The Ride of Their Lives
Burkhard Bilger on rodeo kids. Bull riding is the most dangerous organized sport in the world, but the kids at the Camp of Champions can’t wait to compete.
Animals don't like other animals on their backs—they find it strange and distressing. Most knuckle under eventually. Not rodeo bulls. "Their brains aren't wired for submission." You can see J31 learn as he goes: the older he gets, the crueler and less predictable he becomes.