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Lease says: ‘Okie mudflap isn’t just a haircut, it’s a way of life’
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August 7, 2024
Lease says: ‘Okie mudflap isn’t just a haircut, it’s a way of life’
By LYNN ADAMS SPECIAL TO THE NEWS,

The third time just may be the charm for Logan Lease.

After finishing third nationally a year ago in the teen division of the USA Mullet Championships, Lease is again putting his “business in the front, party in the back” hairstyle on the line.

Lease competed in the kids division of the nationwide contest in 2022 to earn recognition for his haircut that is a nod to the 1980s.

“This spectacular mudflap has been grown with the purest Oklahoma ingredients known to mankind,” Lease says in describing what “may look like just some goofy haircut.”

Proud of the hairstyle he’s had the past three years, Lease says his naturally wavy, blond hair “has been lightened by the warmth of the sun. It has been my comfort in the middle of deer and duck hunting, it has been a shield for me to fight off the killer mosquitoes of Oklahoma.”

He’s given his mullet a name — the Okie Mudflap — and professes “it’s just not a haircut, it’s a way of life.”

When we think of the unique 1980s hairstyle, it’s not hard to visualize Brian Bosworth, Rod Stewart, David Bowie or Patrick Swayze.

But if you live in Gore or go to school at Vian, the magnificent mullet is synonymous with Lease, a 14-year-old ninth grader.

“I’m a young man who loves to fish, respects the hunt of wildlife, embraces the early morning hunt in a duck blind, respects my elders, attends church with my mother, protects the ones I call friends and, lastly, wears my mullet like a champ.”

Lease emerged from the national semifinals where more than 30 other mullet-wearers were vying for national recognition. His second consecutive trip to the finals to earn the national mullet crown will be decided in three weeks when voting is held Aug. 14-21. To ascend to the summit, he’ll have to receive enough online votes. Votes can be cast at www.mulletchamp. com/mullets/logan- lease-okie-mudflap.

Lease says family and friends “think it’s cool” that he wears a mullet, which is at least one reason he doesn’t plan on losing the party in the back.

Lease says wearing a mullet sets him apart from others, but admits that there are those occasions when he’s been mistaken from the back as a girl — until his deep voice reveals it’s just a mullet.

“To some, it may look like just some goofy haircut,” he has written on a social media post of his mother, Nicole. “But to me and my family, it’s a reflection of the young man I’ve become. It tells a story that only a few will understand.”

But when school starts at Vian on Aug. 15, Lease will be joining his classmates as a national finalist, which is a reason for not only a party in the back, but a party all around.

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