Bull riding was in Frost's blood. His father, Clyde, was a bull rider, and was, in fact, away on the rodeo circuit when Frost was born. Frost's mother, Elsie, recalls that even as a baby, Frost was fascinated by bull riding. As the story is told on the Lane Frost home page, starting when Frost was about five months old he would wake up just as the bull riding competition, always the last event of a rodeo, was beginning. If the Frosts tried to leave early to beat the crowds, Frost would start to fuss, but as soon as they sat down and let him watch the bull riding he would be happy.
The Frosts owned a dairy farm in Utah, and it was here that Lane got his first riding experience, on the family's calves. At the age of ten he competed in his first rodeo, placing first in the bareback riding competition on a Shetland pony, second in calf roping, and third in calf riding. At the age of fifteen, Frost graduated to riding bulls instead of calves, and he started taking lessons from the famous bull rider Freckles Brown. In a very short period of time, Frost had become a major figure on the rodeo circuit in Oklahoma, where his family had moved when he was fourteen. He was the bull riding champion of the Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association from his sophomore year in high school, 1980, until he graduated in 1982. By his senior year he was also the bull riding champion of the American Junior Rodeo Association.
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4 months ago
It was just this last year that I got into bull riding and heard the "Lane Frost Story". I came across the movie 8 Seconds and there's not one single time i've watched it that I haven't cried. He is such an inspiration to his fans...I cannot even begin to imagine how pround his family is of him. He put God first, like evryone should...and to me...that's the one of the greatest things about him. We miss you Lane!
6 months ago
Lane is my #1 hero he was a christian and cowboy he always supported others even when they hated his gut
8 months ago
lane frost is the 1 who made me become a bull rider i started wen i was 3 years old. wen i was three years old my dad satme on a bull. im am only 12 now and i think lane is a good hero!!!!!!!!!!!!! he is still my hero and will be till i die. your bull rider, storm hay
9 months ago
Lanes dad was a bronc rider not a bull rider.
11 months ago
i have to say that lane frost, is my all time hero!! not because he was famous and he was a tough bull rider. It is because he inspired me to do what i want to do.. like he says, "dont be afraid to go after what you want to do, and what you want to be. but dont be afraid to be willing to pay the price" thos words inspire me each and everyday!! thats why i dedicated my grade 12 art semester’s work to him and the country !! he has influenced me in so many ways.. thanks to him i wont be afraid to do what i want to, if i want it , i will do it no matter what the price is. i have never met the man, but I own his movie, did the research.. and he is truly a great champion, man, son, brother, husband…Hero!! I just want to say thank you, Cowboy!! RIP- a true Champion, Lane Frost (EVERY SECOND COUNTS, DREAM BIG!!) Carissa Cabral
about 1 year ago
Lane is my hero i saw him die and everyone in the crowd was laughing those people should be disgusted in themselves. And people were throwing rocks at him!! cmon that was plain rude!! who agrees?
about 1 year ago
clyde was a champion bronc rider lane will always be the best he is who inspiered me to ride
about 1 year ago
Lane Frost was a true champion
about 1 year ago
lanes dad was not a bull rider he was a bronc rider