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North Dakota cowboys conquer rodeo arena 

by Luann Dart

Eight seconds. Matching brain and brawn with a bucking bronc or wild-eyed bull, rodeo cowboys forge a career eight seconds at a time.
Nationally ranked saddle bronc rider Shaun Stroh, Dickinson, follows in the spurs of others in the sport who have conquered those eight seconds in the rodeo arena.

Bullfighter Josh Rivinius, Elgin, hustles to protect bull riders from one-ton behemoths that can cripple a cowboy in much less than eight seconds.

Each is in the midst of a career that’s been bloodied with peril, but blessed with success.