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Mandy21:
Amanda, great post from last night. I think the only bull riding I've ever watched is the movie "8 Seconds", and that's only because I was ga-ga for Luke Perry (and still am, matter of fact). Anyway, I never knew all that stuff about the bull rider relaxing, and how apparently long that last 1 second between 7 and 8 can drag on when you're on top of a wild beast. Never occurred to me. Hey, I learned something new today. Guess I can go back to bed:) Thanks.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: atz75 on March 08, 2008, 01:26:44 am ---While I don't know the origins of the 8 second rule... what I do know about the 7th second comes from having watched tons of PBR events at this point and having listened to lots of post-ride interviews that happen at those events. What a lot of the riders and commentators say is ... in the super-frustrating event of being bucked off at 7+ seconds (or just under 8 seconds) this often happens because sometimes after about 6-ish seconds when a rider has a feeling that the ride is going well... there's an almost instinctual habit that kicks in for some guys to relax a bit and sort of lose their form/concentration or to stop working on counter moves. Sometimes around 7 seconds a rider will shift to a "clamp down" mentality or to a "just hold-on" mentality since it seems like such a short time to have to endure to complete the ride. But, this is often a fatal flaw since within 1 second so much can go wrong in a bull ride. And, clamping down and "out muscling" a bull is always a futile strategy no matter how strong the rider. So, maybe this 1+7 is a reference to this particularly difficult last second... the second that counts for success and is seemingly quite hard to achieve in terms of concentration and form in the sport.
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Wow, you really DO know your bull-ridin. You could have a second career as a rodeo announcer! Or a rider! ;D
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: Mandy21 on March 08, 2008, 10:12:38 am ---Amanda, great post from last night. I think the only bull riding I've ever watched is the movie "8 Seconds", and that's only because I was ga-ga for Luke Perry (and still am, matter of fact). Anyway, I never knew all that stuff about the bull rider relaxing, and how apparently long that last 1 second between 7 and 8 can drag on when you're on top of a wild beast. Never occurred to me. Hey, I learned something new today. Guess I can go back to bed:) Thanks.
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--- Quote from: ineedcrayons on March 08, 2008, 12:35:54 pm ---Wow, you really DO know your bull-ridin. You could have a second career as a rodeo announcer! Or a rider! ;D
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;D Thanks Mandy and K! Yeah, it's pretty amazing how long 8 seconds feels when you're actively cheering for someone. The clock counts by tenths of seconds, so it can actually feel endless. I guess that last second is sometimes more of a mental hurdle than anything else (in terms of not letting down one's guard prematurely). And, there are definitely a couple of very good female announcers for PBR events. There's one woman in particular who they often have stationed behind the shoots to do the post-ride interviews, her name is Leah Garcia and she's very fun and knowledgeable. So, yeah, Katherine, I'll keep it on the short-list of possible second-career options. ;D :laugh:
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: TOoP/Bruce on February 23, 2008, 08:16:07 pm ---Of course putting these pictures together reveals a movie mistake:
Jack hasn't included a return address on his card that says he will be coming through Riverton, even though Jack says to drop him a line.
Evidently, Ennis already knows where Jack is living when he writes him back to tell him "You bet!" Since Jack doesn't include a return address, but asks Ennis to "drop him a line" (is this where Ennis gets his fishin' buddies reference?), Jack must already know that Ennis knows where Jack lives!
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There are two mistakes revealed here...the story says that Ennis received a letter from Jack, not a postcard. And you can see that Jack writes "Friend this letter is long over due." The post cards came later.
Artiste:
So, where is the letter ?
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