On Oct. 2 the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association put on the Kern County Fair Rodeo.
The rodeos had roughly 14 different competitions, including a female barrel race, bull riding, and tie down roping.
Mickel Jay, 27, has been coming to the rodeo for 17 years and has participated in the event before.
“It’s such an adrenaline rush – one of the best you’ll ever have,” said Jay. “[The rodeo] is one of the best events [at the fair]; it’s always packed with all sorts of stuff.”
Jay said that his whole family is into the rodeo and that he wants to enter one of the competitions again sometime soon.
Matt Nauman participated in the tie down roping, where the rider chases down a calf and ties its legs together, competing against the clock and the other competitors. “It’s probably the hardest competition in the rodeo, besides the [bull] riding,” said Nauman.
Roughly 70 men and women participated in the rodeo, with most of them coming from Bakersfield.
The stadium was filled to capacity, and the event that got the most feedback from the crowd was the bull riding.
The fair also held a Latino heritage rodeo on Oct. 3, where a free Corona was handed out to every attendee.