Photos & Entry By Jolene Van Vugt, AKA “Nitro Girl”
No day or trip could be complete without us doing something completely stupid and way out of our range, so we hit up the local Rodeo and did some Bull Riding. Yes folks you heard me right, Godfrey thought it was the greatest idea to come out of the trip, go and ride pissed off, large bulls with horns!
TP had another adventure that he was dead set on and left us on the way to the Bull pen. So when we got there, we had a quick lesson in Bull Riding (and when I say quick, I mean quick, if you sneezed you would have missed the instructions!) Cam and Godfrey were gun-ho for this one but Crum and I, not so much once we got there a saw them up close and personal, some of those bulls were not very friendly looking, not to mention for some reason they really didn’t like it when they had that rope tied up around their, you know what’s and then pulled really tight. I have not idea why that would make them angry!
Cam stepped up first and rocked it, making it look easy and way fun as he yelled, yeeeha the whole time. His was also the funniest as when they opened the gate for him to started this bull jumped twice and kicked, but then came to an abrupt halt and stopped dead in the middle of the pen, cracking us all up. But that didn’t last to long as the round up dog came along and bit the bulls butt which sent it into high gear and Cam was off, I’m not sure how long exactly he was on the bull but it was a long ride in bull terms.
Next was Godfrey, his bull was bigger and a little meaner than Cam’s kitty cat, all sporting those nice long painful looking sharp horns. Godfrey was already getting smashed around in the starting cage and getting his legs rammed into the sides as that thing wanted out badly, Gregg managed a few seconds before he hit the ground hard with his head and shoulder, but he popped up and got out the way of the war path of the bull.
Crum was still in pain from his extreme big wheel cliff drop and not quite walking straight, already. He also stated that he was already scared sh*tless once today and he just wanted to get this over with, I believe all-in-all it was one of the most nerve racking days for good ole Crum Daddy! But he pulled through as a champ. His and Godfrey’s bulls and rides were about the same except for the get off, Crum hit the ground and wanted out of there so bad, I’m pretty sure the bull could sense it and he came right after him. Crum found him self in a little bit of a dance with a not so happy, large bull. Crum got away, after a few close calls and the look on his face was priceless!
Brandon came in and stepped up for this one, he said he had done it before and he looked pretty confident, that was until they put him on the biggest, meanest, angriest bull yet with huge horns but what was suppose to have the straightest kick-out. After a what seemed like a 1 second ride Brandon was sandwiched between this bull and the metal caging around the pen at high speed and needless to say the bull didn’t kick straight! He was out like a light and down for the count! Basically Brandon got us the gnarly shot we were looking for but all hoped it wasn’t going to be us to deliver it. I took him a few seconds and he was ready to scrap as he came around, stumbling all over the place and stating “I wanna go again”. Big B, takes the award for the night.
After that, I was up, one might think you would call it a night after seeing that just happen, but nope I marched over to the truck and grabbed an MX helmet! I don’t know if there are too many bull riders that sport the full face, full coverage helmet but after seeing what I just saw, I truly didn’t care, I was running it MX style. I also took it upon myself to pick my bull, I went for the smallest and friendliest (if there’s such thing) looking one I could find, with NO horns! I kept having his bad thought of getting rammed with the horns and I wasn’t like the idea. It was a cool but crazy intense feeling as you climb over the cage and on to the bulls bare back, then they strap your hand in super tight, which is a little unnerving and then pulled the bulls “ouch” rope to get him going and then open the gate and your off! I stayed on for a few seconds getting across to the other side of the pen and had a pretty easy and soft get off, the bull also had no interest in me, which was totally cool with me. He just ran back into his pen, but not before stepping on the poor round up dog and making him squeal like a pig! The pup was ok and looked like he just loved chasing and playing with the bulls he just had to watch here it got under. I don’t image it tickles to much having a hoof kick you and no one else was about to find out, we called it night and that was a wrap and the end of our film trip. We went back to the boats called it a night and cleaned up and head out the next morning.
Checkout these behind the scenes photos. Albums to come, I promise : )
Cam taking charge
Cam getting off after a long ride
Godfrey’s ride
The gate drops for Crum
Dancing with the Devil! lol
Brandon and the scary bull
Lights out for Big B
Check out my helmet, safety first. Now doesn’t my bull look nicer! (Photo by Cody Wood, AKA Little Feller!)
jolene your so awesome
do it for the girls!!!
if i were to get a dirt bike what would be highly recomended?
you guys are “fubar” and i am to,gimme a chance to be on the team and i wont dissapoint you
Y’all wan’ watch at F’em “Bills”…. ‘Ems’ll gitcha!… Luvs wut y’alls is doin’ at thar. Don’ letch yur roast beefs.
ha whats up hope your urethrrasss have healed lol whats up with west coast choppers ice bike.that shoulda been a nitrocccc snow bike race street vs moto ha you and your team need to come to grandjct co and back flip the town and liven up the place if u back flip the kkco news building the kids would love it on a pink big wheel ill build u a meeeeega ramp .bring noch vill and we ll have more fun our noch is call lawndart lol slipandslide u need a corckscew in it and much biger have fun were your gear TP
u guys are the best u kick *** keep up the awsome work
oh yea and tommy your an animal
You guys are outrageous…how much do those tubes that fly cost im definetly getn one of those and how much bud did you guys burn while you were in jamaica…shit must of been wilddd
Hi my name is Taylor Nytro Towne and i am a huge fan. travise i know you dont know but you do my dads best friend Larry Aliczander he used to be your mucanic and this may be weird, but i was wondering if i could spend my 13th birthday with the Nitro crew. It would be so so so cool that i would do any thing for this dream to come true.
PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE this is the one thing that i could ever want in my life
i love you allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll please talk to me
love
Taylor Nytro Towne
I think its hella cool that u guys r riding bulls and doing my sport thats something iv been waiting to c u guys do im 16 and i ride in cali
Hey Travis! You guys are the best! We love watchin Nitro Circus. We met you at the hill climb in Utah you guys rocked! It was good to meet ya! Keep up your craziness! It keeps us all intertained!
Love NITRO CIRCUS, and love the fact that you guys would, in some small way think that our sport and way of life is cool. However in the blog it states that the “rope” (aka flank strap) was tied around the animals genitals. THIS IS FALSE the soft rope is placed in the flank area missing any of these parts. Would you be able to move that athletic with something pinching tour junk? I think not, sorry to come down like this but any ammo for the PETA posse puts us in a bad light. Keep up the great stunts and laughs and we’ll keep watching. Marc Gill PRCA Bullfighter
Is this the same time that you got bodyslammed by a 200 lb cowboy AFTER getting chucked off of a raging bull? I never like seeing ya get hurt but that was pretty funny shit I gotta say. Your safety precaution ended up being your biggest threat!
you guys rock
I tried riding a mechanical bull one time and it felt like i broke my junk. lol. Did that happen to any of the guys you were riding with? lol. Anyway i love the show and jolene you are amazing. Beautiful and an extreme athlete, doesnt get much better than that.
hey you guys should try this for a stunt… have two dirtbikes side by side and jump a hill then when you get at the peak of the jump one rider jump off his/her bike and get on the others in mid air now that would be sweet
lol seems like u guys coulda used a real country girl around there
I love Big B…..randon. We need more rodeo shots of him!!
its skate board sorry
u kknow what u should ducktape a skate boarb to the bottom of a tub [plastic] and go doun the hill a the partranaland of the ramp and into the foam that would be awsome and u should have a viewer special
I enjoyed reading your rendition of what happened in the Bull ring! I also like the BMX flavor! Good Idea!