KJ Jones for the cover of LivAbility Magazine Edition 16.

“With a nod, the gates swing open, and bulls shoot into the arena, kicking their hind legs like they’re trying to knock the moon out of the sky. Jones writes his marks and compares them with the other judge immediately after every ride. Their scores are almost always the same—the mark of a good team. At one point he motions to baseball-size divots in the ground in front of us, courtesy of a previous bull, hinting at the danger we weren’t immune to. Jones told stories of times he was judging and a horn gored him through the fence, so when a bull came too close for comfort, I flinched. Jones laughed. “Gets your adrenaline pumping, doesn’t it?” Read Full Story