Ironically, it was back at the Prince William County Fair a couple of years after my first entry that I got hurt the worst.
That bull was out to get you. After tossing you off, he would do whatever he could to get at you, stomping you if he could.
I was hooked. It was something I loved.
Once out of the Marine Corps, I continued to ride bulls and joined the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association and kept riding professionally until my wife, Angela, and I had our son Tanner.
Their ultimate aim is to reach the national finals in Las Vegas where they can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars.