Bonner’s father rode bulls for 20 years so he credits him with teaching him how to ride. He started riding steers when he was 10 years old and worked his way through junior bulls, etc. Bonner adds that Dustin Elliott, Matt Austin and Brian Richardson each played a key role in his early career, helping him get started. He also looks up to three-time PBR World Champion Adriano Moraes, 1997 PBR World Champion Michael Gaffney and nine-time World Champion PBR co-founder Ty Murray. Bonner’s worst injury took place at an event in 2008 when he tore his bicep, causing him to be out of competition for almost a year. He says that making the PBR World Finals in 2015 after coming off of a serious injury – he
had broken his collar bone in four places earlier in the season and while covering three of the bulls he faced while winning a round was really cool. Everything from learning how to handle back-to-back Built Ford Tough Series events, what goes into preparing for the toughest bulls in the world and learning all about the PBR as a rider really resonated with him after this past season as a rookie. When he’s not riding bulls, Bonner likes to play guitar, participate in outdoor sports and meet up with his buddy UFC lightweight competitor Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone, whenever their schedules permit it.

Career Highlights
• 2015, posted the first 90-point ride of his Built Ford Tough Series career with 90.5 points on Walk Off
(Jeff Robinson Bucking Bulls) during Round 2 of the PBR World Finals.
• 2015, missed six weeks of competition because of a right clavicle fracture sustained in Round 1 in
Biloxi, Mississippi, when he was pulled down onto the bull’s head as he was being bucked off.

Leah Garcia is a professional media icon, an award-winning infomercial host, on-air talent and entrepreneur. Since 1998, she has covered a variety of sporting, lifestyle, and fitness-related events. For over a decade she has been the sideline reporter for the Professional Bull Rider’s Built Ford Tough Series with CBS, CBS Sports Network and various broadcast partners.

Leah started in television via athletics. She captured several all-around rodeo championships in the junior, high school and collegiate ranks. During the 90's, she raced mountain bikes (cross-country) professionally in Europe and the U.S. She is a 3x World Championship Qualifier and the North American Champion.

Leah earned a degree in Speech Communication from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Her ongoing business & brand, Naturally Caffeinated, Inc. was launched in 1998. Recently Leah joined the start-up world, as President, Founding Shareholder and Spokesperson of NULASTIN, Inc.; a biotech company distributing advanced science personal-care products.