Anyway, this cowboy sport is really hot in Texas!
There are at least 20,000 visitors to the competition, and on one side of the rectangle is a long ordinary stand, and on the other side is a guest stand surrounded by a wooden fence with tables, chairs, and refreshments, which is full of guests invited to the event.
On both sides of the field, there are cows and horses used for competitions, and many cowboys prepare there.
Xiao Peng and the others are not guests, just ordinary spectators sitting in the ordinary stands, and because several people came late, they could only sit in a relatively late position to watch the game.
But this doesn't affect Xiao Peng's interest, the cowboy of the Stars and Stripes Country, tsk, this is a man's romance!
Xiao Peng thought that this kind of competition was just entertaining himself, who knew that this was still a professional competition hosted by the Professional Rodeo Association PRCA of the Stars and Stripes, and there were still points!
No wonder so many people came to watch the game.
Xiao Peng just asked the service staff for a few large glasses of beer and was about to watch and drink, but saw that all the people around him stood up and took off their hats, Xiao Peng was stunned, what does this mean?
Chris also stood up and explained to her, "Shaw, the game is about to start. ” "Let's get started, right?
What are you doing when you stand up?
” "It's time to sing the national anthem!"
In the Stars and Stripes, the opening ceremony of all games begins with the singing of the national anthem.
At this time, the whole audience took off their hats and stood up.
Why don't you try it?
The most famous example is probably the NFL Football League, which began in the preseason games before the start of the 2016 season, when 49ers-man quarterback Kaepernick chose to get down on one knee in protest against the national anthem before the game in protest against the shooting of black people by the police, and then the trend intensified, and this year, teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Jerry Jones, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks, and Tennessee Titans simply did not participate in the national anthem ceremony.
Kneeling protests like this are ostensibly about patriotism, but behind the scenes, they are carefully weighed by monetary interests, and in the final analysis, this should be the way the NFL team and the NFL management fight.
Maybe what they think is that 'the law does not hold the people accountable', but judging from the current situation, I am afraid that they really won't be able to hold out for long.
Now, more than 13 Stars and Spanglers are boycotting the NFL's televised games, and they're not just talking about it, with NFL ratings dropping to their lowest point in seven years.
You know, the ratings alone can earn $4.6 billion a year in the NFL, but they let themselves mess up, and the last unlucky is always the players------ Kaepernick, who was the first to protest, has no job so far, and no NFL team is willing to provide him with a job, and now Kaepernick is on the verge of bankruptcy, and he tells the media every day that as long as he can return to the NFL arena, he will never protest again.
The Rugby Players' Union is also very capable, but it is not a truckers' union after all------ so far, there is still a shortage of about 300,000 truckers in the Stars and Stripes every year, and if the truckers go on strike, the logistics of the Stars and Stripes will be paralyzed; And the NFL Players' Union?
Strike, it's a big deal to find someone to replace you, there are so many people playing football in the Star-Spangled Congress!
A strike agreed by the Stars and Stripes players through the union is legal, and the employer must not fire anyone for a strike, and there is nothing wrong with it, however, the laws of the Stars and Stripes also give the employer the choice, the employer cannot fire the employee, but the employer can find another non-striking employee to permanently replace the striking employee's position!
Is it a permanent replacement, and what is the difference between that and expulsion?
That is, you strike?
Yes, then I can find someone to replace you permanently, of course you can come back, but you must come back to your original vacancy, then you can take up the post.
Now NFL players are not stupid, with the example of Kaepernick in front of them, they are all honest, who else dares to kneel down in protest now?
So speaking of which, it's the NBA stars who are the smartest, and stars like LBJ post social media all day long in support of the protest practices of NFL players, but when have you ever seen them kneel down in protest?
After the national flag-raising ceremony, the first content of the 'competition' made Xiao Peng's eyes shine: I saw many beautiful cowgirls dressed in beautiful cowboy costumes, riding horses and galloping around the field, and greeting the audience warmly while riding, and the audience stood up and cheered.
This is a cowgirl beauty pageant, to be honest, these heroic cowgirls completely kill some beauty pageants, watching these cowgirls wear denim outfits, beat the bikini beauties!
The cowgirls have banners with the names of the ranch they come from, and the judges judge them based on their clothing, riding skills and horse posture to determine who wins.
In other words, this project is definitely boring------ although these cowgirls are quite strong, but the one who wins in the end; Miss Lowell Ranch is too strong, right?
is less than 1.7 meters tall, at least 150 pounds。。。。。。
Well, even though she may be the best rider and the most beautiful of all these people, it's a time to look at faces, isn't it?
But Xiao Peng looked left and right curiously, and found that everyone agreed very much with her victory, thinking that this is the best cowgirl?
My God!
Those two cowgirls who look no less than movie stars should win the championship, okay?
