By Tyler Pruett

tyler@southerntorch.com

Professional Bull Riding is coming to Dekalb County for the second annual 2016 Bull Bash. The event will be held on Friday and Saturday, January 8 - 9, 2016 at the North Alabama Agribusiness Center, with events also at the Dekalb County Farmer’s Co-op and Trading Post Boot Store. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. on Friday with the event concluding at 10:00 p.m. Saturday. Early tickets are being sold from December 21 until January 7, and are $17.00 for adults and $12.00 for kids. Tickets will also be sold at the door during the event at $20.00 for adults and $15.00 for kids.

Ricky West, owner and operator of Rickey West Bucking Bulls in Fyffe, is helping promote the event. West owns 300 head of livestock on his ranch, and raises bulls that are ridden in PBR competition. Normally he has to travel for his bulls to compete, but next month he’ll get to take them right down the road to Rainsville. This is the “first time an event like this has been brought into the area,” he said. Being an official PBR event means that some of the best riders and bulls will be making a stop in Dekalb County, and will be competing for $6000 and a buckle. The event will have six judges and will be scored similar to Olympic events. “To see this caliber of contestants for that money…. most people would have to go to Atlanta and pay $100,” said West.