From bareback rider to rodeo clown, Kyle Bounds finds a new act at a familiar arena

From bareback rider to rodeo clown, Kyle Bounds finds a new act at a familiar arena

Kyle Bounds has been walking into the Philomath Frolic and Rodeo arena for close to two decades. This year, for the first time, he’s doing it without a bull rope or a rigging bag — and without any plans to get back on a bucking horse. Bounds, 35, of Harrisburg, spent 18 years riding bareback broncs on the rodeo circuit, becoming a fixture at the Northwest Professional Rodeo Association Finals and, by his own count, winning the year-end title nin…