Summer Test: Sport Kites
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Next to the diamond-shaped clunkers of yore, new delta-winged sport kites fly like an F-22. These dual-line beauties replace dowel frames, plastic sails, and cotton cord with nearly indestructible carbon-fiber skeletons, Mylar-reinforced fabric, and lines that are 10 times stronger than steel.
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South African paraglider Cyril Mazibuko demonstrates the sport, using the wind currents and conditions in the Vaalkops hills, part of the Highveld region of South Africa.
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Chennai, Oct 18 (UNI) Weather played spoilsport as the second cricket Test between India and Australia ended in a draw here today after the final day&#39;s play was abandoned without a ball being bowled following incessant rains.
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Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination.
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A Canadian team of rocketeers has moved one step closer to launching its own manned spacecraft with the successful parachute drop test of a crew capsule today.  &nbsp;  The backers of Canadian Arrow, a rocket entry in the &#36;10 million Ansari X Prize competition, watched happily as their crew compartment drifted down into Lake Ontario.  &nbsp;  Today totally proves our Canadian Arrow design, said Geoff Sheerin, leader of the London, Ontario-based Arrows bid for the X Prize. It went really well and everything worked as it should. ...
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Firebrand fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar provided the thunder and lightning at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday on a day in which intermittent showers dampened enjoyment of a Test that has come alive thanks to a back-from-the-abyss series fightback by
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America's Cup challenger New Zealand lost two tests at sea yesterday. First it could not control its own sails. Then it was defeated by defending champion Alinghi.
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Tom Kite&#39;s opening round in the SBC Championship on Friday didn&#39;t look like much at the turn. Nine holes later, he was tied for lead.
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Pictures from the second Ashes Test
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This was not an easy day on which to play cricket. The sun shone brilliantly enough but for all of the opening day of the series a buffeting westerly crosswind flapped the trouser legs of the players, put
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Sonoma, CA (Sports Network) - Tom Kite battled heavy rain and cold temperatures on Saturday to shoot an even-par 72 and take the third-round lead of the Champions Tour&#39;s season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship.
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Updates from day two of the Port Elizabeth Test.
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SONOMA, California (Ticker) - It wasn&#39;t pretty, but it was enough to stay atop the leaderboard. Tom Kite increased his lead at the $2.
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The board-sports retailer enjoys back-to-school season.
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By Lee Tolliver, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 10--Wes Laine is hoping the surf gods look favorably on him.   Laine is in California for the Quiksilver Surf Shop Challenge Championships.   Competition begins Monday.
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A much wider audience will be introduced to Afghan kite culture with the American release of the film âThe Kite Runnerâ on Friday.
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Earthbound adventurers outfitted with special kites and harnesses are using wind power to reach some of the most remote spots on the planet.