The Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association (SEBRA) is an American regional semi-professional
rodeo association.
History
SEBRA was founded in
Archdale, North Carolina
Archdale is a city in Guilford and Randolph counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located 15 miles southwest of Greensboro, it is part of the Greensboro-High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area of the Piedmont Triad metro region. The ...
in 1994 by Jerome Davis, a co-founder of 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).
Its headquarters are still in Archdale.
His intent with SEBRA was to establish a bull riding association to help young athletes get started in the sport.
With the strong growth of the PBR, Davis soon stepped down from SEBRA. He was succeeded as president by Chan Canter. Within five years, SEBRA had grown from sanctioning 150 events per year to more than 400 events across the United States.
SEBRA runs and promotes schools and clinics to help bull riders advance to professional event. SEBRA also helps its producers develop stronger shows with higher attendance and a higher caliber of bull riders. PBR riders such as
J.B. Mauney,
Brian Canter, Billy Robinson, and Josh Faircloth all started in SEBRA events.
SEBRA also works on increasing its fan base. SEBRA's smallest venues can accommodate 800 fans while other performances can attract crowds of 5,000 people a night. Thousands of fans now follow SEBRA bull riders and events through the SEBRA website and
social media
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. SEBRA provides its bull riders more than $500,000 in cash payouts from their regular events each year. Each year, the top 40 SEBRA bull riders are invited to the SEBRA National Finals to compete for more than $60,000 in cash and awards.
SEBRA also sanctions
barrel racing
Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to run a cloverleaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. In collegiate and professional ranks, it is usually a women's event, though both sexes compete at amateur and ...
at their bull riding events.
SEBRA also used to sanction
bareback bronc and saddle bronc riding
Bronc riding, either bareback bronc or saddle bronc competition, is a rodeo event that involves a rodeo participant riding a bucking horse (sometimes called a ''bronc'' or ''bronco'') that attempts to throw or buck off the rider. Originally b ...
at some of their events.
Season Champions
Bull Riding
Source:
Barrel Racing
Source:
Saddle Bronc Riding
Source:
Bareback Bronc Riding
Source:
References
External links
OfficialSite
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Rodeo organizations
Sports in North Carolina
Randolph County, North Carolina
Rodeo competition series
Rodeo in the United States
Organizations established in 1994