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This is my first wakeboarding post on here. I am obsessed with wakeboarding. Over the past two summers, I have had a hard time getting on schedule with people who have boats. 2003 was the last great year I had of riding.

Anyway, tonight we had an activity with the youth of my ward in church up at the lake. We loaded my friend Danny’s 210 Air Nautique with around a dozen people and rode for a couple hours until it was too dark to see. I took two quick runs to show how it is done (none of the kids had even tried wakeboarding before). It felt good to get back on the water. The last time I rode was around 5 weeks ago and I tweaked my knee a bit. I tried a crow mobe tonight and didn’t come too close, kinda hurt the knee, but I think it did no more damage, which is a great sign.

So there you have it, the first of many wakeboard related posts on BillyStyle.com.

Oh how I love this time of year! Week two is almost done with in the new NFL season. This year I am finally in a fantasy NFL league. I’ve played two seasons of fantasy NBA, and this is quite a bit different. You get one shot per week to pick the right players – quite a bit more hit and miss than with basketball. I think I like the change of style.

I lucked out and got Donovan McNabb, who had an amazing game today with over 300 yards and five touchdowns in just three quarters of play.

NFL Primetime on ESPN is my favorite sports show on television. A close second is Inside the NBA, which is on TNT. With so much great talent in the NFL, Primetime is a rush of great plays by incredible athletes. With Chris Berman and Tom Jackson, I find myself getting even more excited about the highlights than just watching them on SportsCenter. The Schwam’s “WHOOP!” and many other signature calls are very entertaining.

- On a sidenote, I am a devout Buffalo Bills fan. Their defense is incredible again this year, and the offense will get going as soon as JP Losman gets comfortable playing with the big boys.

This should be a great year in the NFL!

So today I found myself thinking “I wonder if The Dandy Warhols are working on a new album.” I checked out their site and hot diggity dog, I hit the jackpot! Their new album comes out tomorrow! Man, I couldn’t be more excited right now.

Upon making the discovery, I did drive down to the local music shop, Eden’s Music Exchange, to see if they were still open, but they were closed for the night. I’ll be picking up that album tomorrow for sure.

Be sure to check out their website, it has a full album preview with great classic video along with the songs. If you are unfamiliar with the band, they hail from my home state, Oregon. They’ve released four albums, this new one being their fifth. Their music is a strong soothing style of rock. Their latest album before this new one, Welcome to the Monkey House, is a great listen on a sunny morning when you’re in a good mood.

\r\nSo in tonight’s Sunday night NFL game, Baltimore’s quarterback Kyle Boller just got a hyperextended big toe. Now, most people would say “Eh, that’s nothing,” but I know different.

Back in 2001, I hyperextended my right big toe while wakeboarding. The joint at the base of the toe moved up and down freely with a range of what seemed like a full inch. Over the next 2 weeks, that thing was super tender and swollen to its full capacity – you know, when your toes look like vienna sausages. Man, if I put any pressure on it, the toe would move up again and writhe with pain. I couldn’t even use the foot while driving, it was pretty bad.

So, if Mr. Boller’s toe is anything like that, I expect him out for a month or so. It will be interesting to see how sever it is. Oh, and the picture is one I found while searching Google for Boller, you may see that I like good random images if you follow this site at all.

Wow. I just watched one of the greatest tennis matches I’ve ever seen. Andre Agassi vs. James Blake at the US Open. 5 sets, ending in a tiebreaker. Blake, the huge underdog from New York and Andre Agassi in his 20th US Open. Those two battled it out for a long time. It was a very clean match, most points being won instead of lost. I was pulling for Agassi, but hope that Blake will use his success in this tournament to give him the confidence to become a tennis great. He’s an aggresive player who is very fun to watch. Great heart. (Agassi won by the way)

On a sidenote, USA did a great job of covering the match. There was talk of switching over to CBS due to contractual agreements, yet not only did they play the whole match on USA, they showed the last half hour or so sans-commercial…and didn’t even brag about it; good stuff!

Also in the great world of sports, the NFL season kicks off tomorrow night. I’m so excited! This offseason seemed to go by quickly with the great NBA season and so many fun golf tournaments to watch. Oakland vs. New England tomorrow. New England has a 7½ point spread. It could be a really good game. Oakland has the league’s 2 biggest mouths in Warren Sapp and Randy Moss, while New England has the most roster changes that they’ve had in the past few years. As a devout Buffalo Bills fan, I’m routing for the Raiders.

I wanted to get this up on September 5th, which it still is in some parts of the world. Right now this is a shell of a site, but I will gradually grow it into something worthwhile. I just needed to get this sucker launched to kick me in the butt on getting going.

I’m hopeful that my posts will be more meaningful than this. Alrighty then, we’ll see what happens.