Cowboy Up: Inside The Extreme World of Bull Riding
Just released a 95 minute documentary video that looks at the life of the professional bull rider outside of the arena, and other people involved in the "behind-the scenes" activities.
Cowboy Up traces the evolution of bull riding from a rural amusement to the fastest growing sport in America today.
It examines all aspects of bull riding, like the bull fighters, barrel men, stock contractors and the sports medicine team. "I don't think people really understand what happens to a rider when he's injured and taken away," notes Wittkower. "People don't realize what it's like driving from event to event, hotel to hotel, thousands of miles a year. What it's like for the wives and children while their husbands and fathers are gone for weeks or months at a time and how they dread answering the phone." |