Taylor's family asked her to wear a helmet after she qualified for the NFR, and she donned it for the third run of the championship rodeo last December. "I got four skull fractures and broke all the bones on the right side of my face. It was the same injury that paralyzed and eventually claimed the life of actor Christopher Reeve, a break in the C2 vertebrae. Not even when she broke her neck in a barrel racing accident during a practice run at her home in Whitesboro, Texas, in 2009. Wearing a helmet didn't cross Taylor's mind until last year. I'll be wearing one for the remainder of my career." "When I put it on I was like, ?I'm just stupid for not doing this before,'" she said. It's a trend, much like her tie-died jeans and flowing hair, that Taylor is seeing become more popular. Often seen as a stigma previously, more and more riders ? especially youth riders ? are following in her footsteps. EAST BREMERTON ? Barrel racing fans know Fallon Taylor from winning the National Finals Rodeo last year as well as her fun and flamboyant fashion style.īut since the NFR in Las Vegas, Taylor has become an unofficial spokesperson and advocate for wearing a riding helmet.
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