By DANIEL OATS
Guest Columnist
The rodeo at Alva’s fairgrounds, was one to remember, mainly because it was one of my first rodeos. This rodeo brought life to one of the main events that rodeos market: bull riding.
Before I got to the fairgrounds, I never understood how huge this was in the town of Alva. Little did I know many fans were there to tune in to this show. I met one of the Alva residents and ended up sitting with them at the show and when I tell you how amazed I was because of the energy and nice people that happened to be there.
Everyone was welcoming and understanding of each other’s space and personal matters, this was just something that had caught my attention right off the back. I thought the bulls that were also being presented were very beautiful animals and they all were very mean-looking as well.
You could tell from the first rider he had that type of attitude in which he would not fear the bull, this was crazy because those animals could kill you in a heartbeat if they wanted to.
On the other hand, the riders are never scared of any of these animals because this is what they have been doing their whole lives.
One of the riders caught my attention most because of the heart and fierceness that he had when he was about to ride the meanest bull in the city of Alva.
He rode and hung on for a good amount of time but the bull threw him off and he stood face to face with him.
He bucked him in the air and they had to send out reinforcements to stop the bull from his rage. Overall it was a rodeo experience and I will be going to more.