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  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. The contest involved 12 cowboys competing in the triathlon of cowboy chaos, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. <br />
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I shot from the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell. <br />
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Tough cowboy Lance Kelly from College Station, Texas during the bareback bronc riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_011.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. The contest involved 12 cowboys competing in the triathlon of cowboy chaos, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. <br />
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I was allowed to photograph from the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell.<br />
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Tough cowboy Dusty Elkinton shows extreme calm as he balances sideways on a horse during the bareback bronc riding event.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_010.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. The contest involved 12 cowboys competing in the triathlon of cowboy chaos, bareback bronc riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. <br />
<br />
I shotfrom the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell. <br />
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Tough cowboy Steve Woolsey, during the bareback bronc riding competition,
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_009.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
<br />
I shot from the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell. <br />
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The cowboys themselves were a beaten and tattered bunch. Tough Cowboy Jared Green from Socorro, New Mexico had to drop out of Saturday's competition because of pain in his shoulder. Green's injuries from rodeo competitions have included breaking both of his ankles, two surgeries on his shoulder, a knee operation, broken ribs, a broken hand, concussions and a knocked-out tooth. Green is only 22 years old.<br />
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The whole event seemed to teeter on epic disaster with batshit crazy horses running directly into fences at full speed and cowboys being thrown face first into the ground over and over again inside an arena of 5000 screaming people from the suburbs in cowboy hats and real cowboys from rural Georgia. It was insane, beautiful and chilling.<br />
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Dusty Elkinton falls from a bull during the bull riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_012.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
<br />
I shot from the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell. <br />
<br />
The whole event seemed to teeter on epic disaster with batshit crazy horses running directly into fences at full speed and cowboys being thrown face first into the ground over and over again inside an arena of 5000 screaming people from the suburbs in cowboy hats and real cowboys from rural Georgia. It was insane, beautiful and chilling.<br />
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Tough cowboy Charlie Barker tries to escape the bulls kick during the bull riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_004.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
<br />
I shot from the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell. <br />
<br />
The whole event seemed to teeter on epic disaster with batshit crazy horses running directly into fences at full speed and cowboys being thrown face first into the ground over and over again inside an arena of 5000 screaming people from the suburbs in cowboy hats and real cowboys from rural Georgia. It was insane, beautiful and chilling.<br />
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Tough cowboy Steve Woolsey from Payson, Utah, during the bull riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_003.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
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Tough cowboy Chad Eubank from Cleburne, Texas, during the bull riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_002.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
<br />
The whole event seemed to teeter on epic disaster with batshit crazy horses running directly into fences at full speed and cowboys being thrown face first into the ground over and over again inside an arena of 5000 screaming people from the suburbs in cowboy hats and real cowboys from rural Georgia. It was insane, beautiful and chilling.<br />
<br />
Dusty Elkinton from Moundville, Missouri, falls from his horse during the saddle bronc riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_007.JPG
  • Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
 <br />
The cowboys themselves were a beaten and tattered bunch. Tough Cowboy Jared Green from Socorro, New Mexico had to drop out of Saturday's competition because of pain in his shoulder. Green's injuries from rodeo competitions have included breaking both of his ankles, two surgeries on his shoulder, a knee operation, broken ribs, a broken hand, concussions and a knocked-out tooth. Green is only 22 years old.<br />
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Dusty Elkinton from Moundville, Missouri, falls from his horse during the saddle bronc riding competition.
    Toughest Cowboy.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009:  The whole event seemed to teeter on epic disaster with batshit crazy horses running directly into fences at full speed and cowboys being thrown face first into the ground over and over again inside an arena of 5000 screaming people from the suburbs in cowboy hats and real cowboys from rural Georgia. It was insane, beautiful and chilling.<br />
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This horse ran directly into the fence after being let out of the gate during the saddle bronc riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_006.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Thousands of people crowded into the Gwinnett Center for an evening of energized violence and brutality. The Toughest Cowboy competition had arrived. <br />
<br />
I shot from the rodeo dirt and focused my camera between the ring bars occasionally dodging hyper aggravated animals. I was so close I could hear the animals snort in Pain? Ecstasy? Revenge? Love? Death? I am not sure what they were feeling but they jumped and ran and kicked and screamed like beasts that had just been released from the gates of hell. <br />
<br />
The whole event seemed to teeter on epic disaster with batshit crazy horses running directly into fences at full speed and cowboys being thrown face first into the ground over and over again inside an arena of 5000 screaming people from the suburbs in cowboy hats and real cowboys from rural Georgia. It was insane, beautiful and chilling.<br />
<br />
Dusty Elkinton from Moundville, Missouri, falls from his horse during the saddle bronc riding competition.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_001.JPG
  • DULUTH, GA - JAN 24, 2009: Tough Cowboy Jared Green (pictured) from Socorro, New Mexico had to drop out of Saturday's competition because of pain in his shoulder. Green's injuries from rodeo competitions have included breaking both of his ankles, two surgeries on his shoulder, a knee operation, broken ribs, a broken hand, concussions and a knocked-out tooth. Green is only 22 years old.
    Event_Toughest Cowboy_Duluth_008.JPG
  • Dusty Elkinton falls from a bull during the bull riding competition. Elkinton was eliminated from the Tough Cowboy competition and will no longer be on the tour because he scored the lowest score in the evening's competition.
    Tough Cowboy 17.jpg
  • Tough cowboy Charlie Barker tries to escape the bulls kick during the bull riding competition.
    Tough Cowboy 04.jpg
  • Tough cowboy Steve Woolsey from Payson, Utah, during the bull riding competition.
    Tough Cowboy 03.jpg
  • Tough cowboy Dusty Elkinton during the bull riding competition.
    Tough Cowboy 16.jpg
  • Tough cowboy Chad Eubank from Cleburne, Texas, during the bull riding competition.
    Tough Cowboy 02.jpg
  • A rodeo clown distracts a bull after a cowboy has fallen off the bull. The rodeo clowns risk their life and limb to distract the animals so that cowboys can escape to safety after a ride.
    Tough Cowboy 05.jpg
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