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• Locations: News Published Sep. 1, 2021

  Riding into the wreck

  "It’s really a team effort. Brice and I have been working together a long time so I kind of know what he’s going to do and we have each other’s back the whole time," said Matt Nieslanik, pictured here getting ready with Berentis during Carbondale Rodeo's Tough Enough to Wear Pink Night.

  Photos and text by Paula Mayer

  Sopris Sun Contributor

  It was the summer of 2019 and I was sitting in the grandstand at Gus Darien Arena. The first round of ranch bronc riding was underway. A bronc came flying out of the bucking chute… read more →