Meet the 13-Year-Old Bull Riding Champion

At 13 years old, Najiah Knight is a bull rider. She is the only girl competing on the Professional Bull Riders mini circuit for kids. Don’t let the term “mini” fool you into thinking it isn’t a dangerous sport. Knight is riding bulls that can weigh up to 1,000 pounds. They buck hard, they kick, and they stomp. She has the battle scars to prove it. But Knight also has a lot of awards and a work ethic that won’t quit. “My ultimate goal is to be the best bull rider in the world,” she says.

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my ultimate goal is to be the best bull rider in the world here we go good night it's important to be good at what I do because I am the only girl in the sport mini ball riding people have said to me that I should not be riding bulls or they told me to go play with my dolls they're pushing me to do better because I'm right here I'm a girl and I'm rising to the top my name is Megan Knight I am 13 and I am a mini border Asian Knights the cowgirl on buckwheat the toughest young lady in the nation people think writing is a male dominant sport because they don't steal girls doing it I don't really think about it when I'm bull riding I just slip past them and I just rise above them since I started ball writing I've competed in over 40 events I have received quite a bit of rewards for what I do I should night she is our beat cowboy honoree and I'm just getting better and better because I've been working really really hard and I feel like I'm just gonna become number one nation takes [Music] folks just got stopped bull riding is dangerous because the bull is muscular it's fast horns and if you're scared you're gonna end up getting seriously hurt because the bull and sense that I don't get scared when I'm boring because I mostly just thinking about keeping my form good and if I get off in the bowl I just try to run to the gate and just try to get out the bullfighters help you a lot they've saved my life a couple times back tomorrow [Music] I got into bull riding because my dad he traveled everywhere to bull ride and I always went with him and cheered him on [Music] and then when I was seven years old I got on two mini Bulls and I told my mom and dad that I just wanted to keep riding these Bulls my dad is my coach my trainer and my mentor because he helps me he works with me and he also trains with me and he gives me a lot of tips about my home we train every night when you do Red Bulls your moves being crisp can really determine your safety of your ride so training and safety is very important and as a parent and you don't want to think about getting hurt but you just go bull by bull I mean in the end you just hope for the best and ride hard I think it is pretty cool that MeJA is the only girl vegetable riding I tell her the same as anybody else she won't get treated any different by the boys or anything she's got to be tough and with a lot of dedication and hard work she can go as high as she would like I am very proud to be knees as dad she's very tough and determined and it's pretty awesome what she's doing I feel like I've become inspirational to girls and I'm so glad that I'm breaking down barriers that people have put up for so long it is very important to believe in yourself because if you don't you're just doubting yourself then you've just gotta believe that you can [Applause] [Music]