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La Professional Bull Riders (PBR) est une organisation professionnelle de rodéo sur taureau créée en 1992 par vingt cowboys qui en avait assez de la scène rodéo traditionnelle. Elle est installée à Pueblo, dans le Colorado. Les shows de la PBR sont diffusés aux États-Unis par NBC, Versus et Fox, et en France d'abord par Canal + puis Eurosport. Plus de huit cents cowboys provenant des États-Unis, du Canada, du Brésil, du Mexique et d'Australie sont membres de la PBR. Les cowboys participent à plus de cent compétitions par an, soit dans la Elite tour, soit dans la Built Ford Tough Series ou dans les deux ligues mineures la U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour pour avoir une chance de participer au PBR World Finals à Las Vegas. Les shows de la PBR se déroule d'abord en premier tour, appelé Built Ford Tough Series durant 31 shows, à travers les États-Unis, 45 des meilleurs cowboys sont en compétition pour être le mieux noté et ainsi être le premier. Le but étant de rester 8 secondes sur un taureau scellé, avec une seule main comme appui, et l'obligation d'avoir une main en l'air, sans tomber. Les critères de notes sont si le cowboy tient 8 secondes, mais aussi la difficulté, la performance et la technicité du taureau, ainsi que du cowboy. Les cowboys sont équipés au choix : d'un casque avec une grille, ou de leur traditionnel chapeau de cowboys, ainsi que d'un plastron sur le torse. À la fin de chaque show, les quinze mieux notés participent au short round où celui qui a les meilleurs notes de la compétition en entier est le vainqueur. À la fin, les meilleurs cowboys participent aux Finals à Las Vegas pour être le Champion du monde de la PBR, le vainqueur gagne alors une boucle de ceinture PBR et un prix de 9,5 millions de dollars. La PBR décerne aussi un prix aux meilleurs taureaux et à leurs éleveurs, ainsi des taureaux nommés Reindeer, Dr. Proctor, Walk this way, Holy Molly, Big Bucks ou Little yellow Jacket sont presque aussi connus que les cowboys qui les montent, aussi on peut trouver différents produits à l'effigie de ces animaux. Des cowboys tels que Justin McBride, double champion du monde, ou Adriano Moraes premier champion en 1994 et triple vainqueur, ou Mike Lee, sont de vraies stars aux États-Unis. De plus, chaque vainqueur amasse une petite fortune, et un classement est fait sur les riders qui ont le plus gagné durant les dernières années. Justin McBride est devenu le cowboy le plus riche de la PBR en 2007. La PBR a obtenu le titre de «sport le plus dangereux du pays» aux États-Unis.
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Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. PBR events are televised on CBS, CBS Sports Network, NBC, NBC Sports Network, and YouTube. More than 800 cowboys from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Mexico hold PBR memberships. The organization began in 1992 through the efforts of 21 professional bull riders, who gathered in a hotel room in Scottsdale, Arizona and each contributed $1000. Since that time, the organization has grown to include four tours which collectively stage over 300 events worldwide every year. Prize money has exploded from $250,000 in 1994 to over $11 million in 2008. The PBR's premier tour, the Built Ford Tough Series, includes 31 events across the country every year. Pyrotechnics, pulsating music and special effects open each event, and each features the top 30 riders in the world at the time (plus 10 alternates). The season culminates in Las Vegas, where the PBR World Finals are held. Riders attempt to stay on a bucking bull for eight seconds, and rides are judged based on both the rider's and the bull's performance, with two judges scoring the rider and two scoring the bull. At the end of each event, the top 15 riders compete in the short round, or "short go"; the rider with the highest point total from the entire event becomes the winner. Since 2007, PBR also hosts a team competition format called PBR World Cup, where 25 bull riders (altogether representing 5 different countries) compete to win the title of best bull riders in the world. Total viewership, including event attendees and the television audience, grew 51.93 percent between 2002 and 2004. In 2004, 16.4 million fans watched or attended a PBR event. In 2008, over 100 million watched the PBR on television, and over 1.7 million attended a live event. Randy Bernard became CEO of the PBR in 1995, a position he held until he resigned in 2010 to become the CEO of the Indy Racing League. On February 23, 2011, the PBR announced that Jim Haworth had become its new CEO. Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Mexico each have their own PBR tours, and money earned on those tours counts towards the U.S. qualifier standings and a spot in the PBR World Finals. The PBR publishes its own magazine, Pro Bull Rider, six times a year.
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Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. PBR events are televised on CBS, CBS Sports Network, NBC, NBC Sports Network, and YouTube. More than 800 cowboys from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Mexico hold PBR memberships. The organization began in 1992 through the efforts of 21 professional bull riders, who gathered in a hotel room in Scottsdale, Arizona and each contributed $1000. Since that time, the organization has grown to include four tours which collectively stage over 300 events worldwide every year. Prize money has exploded from $250,000 in 1994 to over $11 million in 2008. The PBR's premier tour, the Built Ford Tough Series, includes 31 events across the country every year. Pyrotechnics, pulsating music and special effects open each event, and each features the top 30 riders in the world at the time (plus 10 alternates). The season culminates in Las Vegas, where the PBR World Finals are held. Riders attempt to stay on a bucking bull for eight seconds, and rides are judged based on both the rider's and the bull's performance, with two judges scoring the rider and two scoring the bull. At the end of each event, the top 15 riders compete in the short round, or "short go"; the rider with the highest point total from the entire event becomes the winner. Since 2007, PBR also hosts a team competition format called PBR World Cup, where 25 bull riders (altogether representing 5 different countries) compete to win the title of best bull riders in the world. Total viewership, including event attendees and the television audience, grew 51.93 percent between 2002 and 2004. In 2004, 16.4 million fans watched or attended a PBR event. In 2008, over 100 million watched the PBR on television, and over 1.7 million attended a live event. Randy Bernard became CEO of the PBR in 1995, a position he held until he resigned in 2010 to become the CEO of the Indy Racing League. On February 23, 2011, the PBR announced that Jim Haworth had become its new CEO. Canada, Brazil, Australia, and Mexico each have their own PBR tours, and money earned on those tours counts towards the U.S. qualifier standings and a spot in the PBR World Finals. The PBR publishes its own magazine, Pro Bull Rider, six times a year.