PBR Featured Down Under on Sixty Minutes-Australia!

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 18, 2007) - 60 Minutes-Australia shows fans down under a behind the scenes look at the toughest sport on dirt.  From the locker rooms to the action inside the arena, the news program takes an inside look at the fastest growing sport in America.  PBR superstar Brendon Clark (Morpeth, AUS) talks about what it takes to make it in the elite Built Ford Tough Series and what it means to represent his native Australia in the PBR's inaugural World Cup.  Click here for more information: http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=267888

About 60 Minutes-Australia:
60 Minutes first went to air on February 11, 1979, under executive producer Gerald Stone and with reporters Ray Martin, George Negus and Ian Leslie. From the outset it was a monumental and expensive gamble.  Twelve hundred programs and more than 3500 stories later, 60 Minutes is a Sunday night staple in Australian households. Over the years it has beaten off challenges from more than 150 shows on rival channels, including the best of British and American drama and sitcoms.

About PBR:

More than 100 million viewers tune in each year to the PBR on FOX, NBC, VERSUS and on a host of foreign networks across the globe. With approximately 500 hours of prime time programming annually PBR ranks among the most prolific sports on air, in addition to attracting over one and one half million live event attendees each year with its multi-tiered event structure which includes the marquee Built Ford Tough Series presented by Wrangler, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company Challenger Tour, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Tour, and the Discovery Tour, designed specifically for entry level contestants. The PBR is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colo., and has over 1,200 PBR bull riders compete in more than 300 PBR sanctioned competitions in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico.

For additional information on the Professional Bull Riders, Inc., please visit http://www.pbrnow.com/ or call 719.471.3008.

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