''The Ride'' is an American television documentary series about professional
bull riding
Bull riding is a rodeo sport that involves a rider getting on a bucking bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal tries to buck off the rider.
American bull riding has been called "the most dangerous eight seconds in sports." To recei ...
. It premiered on
Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. The service prim ...
on May 30, 2023.
Summary
The series delves into the world of professional bull riding, offering a behind-the-scenes look into the daily lives of some of the riders and coaches in the
Professional Bull Riders
The Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR) is an international professional bull riding organization based in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. In the U.S., PBR events have been televised on CBS and CBS Sports Network since 2012. In 2013, the ...
(PBR) inaugural 2022 Team Series season.
Cast
Bull riders
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José Vitor Leme
José Vitor Leme Batista (born August 15, 1996) is a Brazilian professional rodeo cowboy who specializes in bull riding. He is the 2020 and 2021 Professional Bull Riders (PBR) World Champion, and holds the record on the bull Woopaa for the hig ...
* Ezekiel Mitchell
* Dakota Louis
*
Boudreaux Campbell
* Daylon Swearingen
* Chase Outlaw
* Eli Vastbinder
Coaches
* Michael Gaffney
* Jerome Davis
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Cord McCoy
Cord Jarret McCoy (born August 19, 1980) is an American professional rodeo stock contractor and producer and former professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in saddle bronc riding and bull riding. He is best known as the 2nd-place finisher (alo ...
Episodes
Production
On January 26, 2023, it was reported that
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
ordered an 8-episode season of ''The Ride'', to premiere later in 2023.
It is executive produced by Chris Coelen, Eric Detwiler, Karrie Wolfe, Micah Brown, Sean Gleason, and Lawrence Randall, and is a co-production from
Prime Video Sports,
Kinetic Content, and
PBR PBR may refer to:
Science and technology
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* Partition boot record
* Pebble bed reactor, a type of nuclear reactor
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* Phosphorus bromide
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.
Release
The trailer was released on May 11, 2023, and the eight-episode docuseries premiered on
Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. The service prim ...
on May 30, 2023.
References
External links
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English-language television shows
2020s American documentary television series
Documentary television series about sports
Professional Bull Riders
Bull riders
Television series by Amazon Studios
Amazon Prime Video original programming