Kelly lane frost biography wikipedia
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Hoffman: Frost's widow's children making names for selves in rodeo rings
When the legendary Lane Frost was killed in a 1989 bull-riding accident at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming, his wife Kellie's Christian faith was put to the test.
Over the past two decades, she has rebounded from the high profile tragedy very well. In 1993, she married Mike Macy, who competed in team roping heading twice at the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas.
Today, they have two children who are prize-winning youth rodeo competitors and the family enjoys an abundant life on a ranch near Post.
This week, their 16-year-old son, Aaron, competed in team roping at the Texas High School Rodeo Association Finals in Abilene. He qualified after winning in the THSRA's Region I, which covers the Lubbock and Amarillo areas.
Aaron Macy, a header, and his partner, Landon Williams of Midland, turned in a second round time of 5.9 seconds, the fastest run during the Abilene championships' Wednesday morning performance.
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Earlier this month, Mike and Kellie Macy's daughter, Brogan, 13, finished fifth in barrel racing at the Texas Junior High School Rodeo Finals in Gonzales.
"It just brings me great joy," Kellie Macy said. "Rodeo is a big family of p
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Tuff Hedeman
American midpoint rider
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Hedeman at Las Vegas Move Speedway derive 2024 | |
Born | Richard Neale Hedeman (1963-03-02) March 2, 1963 (age 61)[1] El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
Alma mater | Sul Offensive State University |
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Years active | 1980-1993; 1995-1998 (as a veteran bull rider) |
Spouse(s) | Tracy Stepp (married 1986-2015) Liz Rippetoe (married 2021-present) |
Children | 4 |
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8 Seconds
1994 American film
8 Seconds is a 1994 American contemporary Westernbiographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen.[3] Its title refers to the length of time a bull rider is required to stay on for a ride to be scored. The film stars Luke Perry as American rodeo legend Lane Frost and focuses on his life and career as a bull riding champion. It also features Stephen Baldwin as Tuff Hedeman, and Red Mitchell as Cody Lambert.
The film was completed and premiered shortly after what would have been Frost's 30th birthday, in late 1993.
Plot
[edit]While growing up in Oklahoma, Lane Frost learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father Clyde, an accomplished bronc rider himself. As he grows older, Lane travels the professional rodeo circuit with his best friends Tuff Hedeman and Cody Lambert. He meets and falls in love with a barrel racer, Kellie Kyle, and they eventually marry in 1984.
As Lane's legend and fame increase, so does the amount of pressure he puts on himself, to be what everyone wants him to be, and he wants to show that he is as good as they say he is. His ascent to the 1987 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association bull riding world championship is marred by a cheating incident, questions about Kellie's devoti