'The toughest sport on dirt': Bull riders, spectators prepare for 2024 Cowtown Rodeo in New Jersey

the Cowtown Rodeo will celebrate opening day next Saturday it's the longest running PRCA Rodeo in the country thousands of fans will head to piles Grove Township New Jersey to catch a glimpse of what bull riding is all about here's an inside [Music] look I like to think that we bring that sense of Americana [Music] you get out of your truck and you look here at 4:00 and people are already here it's got some type of History my name is Lauren Punk and I'm at the C toown rodeo in ctown New Jersey what makes it so historic is this is the longest continuous running PRCA Rodeo in the country right here in Southern New Jersey Straight From Brooklyn Straight From Brooklyn well I'm not a cowboy but guess what there's a lot of cowboys here you good thank you you know we're going on you know now six Generations uh but none of that could have been done without the fan base you can put on a show all you want for six Generations but unless you have fans that want to keep coming just it doesn't work R fans how we feeling on Saturday night we ready to have fun [Music] [Music] it's not a matter if you get hurt it's when and it's how [Music] B hi my name is Charles ay I'm a uh professional bull rider in the PRCA I've always had that fear in me like what if this goes wrong what if this goes wrong but you have to let your love for the sport conquer that and get over yourself like it's it's truly amazing there's no other feeling like it in the world it's the biggest rush you'll ever get it's a very fine line between fear and joy out there my name is Blake go and I'm a professional BL Rider it's just something about it that just it seems to get in our blood you can't get it out of your system it's almost like an addiction I would guess I'm Ronald Burton I'm a professional rodeo clown barrelman Entertainer and tonight I'm going to be bringing the laughs at the Historical Cal Town Rodeo tonight our job mainly is when the rider either gets bucked off or or rides for the full eight seconds it's our job to kind of take control of the bull and kind of take him away from the rider as he gets off and and kind of be his bodyguard in some sort it's the toughest sport on dirt it really is it's it takes a special person to want to do this I just love it like the adrenaline I've done a lot of crazy things in my life man but the rush that you get when you do this but it does take a special purpose to do it oh he's not done playing I rooted for the cows and the cow's wi got a little New Jersey snot on the back of his Tas Bridges these Rodeo animals people think what they want but they're some they're some of the best cared for animals out there they really are and we love them we take care of them it's just a matter of being nice and easy with them and knowing what to do in the proper procedures and you look out into that parking lot and you just see the line of people it's just there's no other better reason to to keep doing what you're doing there's nothing more in this world I want to do I love bull riding so much it's my passion and my life and this is what I'm going to do with my life you get to come here and watch it you know actually get to see it and view it and experience it and it's something special when you're sitting I don't care if you're back here or over there you can feel the energy from inside this Arena the animals the power the intensity of the sport uh it makes it kind of special the people that you meet traveling around and doing that are truly amazing and this is one of those sports that people are great and they always will be that's a spectacle you don't want to miss thanks for joining us here on Sports Sunday