Reno Rodeo: Meet the Flying Sombrero
RENO ROSSER: "HAVE YOU EVER HAD TWO SHOTS OF TEQUILA? BASICALLY AFTER YOU'VE HAD TWO SHOTS OF TEQUILA YOU'RE JUAN CARLOS."
ANDREW NEPSUND: "IT WAS 2012 WHEN THE ENIGMA KNOWN AS JUAN CARLOS CAME TO BE. A SOMBRERO WITH PLENTY OF SPEED AND EVEN MORE PERSONALITY. HE COMES ON DURING THE BULLRIDING PORTION OF THE RENO RODEO TO DO HIS THING. WHICH GETS THE ATTENTION OF EVERYONE AT THE OUTDOOR ARENA."
RENO ROSSER: "THE BULLS ARE A LITTLE CONFUSED BY HIM BECAUSE THEY CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH HIM. SOMETIMES THEY DO. BUT IT'S PRETTY RARE. BUT THE BULLS DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT HIM."
ANDREW NEPSUND: "THAT'S RENO ROSSER WHO'S GOTTEN TO KNOW JUAN CARLOS THE BEST WHEN HE ROLLS THROUGH THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY. HE SAYS HE'S THERE TO HAVE FUN. BUT HE ISN'T CALLED AMERICA'S SMALLEST BULLFIGHTER FOR NOTHING."
RENO ROSSER: "WELL, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN HE CAN COME IN AND SAVE THE DAY. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN IT HERE AT THE RENO RODEO...PRIMARILY HE'S OUT THERE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED HIM FOR PROTECTION AS WELL."
ANDREW NEPSUND: "AND OCCASIONALLY THAT PROTECTION REQUIRES SACRIFICE."
RENO ROSSER: "THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES WE'VE HAD TO UNFORTUNATELY PACK JUAN OUT OF THE ARENA. BUT THANKS TO OUR JUSTIN SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM. THEY KEEP HIM PATCHED UP AND KEEP HIM GOING BACK NIGHT AFTER NIGHT."
ANDREW NEPSUND: "AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, ROSSER SAYS THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHO'S BEHIND JUAN CARLOS' ANTICS. IS SOMEONE CONTROLLING HIM...OR IS HE DOING IT ALL HIMSELF?"
RENO ROSSER: "OH, I DON'T KNOW WHO OPERATES JUAN CARLOS. JUAN CARLOS IS A MAN OF HIS OWN. WE TELL HIM TO BE HERE BEFORE THE BULL RIDING. AND HE SHOWS UP. IT'S QUITE A THING."
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