Kanin Asay, 26, Powell, Wyo., trades his cowboy hat for a helmet before he gets on a bull.

Ricky Bolin, 47-year-old general manager of Hatco, which makes Resistol and Stetson hats, has been thinking about helmets for years. Too many people were getting hurt in competitions, he said.

After that, he traded his cowboy hat for a protective helmet. “I would never put one on because I wanted to look like a cowboy, with my boots, long-sleeved shirt and cowboy hat,” said Koon ...

Helmet supporters could point to last year's RodeoHouston bull riding champion, BJ Schumacher, who always wears headgear. His reward for winning the contest was $56,000.

J.B. Mauney, the PBR's 2006 rookie of the year is one of the best known riders to opt for a protective helmet instead of a cowboy hat. More than half of the bull riders in the PRCA and the PBR ...

FORT WORTH -- Nearly eight seconds into the ride at a rodeo this month, a wildly bucking, 1,400-pound bull named Bruiser thrust a horn toward Justin Koon's face and tossed him into the air. He hit ...

Hats that conform to this standard have passed all the required tests, and it’s a legal requirement in Britain for under-14s to wear a hat conforming to at least EN 1384 when riding on the road.