Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
September, 1999
No one believes Denise Luna when she says she rides bulls for a living. At 5'6'' and 120 pounds, she's hardly the person you'd picture atop a rampaging 2000-pound animal. Luna, a former San Diego resident and the world's fourth best female bull rider (according to the Professional Women's Rodeo Association), cites years of surfing as the reason she quickly mastered bull riding. ''Both sports are about balance,'' she says. ''I got tired of watching my friend practice bull riding, so one day I hop...
