WELCOME PBR ( Professional Bull Riders ) FANS
The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) is a recent organization dedicated to Bull Riding and puts on a number of events.
Professional Bull Riders, Inc., was founded in 1992 by 20 accomplished bull riders who joined together and took a business risk to try make bull riding – the most popular event in traditional rodeo – into a stand-alone sport. Each rider chipped in $1,000 to help launch his dream of someday seeing bull riders recognized as mainstream professional athletes. Since that time, the PBR, unlike any other rodeo or bull riding organization in North America, has been owned and operated by its athletes. Today more than 700 bull riders from the U. S., Canada, Brazil and Australia hold PBR memberships.
The PBR has flourished in every aspect since its inaugural year. When the first PBR World Champion was crowned in 1994, the PBR's major tour consisted of eight events that offered a combined $250,000. Today, the Built Ford Tough Series Series is a 29-city, $10 million tour that has an estimated 100 million viewers annually tuning in to watch televised PBR events on NBC Sports and the Outdoor Life Network (OLN).
The PBR Headquarters are located in the shadow of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, Colo. A full-time staff of more than 60 works year-round either at PBR Headquarters or on the road at the dozens of annual PBR events. Eight board of directors work in tandem with the PBR’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Production Officer and Chief Financial Officer to oversee the daily operation and long-term prosperity of the PBR.
They also hold annual competitions called the PBR World Finals, the last one being the PBR Built Ford Tough Finals 2005.
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