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2004. He won $698 in bull riding for his 73-point ride on Northern Cross Rodeo’s Cross Roads. Splitting the saddle bronc riding with Ivan Tibbs was worth $611 thanks to a 78-point ride on Northern Cross Rodeo’s Double Nickle. He went on to win the word title in 2011 and made five trips to the National Finals Rodeo (2011-13, 2015-16). Ten years after winning a gold buckle, Proctor is still going hard and winning big. “I turned 36 (March 24), but once you hit 30 you stay 30 until you’re 40, and that’s how you stay young,” Proctor said. Patience and persistence pay off for Proctor

BY MATT NABER S hane Proctor joined the PRCA on his permit three months after his 18th birthday. His first ProRodeo competition was close to his Grand Coulee, Wash., home – the Elgin (Ore.) Stampede on July 13-14, 2003. It was more than a year before he secured his first win, but Proctor did so in two events at one rodeo. Proctor won bull riding and split the win in the saddle bronc riding at the Yakima Valley Fair & Rodeo in Grandview, Wash., Aug. 13-14,

SHANE PROCTOR Age: 36 NFR qualifications: 5 (2011-13, 2015- 16) World titles: 1 (2011) Career earnings: $1,307,744 First ProRodeo: Elgin (Ore.) Stampede, July 13-14, 2003 First ProRodeo win: Yakima Valley Fair & Rodeo in Grandview, Wash., Aug. 13-14, 2004 What do you remember about your first ProRodeo competition? I remember I was just coming out of high school and I entered the bareback riding and bull riding, and everyone dreams of going and winning your first one, and that was not the case for me. I got humbled pretty fast and it showed me what I needed to work on, but it worked out for me in the end. I think I was 57 points in bareback riding and was thrown off my bull, so it was pretty humbling. It was a smaller rodeo, like $1,500 added and I felt like I was at the biggest rodeo in the world. It was my Cheyenne (Frontier Days) at that time. What did you think it would be like? I was a good amateur rodeo guy coming out of high school and I didn’t think it would be easy, but I felt ready for that caliber. You go into it with the hope it goes the best that it could. I remember entering it and they said callbacks were at 4 p.m. I was at the National High School Finals and set my alarm for that time thinking that was when I was scheduled to call back, but that was just when it opened. I think everyone goes in with high expectations of conquering the world in the first one, but it was a learning experience, definitely.

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Shane Proctor has come a long way since his first ProRodeo, the 2003 Elgin (Ore.) Stampede. In 2016 he made his fifth trip to the National Finals Rodeo.

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