It doesn't matter if the one who wears a black and blue patterned white dress and a white hat, or the one who wears white leggings and fluttering light pink tassels with a dark fan shirt, is it better than that little chubby pier?
After the beauty pageant, the cowgirls rode around the field to say goodbye to everyone, and I don't know if it was an illusion or what, Xiao Peng felt that all the cowgirls were waving at him, Xiao Peng looked left and right, there was no one else around except Yang Meng, an illusion, it must be an illusion!
Yang Meng was very happy to shoot with a camera there, especially for the next performance, Yang Meng wanted to rush to the venue to take pictures: I saw a child at most four or five years old, wearing a full set of protective gear, riding a black-faced sheep and rushing out, and the audience burst into laughter.
That's the cowboy culture here, it all starts with dolls!
When the atmosphere was almost over, the rodeo finally began.
In a regular tournament like this, players come from all over the world, not only from ranches across the Stars and Stripes, but also from the Maple Leaf Country, Kangaroo Country, Brazil, Mexico, and other places, and there are many of the world's top players.
The first event is called 'naked riding', which is a joint competition between people and horses, of course, don't get me wrong about riding a horse with a bare butt, but it means that the cowboy tries his best to maintain his balance on the back of a slick and unsaddled horse, only allowing one hand to grasp the reins, the other hand must be in the air, not touching the horse or his body, and the cowboy must hold on the back of the horse in violent turmoil for eight seconds.
Half of the rider's score comes from his posture, and the other half comes from the intensity of the horse's jump.
In order to avoid riders riding familiar horses, each rider only knows which horse they will ride when they arrive at the scene.
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And this horse farm that specializes in cultivating fierce horses also has its own competition, which judges who has the most fierce horse sports and the best competitive state, and the champion can get 10,000 US dollars.
The next event is the bull fight, this project is more thrilling, first the racer is ready to ride a horse in the fence, and then release the calf from the fence, when the calf runs a certain distance, the rider rides a horse to chase the running calf, after chasing the calf, the rider has to reach out and grab the calf's horns, and then the rider jumps off the horse to knock down the calf.
A calf like this also weighs hundreds of pounds, and it takes a lot of force to bring it down, so this kind of competition is also called a big man's competition.
Whoever takes the shortest time wins.
The third event is called saddle riding, and it is the same as naked riding, it is still a competition between man and horse, but this time the rider sits in the saddle, and the part of the racer is not tied to the horse's head.
Instead, hold the protrusion of the saddle and, again, raise one hand high.
The scoring method is the same as that of a naked ride.
The fourth event is the most difficult project, called the team cow trap, which requires two cowboys to ride horses to chase the calf from both sides, one cowboy attacks first on the left, and uses the rope loop to accurately lasso the horns, and then pulls the rope to the left to force the calf to turn left, while the cowboy on the right should be quick and use the moment the calf turns around to use the rope to lasso the calf's hind legs and subdue the calf.
This not only requires fast action and accurate set, but also must grasp the timing and cooperate closely to trap the calf.
This event is also a time trial to see which pair of cowboys take the least time to chase and trap the calf.
The fifth competition is called the cow tie-up, which is relatively simple, that is, the cow is roped around the neck, and then the calf is pulled, the cowboy jumps off the horse and pulls the calf to the ground and ties its three legs to subdue it, and the shortest time wins.
Xiao Peng watched it with relish, but Xiao Peng didn't understand the next thing, it stands to reason that this should be the last and most thrilling game 'Riding a Bull', to put it bluntly, it is the bull version of naked riding.
However, because the bull is more explosive than the horse, the movement is unpredictable, especially after the player lands, he is likely to be injured by the angry bull, so this is a very dangerous race, but also the most exciting race.
What the whole audience is looking forward to is this game.
However, the scene did not prepare a bull, but cleared a side of the field, and set up several sets of steel targets, in front of which were several different spears, that is, rifles and shotguns.
The cowgirls who had just come off the court were back in the ring again.
They still dressed as cowboys, but they all had one more thing on their waists: gun belts.
Thick shotgun bullets were neatly inserted into the cartridge belt, and two wide revolvers were inserted in the pouch.
"Damn, what is this for?
Shooting competition?
Not afraid to kill someone?
Xiao Peng was startled when he saw the long and short guns on the table.
Chris introduced: "Xiao, don't be nervous, these bullets are specially made, there is only a very small amount of gunpowder in them, there is no lethality at all, how close do you see the target?"
That is, more than three meters away, the reason why the steel target is used is to hear the sound of the bullet hitting the target, but in fact, there is no pain of BB bullet. ” "So what's this for?
What kind of shooting competition is this?
Xiao Peng was even more confused when he heard this.
Chris smiled: "You are lucky today, this is a three-gun competition, there is usually a special three-gun competition, today is an exhibition competition, just to let you see, how tough our Texas women are." ”