Martin Roy Wood (June 4, 1933 – August 10, 2019) was a rodeo cowboy from Bowness, Calgary, in the province of Alberta, Canada.
Marty was born June 4, 1933,[1] in Carstairs, Alberta, Canada, to Dorothy and Harry Wood.
His great-grandfather was Henry Wise Wood, the founding president of the United Farmers of Alberta, who had settled in Carstairs in 1905.
Wood sometimes rode bareback horses and bulls, but he decided to drop these to focus on saddle bronc riding.
He also won at Cheyenne Frontier Days; Madison Square Garden, New York City; San Francisco Cow Palace, California; Fort Worth, Texas; Houston, Texas; Salinas, California; Boston Garden, Massachusetts; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, rodeos.
A friend, Arland Calvert, who was a ProRodeo Sports News writer, once described Wood's bronc riding technique: "Marty's slashing style – nobody reaches out front (in spurring) any farther or uses the full spread with more vigor – has been compared to the late Pete Knight by many old-timers.
Vold is the late Hall of Fame stock contractor who owned a ranch in Avondale, Colorado.
A 1971 Western Horseman article tells the story of Wood's teaching style, even mentioning that it includes everything "but riding side saddle" with his students.
Because of the cumulative effect of his injuries, he retired in 1974, going on to train American Quarter Horses and Thoroughbreds for racing and jumping.