6.22.2008

Git-R-Done Invitational

My friend, Chad Reeves, called me up and asked if I wanted to go see some bull riding, and since I had never seen anything like this in person before I was definitely curious to check it out. The Professional Bull Riders was holding an event in Orlando called The Git-R-Done Invitational and it was a hoot 'n hollerin' good time!





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The center of Amway Arena sits in complete silence with less than an hour before this prestigious event officially begins.





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Then Chad and I showed up to start an uproar.





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But before the tournament began I wished one of the bulls all the best like a like a good sport.





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Larry The Cable Guy and his cowboy bodyguard had the honor of initiating the Git-R-Done Invitational, but before they did Mr. Cable Guy talked about how much fun him and the cowboy bodyguard had at Disney World earlier in the day.





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It's time to start this thing and what better way to begin a bull riding tournament than with pyrotechnics!





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Followed by small fireworks!





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The real-life cowboys make their way out individually....





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.....along with a real-life video shot on a real-life jumbo screen.





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A few of them were camera shy and hid behind their real-life cowboy hats.





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After going through the lengthy bull rider lineup another round of fireworks go off informing the crowd that the real-life cowboys are saddlin' up!





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BUT WAIT, WHAT'S THIS.....





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.....a few real-life bulls make the rounds to let everyone know that this is their house tonight!





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After all of the pre-shows I think it's almost time for the main one!





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Flint, the rodeo clown, struts across the dirt like he owns the place. Apparently he didn't know the real-life bulls owned the house.





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And it's time for some ridin'!!!





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Larry The Cable Guy was having a great time, but his night became even better when he saw himself on the real-life jumbo screen.





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But Flint didn't like how he was stealing the show.....





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.....so he had to pull out his "A Material" to win back the crowd.





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But no one seemed to like it all that much so he began to do some childish name-calling to most of the spectators in the front row.





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After getting shot by a real-life six shooter a real-life cowboy asked him to get up so they can get on with the tournament.





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LET'S SEE WHAT THIS COWBOY'S GOT!!!





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The bull gives him the old tumble weed maneuver.....





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.....and hits the dirt curling up in a fetal position.





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While the next bull rider saddles up Flint shows off to the crowd how he can stretch in mid-air.





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This bull didn't like how Flint was trying to steal the show, so the bull was ready to start up a nasty brawl with him.





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But this real-life cowboy didn't allow it since the competition needed to keep moving on.





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"WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! MOVING ON!!!!!"





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I was excited to see more real-life bull riding, but was worried that Flint was going to show off very soon.





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And sure enough he was back on the scene.





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This time Flint managed to find someone in the crowd to start up a good ol' fashion hoedown.





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Then he headed back down so he could skip around in the dirt.





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A bullfighter gets the bull's attention while the rider flies off from the rear.





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The tournament came to a complete halt because this real-life cowboy wanted to give Shorty, the bullfighter, a real-life jumbo check for all his hard work.





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It's time for another round!





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This doesn't look like it's gonna be pretty.....





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.....definitely not gonna be pretty.





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Let's see how this guy does.





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WOW!!! So far so good!





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I was so impressed that I wanted to get a closer view...but I think it was a little too close.





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This rider was thrilled after receiving a fantastic score.....





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.....but Flint wasn't too thrilled with him getting all of the attention.





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I seriously should have gone back to my seat before Mr. Willingham started his ride.





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...after getting crushed by a fall bull rider the crew dragged me off the dirt, and Flint presented a jumbo check to Mr. Willingham for flattening me.





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Now it's time to shoot a bunch of crap out of pickup truck and into the crowd!





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Ain't nothin' better than rodeo bucks.





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They made their way over to the other side to give the other spectators some rodeo lovin' as well.





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I found a real-life jumbo rodeo bull balloon and took it out for a spin.





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After about an hour of intense riding I managed to tame the inflatable beast and steered him over to my seat.





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Then I jumped off and joined Chad right before the next round of bull riding.





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GO, MAN, GO!!!!!





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He failed to tame the bull.





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I decided to help out the bullfighters by doing a light jog in the dirt to distract the bull from hurting the rider.





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This bull is a mean one.....





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.....but the rider manages to hold on.





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Although it wasn't for too much longer.





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The bull makes its way around the arena but the real-life cowboy won't allow it.





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He gets the bull in one throw.....





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.....but he isn't in any hurry to leave just yet.





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Time for another ride!





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Which also means for another dismount!





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Flint tells him he had a good ride but next time he better not try to gather up attention from another dismount OR ELSE THERE'S GONNA BE TROUBLE!!!!!





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Two cowboys get a V.I.P. viewing of the last ride.





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They didn't seem too thrilled.





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However, this guy seemed to have a thrilling time.





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After all of that riding apparently this guy won.





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IT'S OVER!!!!!





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Chad was clearly amazed from the tournament as he was heading out the exit door.





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I hardly knew what was going on, but was still excited to view real-life bull riding with my own two eyes!





YEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAWWWWWW!!!!!! THAT'S THE END!!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I know what I'm getting you for Christmas...

A giant blimp for you to ride on...I'll never know how you get on top of them...but you sure look like you are having an awesome time!