Get familiar with your bull. A commonly-overlooked step in the bull-ride is getting somewhat familiar with the bull you're going to be sitting on top of. Spend a few minutes watching the bull in its pen, getting a sense of his aggression and tendencies. Watch the bull when he's ridden by other riders.
Definition of Middle Passage. : the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
Of these, the sea lane west from Africa was the notorious Middle Passage; its cargo, abducted or recently purchased African slaves. Although it doesn't take a genius to use Google I will admit I am. :-) Try it sometime.