Founder of Sutter Buttes Showdown extends reach over the Sierra with new extreme bull-riding event

It began with cowboy boots stepping by flames. The arena had gone pitch black when an explosion ignited four lines of fire that raced across the dirt, flickering against the silhouettes of vested men in chaps who marched through the shadows. They were arriving in Reno from 12 states and two countries to test themselves against some bulls who always…