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Marcus� Lee is as perfect as they come

Steve Gamel — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:09:00 CST

When Tyler Lee first got into wrestling, he admits he wasn�t impressed. In fact, he wanted to quit.

�A friend got me into it when I was in the first grade and I really didn�t want to keep doing it,� Lee said. �But my parents made me stick with it and luckily I ended up liking it and eventually got better.�

Flying high toward a goal

No Author — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:39:00 CST

Katelyn Fenner, 11 years old, of Flower Mound, was crowned INT League State Wakeboarding Champion (#1) in the Junior Entro Division. Katelyn has been competing all summer with the final stop last weekend at the Texas Ski Ranch in New Braunfels Texas.

Local wake boarder not getting caught up in the hype

Steve Gamel — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:12:00 CST

Sean Steele admits that when in the heat of competition, he’s one of the more serious wake boarders out there. But at the same time, he tries to have more fun than most.

“Some people go out there every day to practice and really try to kill themselves in order to get better,” said Steele, who works at the Slalom Shop near Eagle Point Marina.

Carve boarding: the face of a new sport?

Steve Gamel — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:30:00 CST

When Joe Gerlach created the carveboard, he set out with the goal of developing the next big sport. He may have got his wish.

The carveboard has become one of the more sought after pieces of cross-training devices on the market today. At first glance, it looks like a glorified skateboard. Yet unlike a skateboard the carveboard is not a toy and is far from simplistic.