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How Kyle Lucas Willed His Way to His First NFR
Twelve years. That's how long Kyle Lucas spent on the edge of rodeo's biggest stage, good enough to hang around but never quite making it through the door… until the year everything changed.
Dr. Chad Hewlett sits down with Kyle Lucas to trace the unglamorous, decade-long grind of a Canadian cowboy chasing the NFR through broken-down loops, tight budgets, and the humbling reality of competing on the same ground as the best ropers in the world.
Lucas is a tie-down roper out of Carstairs, Alberta, born into the sport through his father "Smokin' Joe" Lucas, a six-time NFR qualifier, four-time…
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