Vold, Wayne

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Origin: DeWinton, Alberta, 🇨🇦
Biography:

As a son of the legendary Harry Vold, Wayne Vold didn’t take long to begin his own journey into the spotlight and a similar highly regarded place in rodeo’s history books.

At 13 years, his first title came at the Calgary Stampede in the boys steer-riding event. Two years later he was a Canadian Champion in the novice saddle bronc. At 22 and 23 Vold would earn back-to-back Canadian Saddle Bronc Riding Championships.

Shortly after the Saddle Bronc titles, Wayne launched the Wayne Vold Rodeo Co., which has gone on to win nearly every major stock contracting championship in North America. Vold’s All-star team has included the likes of Try Me, American Express, Hagar, Rambo, Sugar Ray, Awesome, Pedro, True Grit, Mucho Dinero and Cooper’s Comet. Several of these animals are recognized in the Hall of Fame, themselves.

Wayne picked up for 25 years at stops such as the Calgary Stampede, Pendleton Round Up, Ponoka, and 11 times (the record at one time) at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, and twice at the National Finals Rodeo.

The nationally syndicated Wayne Vold Show aired for three years on CTV featuring musical talent from around the world, all during Vold’s illustrious stock contracting career.

Today, Vold hangs his hat west of High River, AB. Working with nephew and bull man Nansen Vold, Wayne Vold Rodeo provides stock for and produces a number of Canada’s top rodeos from Grande Prairie and Wainwright, AB to Morris, MB and the Ponoka Stampede. Vold can also be found each December at the NFR proudly singing the National anthem on Canadian night.

Wayne is quoted recently as saying “The success of my rodeos is summed up in these simple words: Organization and Team Vold”.