Jess is a Wanderer was driving along New Zealand's coast when signs advertised the rodeo at Opotoki. $20 later and cowboys were flying off bulls and horses like nothing I'd ever seen!
There have been protests about cruelty to animals regarding the rodeo but the announcer informed us that things were all above board... I don't know the ins and out of the sport but I did manage to get some photographs of the madness unfolding. What was terribly surprising was that there were only two injuries!!
Here are some photographs from the day: