In rodeo culture, "8 seconds" is the time a rider must stay atop a bucking bull to receive a score. This duration became synonymous with the life of , a world champion bull rider who died in the arena in 1989.
Released in 1994, the movie 8 Seconds stars Luke Perry as Frost and chronicles his rise to the 1987 PRCA World Championship, his marriage, and his famous rivalry with the unrideable bull, Red Rock. 8 Seconds
A 2015 Microsoft study famously claimed that human attention spans dropped from 12 seconds in 2000 to 8 seconds —shorter than that of a goldfish. In rodeo culture, "8 seconds" is the time