About Us
About
At Jones Protective Gear we carry Rodeo Bullfighters Protective Vest, apparel and other misc. protective gear for Rodeo Bullfighters.
My name is Gary W. Jones, P.R.C.A. Professional Bullfighter, with a career in the P.R.C.A. spanning 12 years from 1988 to 2000. In 2012 I decided to come out of retirement and strap my cleats back on and step into the Rodeo Arena, I also decided that it was time to make some changes on the bullfighting vest that I had designed over 20 years ago. I started fighting bulls in 1986. I qualified for the Wrangler Bullfight Finals Held in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1991 & 1992 as one of the top 6 Freestyle Bullfighters.
In 1986, while attending the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, I saw Miles Hare fighting bulls and noticed that he was wearing a motocross vest under his shirt. I knew that I needed to have one of those vests. After wearing the motocross vest fighting bulls at a few rodeos, I was really glad that I had it but I could see that it needed additional protection in strategic areas. I started working on some design ideas on how I could make the vest better, customized to what the Rodeo Bullfighter needed. Two years later, while out riding my jet ski on Lake Conroe, I met two gentlemen who worked for Douglas Protective Equipment, after a fun day on the lake we started talking shop and that's when and where the concept of the Original Rodeo Bullfighters Protective Vest was conceived.
From the vest's inception there have been several different manufacturers. I was paying Douglas Protective Equipment to produce the vest I sold them with the name “JONES Protective Vest”. In 1992 I met Tom Kilwine. Tom owned a boot and shoe repair business including a leather goods company in Prescott, AZ. I figured with his machines and my ideas, this would be a GREAT partnership. This is where “J & K Protective Equipment” was born. After a 3 year partnership and some added protective equipment for bullfighters, Tom and I went our separate ways. I got the opportunity to work with World Champion Bullrider Gary Leffew in designing a Bull Riding vest that he could feel good about putting his name on. After Tom and I went our separate ways, he continued to make my vest and other equipment under the name familiar to a lot of Bullfighters, “TK Rodeo Protective Equipment”.
So here we are many years later and my vest is still being worn by many of the top Bullfighters in the world of Rodeo. From the time of the inception of the Rodeo Bullfighters Vest, it has been worn by World Champion Wrangler Bullfighters and NFR Bullfighters such as Rob Smets, Dwayne Hargo, Jerry Norton, Rowdy Barry, "Hollywood" Don Yates, Doug Forzani, Darrell Diefenbach, Dusty Tuckness, and many more.
OUR GREATEST GLORY IS NOT IN NEVER FAILING,
BUT IN RISING EVERY TIME WE FALL!!
In 1986, while attending the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, I saw Miles Hare fighting bulls and noticed that he was wearing a motocross vest under his shirt. I knew that I needed to have one of those vests. After wearing the motocross vest fighting bulls at a few rodeos, I was really glad that I had it but I could see that it needed additional protection in strategic areas. I started working on some design ideas on how I could make the vest better, customized to what the Rodeo Bullfighter needed. Two years later, while out riding my jet ski on Lake Conroe, I met two gentlemen who worked for Douglas Protective Equipment, after a fun day on the lake we started talking shop and that's when and where the concept of the Original Rodeo Bullfighters Protective Vest was conceived.
From the vest's inception there have been several different manufacturers. I was paying Douglas Protective Equipment to produce the vest I sold them with the name “JONES Protective Vest”. In 1992 I met Tom Kilwine. Tom owned a boot and shoe repair business including a leather goods company in Prescott, AZ. I figured with his machines and my ideas, this would be a GREAT partnership. This is where “J & K Protective Equipment” was born. After a 3 year partnership and some added protective equipment for bullfighters, Tom and I went our separate ways. I got the opportunity to work with World Champion Bullrider Gary Leffew in designing a Bull Riding vest that he could feel good about putting his name on. After Tom and I went our separate ways, he continued to make my vest and other equipment under the name familiar to a lot of Bullfighters, “TK Rodeo Protective Equipment”.
So here we are many years later and my vest is still being worn by many of the top Bullfighters in the world of Rodeo. From the time of the inception of the Rodeo Bullfighters Vest, it has been worn by World Champion Wrangler Bullfighters and NFR Bullfighters such as Rob Smets, Dwayne Hargo, Jerry Norton, Rowdy Barry, "Hollywood" Don Yates, Doug Forzani, Darrell Diefenbach, Dusty Tuckness, and many more.
OUR GREATEST GLORY IS NOT IN NEVER FAILING,
BUT IN RISING EVERY TIME WE FALL!!