April 1, 2025

Tied On Tight
Sells, Arizona
2025

Most of the cowboys in the bronc riding even were unsuccessful (sometimes spectacularly so) in staying on their horse for the required eight seconds. Despite appearances however, this guy (the same as in yesterday’s post) did make it the required time, and he put on quite a show of it. Using continuous shooting mode on my camera, I got about 30 shots of him during his ride. In the first six or seven he looked very much in control of the situation. But in the rest of the photos he looked as gone from that horse as he does in this one, or worse. In each one you would swear the next photo would show him on the ground. But he kept hanging on with this right hand, with the rest of his body flopping back and forth all over the place. I don’t know how many style points he got, but it was an impressive eight seconds of acrobatics. I also imagine he immediately went and iced his wrist and arm given how much abuse it took.