Most professional bull riders make less than $40,000 a year.

While in high school and college he was also an amateur bull rider.

This award is given based on a vote among bull riders.

His older brother, Jacob, has been a professional bull rider.

It is the bull riders who are the "partners from hell."

Charlie has probably been hit in the head more times than any bull rider.

You want to picture him, he's one of those tough little bull riders from the rodeo.

"I was a bull rider for too many years," Nafzger said.

This also keeps a level of events accessible to new bull riders looking to gain experience and get started in the sport.

In his career of almost 10 years, this 27-year-old professional bull rider has broken both legs, a shoulder, two fingers and some teeth.