This cowboy's legend started on October 12, 1963 in Colorado. His full name is Lane Clyde Frost. His parents� names are Clyde and Elsie Frost. He has an older sister Robin, and a younger brother Cody. They lived in Utah, but eventually moved to Lane, OK. With the move, the rodeo circuits only got closer to Lane.
Lane can give some of his rodeo credit to a friend of his fathers, Freckles Brown. He helped Lane to become the bull-rider everyone has come to love and respect. In 1980 while he was in high school, Lane met the two most important people in his life at the National High School Rodeo Association competition, other than his parents. Those two people were Kellie Kyle and Richard "Tuff" Hedeman.
In 1983 Lane Frost became a full member in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. This would only have made him 19 when he attained it. Even though he was offered numerous college scholarships for rodeo, he turned them down for his dreams of the PRCA and his professional career. His dream really started to come true when him and his father built a arena on the family ranch. In 1985 Lane he taught his first class on bull riding. That class consisted of 10 students. "Lane not only loved to ride bulls, he loved to help others that wanted to learn how to ride." - LaneFrost.com That was not the only good thing that happened to Lane in 1985. On January 5, 1985 Lane married the woman of his dreams, Kellie Kyle.
1986 was came down to the wire when it came to Lane's dream. He rode 9 out of the 10 bulls and the National Finals Rodeo. All he had to do is ride the full 8 seconds on his last bull, Red Rock. Unfortunately he was unable to win, but was happy to see his partner Tuff Hedeman win it that year. However, in 1987 Lane's goal did come true when he was crowned the 1987 PRCA Bull Riding Champion of the World. That was the year that he rode 8 out the 10 bulls.
One of the most astonishing feats that Lane was able to do is ride the unridable bull. That unridable bull was named Red Rock, the same one that had bucked him off at the 1985 and 1986 National Finals Rodeo. Red Rock also bucked off his other 307 attempts. That gave Red Rock the record of 0 rides and 309 buck-offs. So, John Growney and Lane Frost decided on a little contest. It was called the Challenge of the Champions. Lane had 7 opportunities to ride the bull that nobody has ever ridden.
Lane had rode in many rodeos in the time after riding Red Rock. However the other major date and rodeo that are associated with Lane Frost is July 30 1989 at Cheyenne Frontier Days. This day and rodeo was a sad day in rodeo history, because this is the day that Lane Frost lost his life after his ride. The bull that he rode was Taking Care of Business. That was the last time anybody would hear Lane Frost say his signature phrase "Ok boys! Ok boys!" before they opened the gates. The ride was ok, until Lane fell onto the muddy arena floor. The bull hit lane's lower back with his head. The bull however was not done; he hit Lane again, but this time on his left side and with his horn. The horn did not pierce Lanes skin, however the blow broke and it is said that a rib had severed a main artery. There was no autopsy done, so this is as much as we know. Lane Frost was pronounced dead at 3:59pm on July 30, 1989. Lane Clyde Frost's funeral was held on August 2, 1989. Even though Lane Frost is not physically present, he is mentally and spiritually present in the hearts and minds of many people.
