Kody lostroh biography

Kody Lostroh (born September 18, 1985) is an.
Ten-time PBR World Finals Qualifier Lostroh reached the pinnacle of the sport in 2009 when he was crowned World Champion following a feverish battle with JB.
This Colorado cowboy grew up riding horses, and it wasn't long before he was ready for a new challenge.

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PBR World Champ Kody Lostroh credits his success in gaining the skills to become a champion bull rider, in part, to his commitment to getting on practice bulls.

“Over the course of my career, I got on hundreds and hundreds of practice bulls,”said Lostroh, the 2009 PBR World Champion. “I rode as many practice bulls as I rode in competition.”

Kody Lostroh was the 2009 PBR World Champion bull rider and a ten-time qualifier to the PBR Finals. He’s a $3.2 million winner and is one of the top 10 money earners of all time. He retired from professional bull riding in 2018.

For Lostroh, practice bulls were an essential part of the learning process.

“Back when I was younger and learning, there were a lot of bulls that needed bucking. It was easy to find practice bulls to hone my skills,” Lostroh told us. “I got bucked off of some. But I could get bulls that I could stay on to work on my technique.”

Lostroh found every opportunity he could to ride practice bulls. If he heard of a bull riding going on, he made it his business to be th

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Kody Lostroh

This Colorado cowboy grew up riding horses, and it wasn�t long before he was ready for a new challenge. At age seven, his mom signed him up for the steer riding at the Boulder County Fair. �I wasn�t scared at all. I rode my calf easy�I just let go before the whistle. It was the most fun thing I�d ever done, and I wanted to keep doing it,� recalls Lostroh. Lostroh says his riding began to click at age 11 when he switched his riding hand to his right hand. He dominated his age division in rodeos, and his winning ways continued throughout this teens. He won the national title in bull riding with the Little Britches Rodeo Association in 2003, the bull riding title with the Colorado State High School Rodeo Association in 2002, 2003, 2004, and Reserve Championship honors with the National High School Rodeo Association in 2003. States 1997 PRCA Champion bull rider and PBR Board of Directors member Cody Custer, �I�ve known Kody for a few years. He�s someone who�s committed to his faith in Jesus Christ; he�s committed to riding bulls; and he�s committed to getting better.

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by Terry Lidral

Kody Lostroh’s Shield of Faith Cattle Company has grown from a hobby into a first class breeding program.

Kody Lostroh has been raising bucking bulls since 2006. But he’s been in love with the sport of bull riding since he was just a kid. PBR World Champion in 2009, Lostroh began his own bucking bull program 13 years ago and has been raising bulls ever since.

“I rode bulls and I just think bulls are really cool. They are so athletic and powerful,” Lostroh said of the animals he now raises and trains. “They overmatch us in strength but we can counter that with quickness and agility. And then there are the good times when we win,” Lostroh explained about his philosophy of a sport that demands surviving 8 seconds on the back of a powerhouse bovine.

Lostroh started out small in the beginning, but built quickly from there.

“It kind of started out as a hobby,” said Lostroh about the beginning of what has developed into his Shield of Faith Cattle breeding program. “I bought a weanling that was a grandson of Mossy Oak Mud