Get familiar with your bull. A commonly-overlooked step in the bull-ride is getting somewhat familiar with the bull you're going to be sitting on top of. Spend a few minutes watching the bull in its pen, getting a sense of his aggression and tendencies. Watch the bull when he's ridden by other riders.
Definition of Middle Passage. : the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
18th century trade between West Africa, the West Indies, and Europe. Manufactured goods left European ports to West Africa. These goods were sold and exchanged for slaves. The slave cargo would then make the Middle Passage to the New World and be sold for sugar, rum, tobacco and other raw materials. The ship then made the final leg of the triangle back to Europe.