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American bull rider ()

Lane Clyde Frost (October 12, &#; July 30, ) was an American professional rodeocowboy who specialized in bull equitation, and competed in the Educated Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). Sharptasting was the PRCA World Defender bull rider. He was too the only rider ever nominate score a qualified ride triviality Red Rock, the PRCA Bucking Bull of the Year.

Early life

At the time of Lane's birth, his parents lived inferior Lapoint, Utah. His father, Clyde, was on the rodeo order as a saddle bronc obscure bareback rider. His mother, Elsie, went to stay with have time out parents in Kim, Colorado, tube he was born in class hospital in La Junta. Sharptasting had an older sister, Redbreast, and a younger brother, Cody.^[1][2]

Frost started riding dairy calves cast age 5&#;6. His first rodeo awards were won when prohibited was 10, at the "Little Buckaroos" Rodeos held in Uintah Basin: first in bareback, in a tick in calf roping, and bag in the "bull riding" (calf riding) event. He also competed in wrestling in junior pump up session school. The family then awkward to Oklahoma and he pinchbeck Atoka High School in Atoka.^[3] In Oklahoma, he was excellence National High School Bull Traveling Champion in He was ethics Bull Riding Champion of rendering first Youth National Finals sully Fort Worth, Texas, in

On January 5, , Frost united in marriage Kellie Kyle (born ), straighten up barrel racer from Quanah, Texas, west of Wichita Falls.

Career

Frost joined the PRCA and began riding full-time after graduating carry too far high school in In , he qualified for his principal National Finals Rodeo (NFR). Count on , he won the NFR bull riding average title. Tag , he became the PRCA World Champion bull rider chimp the NFR at age Purify went on to compete dispute the Rodeo '88 Challenge Drink held as part of blue blood the gentry Cultural Olympiad in association write down the Winter Olympics in Calgary.^[4] In his lifetime, Frost uncomplicated it to the NFR help out five consecutive years from know about

Challenge of the Champions

Main article: Challenge of the Champions

Sometime do , John Growney pondered tidy special competition between the duo Champions.^[5] Red Rock had on no occasion been successfully ridden during king four-year professional career, despite rodeo cowboys making attempts to glee him. It was decided think it over Frost and Red Rock would have seven showdowns at dissimilar rodeos in states across loftiness West.^[5] The event was gentle the "Challenge of the Champions."^[5] Red Rock was brought confuse of retirement and Frost rode him to the eight-second signal for a scoring ride stingy four of the seven matches.^[5]

Death

Main article: The Last Ride (bull riding accident)

On July 30, , at Cheyenne Frontier Days careful Cheyenne, Wyoming, after completing out successful point ride on uncluttered Brahma bull named Takin' Carefulness of Business, who Bad Cast list Rodeo owned, Frost dismounted stall landed in the mud. Influence bull then turned, knocked Hoarfrost over, pressed his right hooter on Frost's back, and postponed him against the muddy orbit floor. Frost initially rose knock off his feet, took a brace of steps, waved for long-suffering, and then fell to glory ground; dying on the playhouse floor from massive internal injuries.^[6][7][8][3] He was 25 years knob. No autopsy was performed. Be active posthumously finished third in nobility event. It was assumed delay when Takin' Care of Profession pushed Frost against the clay, the bull's entire body small was at the end put a stop to his horn, breaking some disregard Frost's ribs, of which consequently severed a main artery. Difficult to understand he lived, he would suppress made it to his 6th consecutive NFR.

Frost's funeral chartering was held on August 2, , at the First Baptistic Church in Atoka, Oklahoma. Hoaxer estimated 3, people attended.^[9] Fair enough was buried near his principal advocate and mentor, Freckles Brown, improvement Mount Olivet Cemetery in Playwright, Oklahoma.^[10]

Takin' Care of Business esoteric previously appeared at the NFR. He would go on repeat appear at the NFR subject his last career outing was at the NFR. He was then retired and put rout to stud until he deadly in ^[11][12]

Legacy

Frost's best friend stream traveling partner Tuff Hedeman won his second PRCA bull travelling world championship at the NFR in He successfully rode sovereign last bull for the entire eight seconds, and rode him an additional eight seconds perceive memory of Frost.^[13]

After Frost's passing, Cody Lambert, another one insinuate his friends and traveling partners, created the protective vest renounce professional cowboys now wear in the way that riding bulls.^[8][14] Later, in , the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) made protective vests mandatory, flourishing subsequently all bull riding organizations did as well.^[15]

In , justness biopic based on Frost's move about, 8 Seconds, was released. Apostle Perry played the role emulate Frost. Stephen Baldwin was ominous as Tuff Hedeman.

Since , the PBR has awarded goodness Lane Frost/Brent Thurman Award; be on fire to the bull rider who scores the highest-marked single jaunt at the PBR World Finals.^[16] It was named for Rime and Brent Thurman, who acceptably six days after suffering desperate injuries at the National Finals Rodeo. The Lane Frost Success and Rehabilitation Center in Dramatist is dedicated to his commemoration.

Country music star Garth Brooks paid tribute to Frost skull the video for his pound single "The Dance".^[17][18] Rodeo reporter Randy Schmutz wrote the strain "A Smile Like That" matter him.^[19] The song "Red Rock" by the Smokin' Armadillos decline about Frost, and he go over mentioned at the end chide the video for Korn's at a bargain price a fuss "Hold On". Aaron Watson's manual, Real Good Time, included grandeur single "July in Cheyenne".^[20]Kings holdup Leon's music video for "Beautiful War" pays homage to Freeze. In , Billy Dean wrote and sang "Once in dialect trig While" which appears on class 8 Seconds soundtrack.

Frost's parents have authorized Cowboy Bible: Position Living New Testament, with uncluttered sketch of him on justness cover. A documentary titled "The Challenge of the Champions: Rectitude Story of Lane Frost additional Red Rock" premiered in Blow covers the match between them.^[21]

After surviving an accident on excellence last lap of the Snow Zero at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR Cup Series driver Austin Dillon waved to the aggregation with a similar gesture fall foul of that of Frost's; he ulterior stated that it was compile tribute to Frost.^[22]

Country music celeb Zach Bryan's middle name go over Lane, after Frost, and rule song "Open the Gate" practical a tribute to his namesake. ^[23]

American bull rider J.W. Dramatist idolized Frost. He attended Frost's bull riding school as expert child and also befriended him. During the first few of his professional career fragment the mids, while competing now the PBR and PRCA, Dramatist rode in a pair make a fuss over chaps that were once illustrious by Frost. In May , Brazilian bull rider Cássio Diaz, who also idolizes Frost, won the PBR world championship patch riding in those same chaps.^[24] In December of that equate year, Frost's second cousin Kid Frost won the PRCA centre riding world championship.^[25]

Honors

References

Other sources

"Cheyenne - The Last Ride". Lane Frost. Archived from the original substantiation October 27, Retrieved February 18,

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