A professional bull rider died Tuesday night after he suffered injuries during an event at the National Western Stock Show in Colorado.
Mason Lowe, 25, was set to compete in the rodeo show at the Denver Coliseum when he was seriously injured, the Professional Bull Riders Association said in a statement. The organization did not provide details of how Lowe was injured.
“We are deeply saddened to report that Mason Lowe passed away this evening following injuries sustained at the PBR event in Denver,” PBR president Sean Gleason said in a statement. “The entire PBR and National Western sports family extends our heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to Mason’s wife Abbey and his family.”
We are deeply saddened to report that Mason Lowe passed away this evening following injuries sustained at the PBR event in Denver. The entire PBR and National Western sports family extends our heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to Mason’s wife Abbey and his family. pic.twitter.com/nFtVoIWj0K
— Sean Gleason (@pbrceo) January 16, 2019
Lowe, who was from Exeter, Missouri, was ranked 18th in the world and had been a professional bull rider more than seven years, KDVR reported. He earned nearly $10,000 in competitions this year prior to his death.
The 25-year-old’s love for riding began when he was 3, the first time he was placed on an animal, he told PBR in a 2017 article. He rose to fame in the sport starting when he was 18 and eventually being ranked 14 in the world at a point in his career.
Lowe also spoke about having his friends and family cheer him on at a show in Colorado.
“They get to watch me on TV every week, but it’s a lot different when you get to see it in person,” Lowe said in 2017. “It’s kind of like a big rock show on wheels with bull riding attached to it.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/professional-bull-rider-25-dies-after-being-injured-colorado-rodeo-event
Never heard of Mason before, man, so sorry for this tragedy.
condolences to his family and friends
thats pretty dam young to check out ..
tuff sport ..for a tuff crowd
amazing the beating these guys take
I rode rough stock competition bull riding and bare back horses 3 to 5 times a week from the time I was 14 years old until I turned 18 in a hospital bed from a bull riding injury that shattered the side of my skull.
Back then we were in it for the rush and competition and a few hundred bucks to be had. Today there is serious money involved.
I loved and breathed every minute of it. My heart goes out to this young mans family.
Call me squishy, but strapping a spiked belt up tight to its groin, so that it is painful and unbearably irritating, and then some cowboy jump on its back and ride it for fun, that is just plain cruel.
The Golden Rule applies.
I grieve for the family he left behind.
Sad, for all involved.
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