“Why is it that almost 25 years later, the loss of Lane Frost is still so strong? I think it’s because Lane Frost was what I wanted to be. He was what every one of us wanted to be. Lane dedicated his life to excellence. Complaining was not a part of his life. He said if he won a world championship he was going to do something special with it, and he did. He was an uncommonly kind and gentle man. He was a champion in the arena, and a champion in life” (Michael 1).
These were not only George Michael’s words, but the words and thoughts of everyone who met or knew Lane. Lane Frost influenced many people when he was alive, and he continues to influence people today through his hard work, kind words, and good example.
Lane Frost was born in La Junta, Colorado on October 12, 1963, while his dad was still competing in the rodeo circuit. Lane grew up with a desire to ride bulls. He was showing an interest in the sport as young as 5 months. His mom, Elsie Frost, said that whenever they went to rodeos Lane would always fight to stay awake to watch the bull riding. If they tried to leave before it was over, he would scream and cry and throw a huge fit (Frost 1). At the age of five Lane started riding dairy calves on the family dairy farm in Vernal, Utah. He rode calves and steers when he was younger, entering and competing in any rodeo he could. In 1978, when Lane was 15 years old, his family moved to Lane, Oklahoma. There he began to compete regularly in bull riding, and in 1981 he won the National High School Rodeo bull riding championship. Lane graduated from Atoka High school in 1982. He was offered rodeo scholarships from many different colleges, but he turned them down and decided to pursue a professional bull riding career instead...
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...can and support the bull riders and other competitors. They, along with his wife Kellie, started the Justin Crisis Fund for Injured Cowboys after Lane was killed in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Nobody saw it coming, and nobody was, or ever could have been, prepared for it. Mark Cain said,
“In my eyes he was immortal. He was a champion above and beyond the arena. In my mind, he was pretty much untouchable, and that drove home that nobody is untouchable” (Cain 1). Lane Frost.
The greatest rodeo legend that ever lived. A champion in the arena, a champion in life.
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