Hot picks: 'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,' kayaking festival. For its next staged reading, Bricolage explores the colliding worlds of virtual and actual reality with Jennifer Haley's play "Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom." It's set in the comfortable world of a..

Olympics: Kayakers gamble on lane choice. Steven Ferguson and Mike Walker reckon the risk was worth it after making a sneaky booking of lane one for the Olympic K2 1000m kayaking final.

World champion Brabants seeks to join the gold rush in kayaking. The things Tim Brabants has seen in his working life should lend some perspective to whatever happens in the next frantic 24 hours of his flat water canoeing career.

Playboy girl Nicole's team wins kayaking gold. Beixiaoying Town, China, August 22: Germany has won the gold medal in women's 500-meter kayak four, giving Nicole Reinhardt a trip to the medal stand along with her spread this month in Playboy.

Gold for Britain's 'king of the kayaks'..but Britain's BMX starlet.. Great Britain's Tim Brabants won gold in the men's kayaking 1000m this morning with a barnstorming display of powerful paddling which saw him finish a length clear of his nearest rival.

Sea Kayaking How to Launch in Shorebreak Without Getting Hammered. Learning how to launch and land in breaking waves increases the number of days you paddle safely and with confidence.

Into the finals. Brady Reardon is doubly excited about qualifying for an Olympic kayaking final. Reardon, a 22-year-old product of Burlington, Ont., is a second-generation Olympian.

China sends two more boats to final. BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China : Two more Chinese canoe and kayak entries advanced to the finals in Olympic competition Thursday at the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park.

Paddling team is tight. Mark Oldershaw's best side was apparent after one of his worst experiences in canoeing.

Hungary dedicates medals to late canoeing champion. BEIXIAOYING TOWN, China : The Hungarians wore the black armband all week to remember their friend.

David Horst column: Canada trip turns into marathon paddle. It has the makings of a nursery rhyme. The floating adventures of four guys who call themselves the builder, the baker, the banker and the barrister.

Kings Mountain man killed in propeller accident in Wilmington. Tragedy struck at the North Carolina Intracoastal Waterway Saturday afternoon after a boating incident flung a Kings Mountain resident from his vessel into a moving propeller.

Boating Safety grants available. The nonprofit BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has set aside another $50,000 for its Boating Safety Grant program that helps neighborhood groups develop innovative projects that promote..

Boating Accidents Kill Two; Injure Five. Two people were killed and five people were injured in boating accidents this weekend in Connecticut and New York.

Tropical Storm Fay impacts cruise ship itineraries. Two cruise ship operators have modified some sailing itineraries to avoid Tropical Storm Fay.

Israel warns activists on Gaza boat mission. Unemployed Palestinians stage a protest to demand jobs in front of the Palestinian parliament building in Gaza City yesterday ATHENS: Israel has warned a group of pro-Palestinian activists sailing for the Gaza..

Fay's pounding shipwrecks 100-year-old sailboat. Like an unwelcome relative making themselves at home, Tropical Storm Fay doesn't seem to want to go away. As the storm stalled out off the coast Wednesday and Thursday, it dumped amounts of rain equal to six-month totals in some areas as the tropical storm winds, surprisingly strong after her schlep across the state, battered the beaches. But for Canadian Gill le Houx, the storm has shipwrecked his dream and along with his 64-foot, nearly 100-year-old sailboat that he was sailing from Montreal to Cuba.

Orlando Sentinel - Warship tracks 3 ships, 57 crew seized off Somaliai by. By EILEEN NG Associated Press Writer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A warship from an international naval force has been deployed to track three vessels and their 57 crew members that were hijacked in an unprecedented spate of attacks by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a maritime official said Friday.

Orlando Sentinel - Sailing Florida. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, the highest sports tribunal, will decide tomorrow on an appeal by teams from Italy and Spain to have gold medal-winner Denmark disqualified from sailing's 49er class.

Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson win Britain's fourth sailing gold in Star medal race. Iain PERCY adds Star success to the gold medal he won in the single-handed Finn dinghy in Sydney eight years ago, whilst Andrew SIMPSON wins gold in his first appearance at the Games.