PRORODEO Sports News - June 6, 2025

SHORT ROUND

JOSH FROST SET TO RETURN FROM INJURY AT RENO

J osh Frost, the defending PRCA Bull Riding World Champion and two-time National Finals Rodeo Average Champion (2021, 2024), plans to make his return from injury on June 20 at the Snake River Stampede in Nampa, Idaho. Frost, who will be six months post-op to repair a torn labrum and rotator cuff when he makes his return, said he has been going through months of physical therapy at his ranch in Utah, practic ing on drop barrels and cows to test his grip and strength in the surgically repaired shoulder. "I'm pretty much turned loose to do everything

I was doing before surgery: training hard, lifting heavy, the range of motion is back," Frost said in an exclusive interview with the PRORODEO Sports News. "We're going to start pushing a little more the next two weeks. I'm entered in Nampa on (June 20)." Frost was initially injured during the 2024 season at the Cowtown Rodeo Xtreme Bulls in Woodstown Pilesgrove, N.J., last August. He aggravated the injury at the Pendleton Whisky Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale, Sept. 9, in Pendleton, Ore. At the time, he was No. 1 in the world in the PRCA bull riding world stand ings, with a more than a $30,000 cushion between him and the next cowboy. He chose to take time off before the NFR, Dec. 5-14, a decision that paid off as he went on to win his first gold buckle in Las Vegas. "It ended up being the right choice," Frost said. "When I got to Vegas I rode that first-round bull and at that point I knew I had made the right choice. The shoul der felt great, my body felt great. I knew it was going to be a good 10 days." Frost had surgery to repair the injured shoulder three days after the NFR. Since then, he has progressed through physical therapy and is now ready to make his return to once again prove himself as one of the top bull riders in the world. "I just got my first gold buckle (so) I got the shoulder done and I'm taking care of everything in physical therapy," Frost said. "When I'm back in action I'm going to be 100%. When I'm healthy, I'm the best bull rider in the world."

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