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Date Posted: Tue, Apr 24 2007, 17:16:01
Author: Kris
Subject: Adriano

Ok, so it's no secret Adriano is my favorite bull rider and has been for a long time. I found the article below and thought y'all would like to read it, too. Have a great day!

Eileen, we are so happy that you enjoy visiting our little corner of the cyber world!


Published on Saturday, April 21, 2007.
Last modified on 4/21/2007 at 12:59 am

3-time PBR champ Moraes thriving at 37
By JOE KUSEK
Of The Gazette Staff

He should have been angry. He should have been disappointed.

Instead admiring his grit, they were calling for his retirement.

Even the president of the organization he had represented so well for more than a decade told a national television audience that it was time for him to quit.

Rather than being displeased, Adriano Moraes stretched on his stomach and let a pair of chiropractors work his aching back.

"I think they were probably right," said Moraes of the burgeoning talk of retirement that surrounded him during the Professional Bull Riders World Finals in Las Vegas last November.

"Maybe I should have quit," Moraes added with a smile. "They said it out of concern ... it was a show of appreciation. There are just a few of us over 35, 36 years old. They said I should retire, I think so too."

The muscular Moraes was staggered by back spasms after the fifth round. His chiropractor from Texas flew in to Las Vegas and another local chiropractor helped out.

"I let it go too long," Moraes said of his back problems. "I wasn't able to move. I could barely walk."

Three nights later, Moraes became the PBR's first three-time world champion.

And he certainly earned it.

Moraes, who entered the 2006 PBR World Finals sixth in the point standings, won the seventh round with a 91.25-point ride and capped off his amazing comeback with a thrilling 93-point ride to win the championship round. When Kody Lostroh got bucked off, Moraes had edged fellow countryman Guilherme Marchi by a scant 342 points.

PBR president Ty Murray gladly gave Moraes full credit for his accomplishment as the Brazlian bull rider celebrated at the Thomas and Mack Arena with his family.

On Friday night at the PBR's NILE Invitational, the PBR's oldest competitor celebrated his 37th birthday.

"It's tough being away from the family on your birthday," said the charismatic Moraes, always a PBR fan favorite. "But this is a good way to celebrate, being here with plenty of friends."

And hopefully, riding four bulls during the weekend at MetraPark Arena.

"I'm not ready to retire," Moraes said. "I love the sport too much to stay away.

"I get excited when the weekends come. I love leaving home on the weekends and going places to ride bulls. I just love to still ride bulls."

Moraes was bucked off by Evil Forces in 7.7 seconds in Friday's first round. The event continues with a 6 p.m. performance tonight and concludes Sunday with a 2 p.m. performance. Both Saturday and Sunday performances will be televised on Versus.

Moraes arrived in Billings on somewhat of an upswing. After going 0 for 5 during a stretch, he rode three bulls to win the Ty Murray Invitational three weeks ago in Albuquerque, N.M. He missed his first bull after his flight from Dallas was cancelled. Moraes lives in Keller, Texas.

It was his first Built Ford Tough Series victory of the year and the 33rd of his career.The 33 wins is a PBR record.

"Albuquerque was great," said Moraes, who also won PBR world titles in 1994 and 2001.

"It came at the right time at the right place. It's a prestigious event and I had never won there before."

Moraes rode his first two bulls at Auburn Hills, Mich., last week before getting bucked by the bull Dr. Proctor. "That's going to happen," he added a shrug.

One place he has won was Billings, prior to when it was a PBR event.

"We like the atmosphere," said Moraes of why Billings is the PBR's longest, continuous sanctioned event. "It's a place where we know everybody. It's one of our favorite places."

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