A bull rider hangs onto the animal on Sunday.
A bull rider takes the hard way off the bull.
Wyatt Smith from Rexburg Idaho wrestles a steer to the ground.
Evan Allard jumps out of the way during the freestyle bull fights.
Barrelman Andy Burelle peeks out during the freestyle bull fights.
A full crowd in the main grandstands watch the saddle bronc finals.
The pageant of flags opens the rodeo on Sunday afternoon.
Grace Tobias, Miss California Rodeo Salinas 2013, waves at the crowd.
Christina Richman makes the second turn in the barrel race finals on Sunday.
Sterling Crawley from Stephenville, TX, waits near the anima pens before the saddle bronc finals.
Members of the California Rodeo Salinas committee dance the "Y.M.C.A" for the crowd before the bull fights.
A cowboy hangs onto a bucking horse during saddle bronc.
Evan Allard dodges a bull during the freestyle bull fights.
Steven Peebles takes a wild ride Black Ice during the bareback bronc riding.
Tilden Hooper rides Another Grey during the bareback bronc finals.
Cowboys watch bull riding from the chutes.
Werston Rutkowski avoids a charging bull during the freestyle bull fights.
Bulls and bucking horses wait in pens behind the arena.
Big Week of the 2014 California Rodeo Salinas ended on a high note Sunday with the cowboy competition finals.
According to the California Rodeo office, nearly 50,000 people packed into the Salinas Sports Complex over four days for the 104th rodeo.
On Sunday alone, 16,000 people showed up under a warm July sun to cheer on their favorite cowboys in events including bull riding, saddle bronc and team roping.
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