Remembering Legendary Bull Rider Lane Frost

Lane Frost was born in La Junta, Colorado on October 12th, 1963, to Clyde and Elsie Frost. He has one sister, Robin and one brother, Cody. Ever since Lane could talk, he told his parents that he wanted to be a bull rider. Elsie made Lane his first pair of chaps and in 1974 at the age of ten, he won his first rodeo awards at the "Little Buckaroos" rodeo held in Uintah Basin, UT. At the age of fifteen, Lane started to ride bulls on a regular basis, up until then he has been competing only on calves and steers.

In 1978, Lane and his family moved to Lane, Oklahoma where he continued learning about and riding in rodeos. In less than a year he had made an impression on the Oklahoma bull riding circuits. Lane already had the help of his father, but now he also had the help of his fathers friend and 1962 Bull Riding Champion, Freckles Brown. Brown became a life mentor to Lane, and a great friend. Later that year Lane, at the age of fifteen, became the Bull Riding Champion of the "Small Fry Rodeo Association."

In 1980, Lane was the Bull Riding Champion of the "Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association," and runner up Bull Riding Champion of the "National High School Rodeo Association." He was only a sophomore in high school. It was at this time that he met two people who would be in the rest of his life, Tuff Hedeman and Kellie Kyle.

In 1981, he won the Bull Riding Championship in the "National High School Finals Rodeo Association." Lane graduated from Atoka High School in 1982, and kept the Bull Riding Championship for a third year in a row for the "Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association." He was also the Bull Riding Champion of the "American Junior Rodeo Association" as well as the Champion of the "First Annual Youth Nationals Finals."

In 1983 he received full membership in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA), he was nineteen.

1984, was the first year Lane qualified for the National Finals Rodeo. He rode five of the ten bulls. If he had ridden all ten bulls he would have won. Lane finished 9th in the World Standings and was 5th in the NFR earnings.

On January 5, 1985, Lane married Kellie Kyle. It was also when he taught his first bull riding class. There were ten people.