PBR OKANAGAN CHALLENGE

Professional Bull Riders
PBR Okanagan Challenge
Prospera Place – Kelowna, BC
Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 7:00PM

Event Info:

• Kelowna is a premier stop on the PBR Canada’s 2025 Canada Cup Series featuring the top bull riders in the world against the best bulls in the industry.
• The PBR IS NOT a rodeo – it’s over two hours of intense bull riding action!
• During one night of heart-pounding, bone-crushing action, fans can look forward to seeing a star-studded line-up of athletes.

About the Canada Cup Series tour

The PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada Cup Series showcases the nation’s top riders and some of the PBR’s best international athletes battling the rankest bucking bulls. It’s man vs. beast action wrapped in the glitz and glamour that only the PBR can provide. Action from Kelowna will be broadcast in Canada on TSN. PBR, which has events in five countries, has competed in Canada since 1996 where it operates two tours. Joining the Touring Pro Division, the Canada Cup Series debuted in 2016 as the nation’s first cross-country, nationally televised series. At PBR Canada events riders have the opportunity to earn points towards both the Canadian and world standings.  For more information on PBR Canada, go to www.pbrcanada.com, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pbrcanada and Twitter at http://twitter.com/PBRCanada.

FAST FACTS:

• 600 tons of dirt is brought in each weekend for a PBR event.
• Over 50 bucking bulls are brought to the event.
• It takes a crew of 30 guys setting up for 36 hours for the show to take place.
• An average PBR bucking bull weighs 1700-2000 lbs.
• An average bull rider weighs 140 lbs.

TALK like a COWBOY:

• Rank – A bull that is very difficult to ride is considered ‘rank’
  • “That bull right there, he’s a rank one, I tell ya.”
• Cover – When a rider ‘covers’ his bull, he has successfully ridden a bull for 8 seconds
  • “Hell yeah, he covered that one.”
• Chaps – Most people mis-pronounce this word, say like with an “s” (shaps)
• Draw – An event’s list of bull riders and the bulls they are paired with
  • “Dustin, what’d you draw tonight?”
• Down in the well- Saying used by riders to describe a situation in which a bull is spinning in one direction and the force of the spin pulls the rider down the side of the bull into the motion’s vortex.
  • “Ah he’s done for, he’s got him down in the well.”
• Fades – A bull that fades during a ride moves backward while simultaneously spinning or bucking in one or more direction
  • “Oh shucks, he’s gonna buck him off cuz he’s fadin’ fast.”
• Muley– Term used to describe a bull without horns
  • “He done got stepped on by that brown muley.”