As a third-generation Native American bull rider, Bo Tyler Vocu faces risk of serious injury and death each time he gets in the ring. At just 16 years old, Vocu has already broken his hip twice pursuing his dream of becoming a world champion bull rider—a dream that’s been passed down from his grandfather to his father and is now his.
On this episode of ‘Rites of Passage,’ VICE caught up with Vocu and his family ahead of a major bull riding competition in Oklahoma to talk about the serious risks riders take to compete in one of the most dangerous sports on Earth. Vocu talks about his grueling practice schedule and his pre-competition rituals, and his father weighs in on what it’s like to watch his son compete as a parent, and as a bull rider himself.
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That kid Is now in the PBR
Comments Without 1k+ Likes? This is one of the first videos I’ve seen without em.. Lets make this The first comment to do so 🙂
imagine your life purpose being a number of seconds that you can stay on a bull xd
didtn mean to hurt anyones culture
Damn when he pulled out that lighter I thought he was about to spark up
Why do people call this animal abuse, these bulls are treated better than any competitive sport animals!
Half of you on here running your mouth about the lively hood of these cattle are just pure damn ignorant….stock contractors CANT make money if the bulls don’t perform….bulls can’t perform if they aren’t in the best shape possible, a stock contractor neglecting they’re bulls would be like you buying a brand new Ferrari and driving it off the lot into a fucking wall. Owning these animals is absolutely not cheap, feeding them is expensive, vet care is expensive, hauling them is expensive, taking them all over the country and entering them in abbi events is expensive, not to mention a lot of them get muscle therapy, they get swam as well….none of that shit is cheap, not to mention your doing that for multiple bulls, oh and you wanna talk about mentally draining….yeah we don’t have sick days or the option to be late, there is no such thing as 9-5, the animals get fed and watered before we even eat our own breakfast, same goes with lunch and dinner. 6 inches of snow on the ground or 10 inches of rain, your ass is out there on time taking care of them animals. Yalls own damn house pets or even kids dont get that much care and attention. 95% of you could never make it in that line of work day in and day out, period.
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they should just ride mechanical bulls, it's fake bucking anyway
Ya know I know a lot of people in rodeos, I'm good just watching them get thrashed and stomped on you got some balls or raging stupidity to get on a bull. And no the bulls are not treated badly thrashing around for 10 seconds will not hurt them in any way
I can't believe liberal vice media would cover this. Thank you for doing so!
And before the comments start yes I have done it I got messed up by a bull from my ankle to my knee bleeding they put morado on me it's fucken crazy but still you guys tried built Ford tuff my ass ??
no helmet no cups on the bulls horns where you can really die it originated from Mexico you guys are not ready to die don't wear protection
You keep that head up young man. Keep going. I know its hard but you need to keep your eyes on the bulls head. It will tell you. Witch way to get your next step. And do your self a favor. Start ridding your horse with out a saddle. That way you use more balance and lege movement. Thadeous. Ganthner. 1978. World. 11th in the world of bull ridding. 12 th in the world team roping.
6:11 yoooo is that cam!
you really have to wonder though whats going on behind the scenes. This is rodeo, if you think all the animals are being treated well and enjoy what they are doing you are a fool. Bull riding is dangerous, his son could die in this sport. I don't think thats something to be proud of.
Worst then joining a gang?????
This ain't his first ro…
You can’t train with a wealter weight to fight a heavy weight..anybody understand?
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dumbasses they just want attention go work in finance or something whore
I hate how much he keeps throwing out the indian he has in him. I respect his culture, but he should be talking about new things rather then the same stuff.
how is this not child abuse? wtf
The ranchers that breed competitive bulls treat the bulls like their own children trust me.
I still remembered my first ride
It’s like a roll coaster ride ??
GO BO!
Before hint legs is rope that goes around belly and is attached underneath to the bull's or horse's genitals. In the moment of opening cage's gates one of "operators" that usually seats on fence behind, stretching rope causing enormous paint and frustration what makes animal's strikes it's hint legs up desperately trying to loose painful loop. Nice.
Not the most dangerous sport, not even close. But okay…
This is the one sport I genuinely don't feel I can have an opinion on. I don't know enough about it despite working with large animals for the majority of my life.
I don't know bovine body language well enough but i can't help but think some of these riders are missing a few screws xD
Woah the guy on the left at 7:26 is really hot
Never play with your food
Bulls are actually trained to buck ita not a painful proccess these animals are athletes and are treated as such they dont even start competition until 3 yrs then they get huge for a year at that
They never seen bull riding Mexican style
I like this kid I hope he goes far
People keep saying they don’t get hurt and that’s a damn lie also some bulls are drugged before the Match others hurt in the process they’re forced to do that sis that isn’t natural imagine u were forced to have someone that weighs a third of u on ur back and half to jump around and throw them off in order to get it over with and then eat them ahaha yes I’m vegan Incase u were asking a nd this is saddening I’m not saying ALL but most
Massive respect for that kid, no matter how dangerous it is, he keeps going, that's what you call 'Never give up on dreams'.
Nice boy nice bull
These bull riders deserve all the respect. I'm giving them all my respect as a US Marine. They risk their lives to make a living. They don't have contracts for healthcare or anything liberals demand. You even have vegans who are bull riders. Again. Bull riders deserve more respect for risking it all to make a living. Anti-bull riding Protesters need to see how these riders live. Many are Native American yet liberals are still willing to take away their way of life.
Micropenis and incest, isnt it beautiful
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