So last weekend Sullivan and I headed to Aileron station , 1 and a half hrs North of Alice Springs to give him a taste of what bull riding was all about. Wow , what an amazing place and incredible experience. Those country fold really know how to put on a shindig. Sull was going to have his 2nd ride on a bull and his first on a real one. X world Bull Riding champ , Troy Dunn was on hand to give him plenty of tips and Mad Dog, bullfighter and Troy’s good mate was there to coaxe the bull away if things went wrong.
Neither Sull or I have spent alot of time around bulls or rodeos. We are surfie type. So when the first supoosedly placid bull hit the ring I looked at Sull and went…OH MY GOD…are you sure you wanna do this!! To his credit he said, I gotta get this over with and just start riding some and so he did. He went for it on 6 bulls and survived the lot. Got a hoof in his shin, which didn’t look like fun but he’s campaigning on. The hospitality was incredible. It was a family event and boy do they know how to put on a gig.
Thanks a million to Rob Cook, Troy Dunn, Mad Dog and all the workers. Top weekend. So now we are off to LA April 9 and Sull will be attending Gary Leffews Bullriding School in Santa Maria California. Keep you posted .