JB Mauney
JB Mauney was born in Mooresville, North Carolina, United States on January 9th, 1987 and is the Bull Rider. At the age of 37, JB Mauney biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 37 years old, JB Mauney has this physical status:
Mauney is one of only two bull riders to stay on Bushwacker for the full 8 seconds on the Built Ford Tough Series (BFTS), the elite series of the PBR (for a score of 95.25 points in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in August 2013), and one of three bull riders to stay on Bushwacker for the full 8 seconds during the bull's career. He is also one of only five riders to get a qualified ride on Asteroid which he accomplished on the BFTS in San Antonio, Texas, in August 2012, for a score of 93.50 points. Asteroid, the 2012 World Champion bull, earned a high score of 46.25 points.
Mauney competed the first several years of his professional career with a helmet. However, by 2013, he was riding with a cowboy hat. On November 5, 2016, Mauney made PBR history by being the first bull rider to reach the $7 million mark in career earnings.
In 2017, Mauney suffered a significant injury to his right arm, requiring surgery to install a screw and 13 anchors. Mauney's career has been plagued with many injuries, but he has continued to pursue professional bull riding history.
"It's part of being a cowboy", he stated in an interview with Monster Energy, "when you crawl in to a chute, nothing else matters. You tie your hand and you don't give up until you hit the dirt". In 2019, Mauney tied another two time world champion Justin McBride for the most televised wins within the 26 year history of the PBR. In an interview for the PBR, Mauney said "What gets me is when people who don't ride bulls for a living try to tell me when it's time to hang it up".
Mauney joined the PBR in 2005 and won the PBR World Championship title twice, in 2013 and 2015. He also won the PBR World Finals event twice, in 2009 and 2013. In his first year of competition, he won the Rookie of the Year in 2006. He qualified for the PBR World Finals 15 times in his career (2006 to 2020).
Since 2020, Mauney has been part owner of Ultimate Bullfighters (UBF), an American freestyle bullfighting organization.
After struggling to find success during the first few events of the 2021 PBR season, Mauney decided to try his luck in the PRCA. Although he joined the PRCA in 2009, he only competed sporadically at PRCA events from 2009 to 2020. In July 2021, Mauney announced that he would step away from riding in the PBR to focus solely on riding in the PRCA and qualifying for his first-ever National Finals Rodeo (NFR). He qualified for and competed at his first NFR in December of that year.