so far is that they stick together and help each other and they have some impressive people in their group. so I'm assuming it's a great organization.