DeDee Crawford Rides Bulls With the Boys

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Bull riders break bones. They get stomped on and drug around in the dirt by 2,000-pound animals, and then they get up the next day and do it all over again - voluntarily. It's a sport that makes grown men cry. Which is why I'm so impressed by DeDee Crawford.

DeDee started riding bulls while the rest of us were learning the alphabet. Since her start in the saddle, she's gone on to become a six-time women's bull riding world champion in the Women's Professional Rodeo Association. Needless to say, DeDee's pretty serious about her bull riding. Which is why she has decided she's tough enough to hang with the boys.

Whether or not DeDee will have an anatomical advantage over the guys is still up in the air, but we'll soon find out how DeDee will measure up to the men. She has, in fact, decided to join the International Professional Rodeo Association.

Luckily for all of us, this reigning women's full riding champion will make that debut against a few cowboys at the Longhorn Rodeo in St. Louis this weekend. Starting tonight at The St. Charles Family Arena, you'll have your chance to cheer on DeDee and 175 other cowboys and cowgirls at the rodeo that has been honored 18 times as the best rodeo of the year. For more information about the Longhorn rodeo, and to find out more about the numerous events for rodeo-loving kiddos, go here. Tickets start at just $14, so click here to buy yours now.

For my chat with DeDee and how she feels about riding a bull with the boys, click on the Featured Video tab. Good luck DeDee!

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