J. B. Mauney Bio - Biography

Name J. B. Mauney
Height 5 ft 10 in
Naionality
Date of Birth 9-January-1987
Place of Birth
Famous for Bull Riders
J. B. Mauney is a professional bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders (PBR)'s Built Ford Tough Series tour. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall. He is a left-handed rider. JB began bull-riding at the early age of 3. He purchased his first bucking bull at the age of 15. The Mauney family helps JB run Just Bad Bucking Bulls. The business is registered in the ABBI.

The business is located in Mooresville, NC. His first PBR season began in 2006, and he finished 25th in the world standings and won the Daisy Rookie of the Year award. He finished in 3rd place in the 2007 BFTS World Standings behind Justin McBride and Guilherme Marchi. In 2008 he finished 2nd behind Marchi. In 2009 he finished 2nd again, this time behind Kody Lostroh. However, he achieved history at the 2009 PBR World Finals when he won the event by becoming the only man in PBR history to ride 8 bulls at the Finals. The bulls he rode were Chester, Troubadour, Crosswired (who fell down; Mauney did his re-ride on Black Smoke), Ricky Bobby, Beer Goggles, Live Wire, Smack Down and Black Pearl. Mauney rode Black pearl for the highest score at the finals.

Mauney is one of the many riders on the PBR who grew up riding bulls while wearing a helmet. JB is one of the only bull riders to have ever ridden Voodoo Child. He is also well known for being the only rider to ride both Bones and Code Blue. JB also won the Lane Frost/Brent Thurman Award in 2007, 2008, and 2009 He currently lives in Mooresville, North Carolina, and frequently travels with his good friends and fellow PBR BFTS bull riders, Brian Canter, L. J. Jenkins, and Shane Proctor.