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News Associated With This Event

Did you know that Brazil's Netunos won the first 8-way duel with Great Britain in history?
posted: Nov 3rd, 2024 The most exciting part of the 8-way competition at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships was naturally GKXP8's challenge of the historic scoring numbers, which ended with a new world record... (more)

Did you know that Round 10 at the German Nationals was the real challenge for Operation Adler?
posted: Oct 31st, 2024 The 8-way competition for the medal positions at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships ran smoothly and peacefully. The three teams in the top positions could only try to show their best... (more)

Did you know that the Qatar delegation confirmed their status of a powerhouse?
posted: Oct 29th, 2024 The NSL News has called the most successful nations in Formation Skydiving competition the "powerhouses" of the sport regularly in the past. This terminology was usually related to three countries (United... (more)

Did you know that Kirk Verner is one gold medal behind Craig Girard?
posted: Oct 16th, 2024 Three "Olden Knights" members of GKXP8 (Andrew Starr, Matt Davidson, Jesse Stahler) shared their impressions and experiences with the NSL News after scoring a new 8-way world record for a single round... (more)

Did you know that the "Olden Knights"posted their second 23.9 average?
posted: Oct 9th, 2024 Yesterday's latest NSL News update after the 37-pointer and new 8-way world record for a single round mentioned that three GKXP8 members (Matt Davidson, Jeshua Stahler, Andrew Starr) have been living the... (more)

Did you know that GKXP8 blew away the previous world record in Round 9?
posted: Oct 8th, 2024 The 8-way competition had one of its major topics going for a while. The U.S. national team GKXP8 have been chasing the record numbers of the Golden Knights in the last few years, and they now succeeded... (more)

Did you know that neither the Qatar Falcons nor the German Eagles can keep up with the American 8-way Eagle?
posted: Oct 6th, 2024 The 8-way competition at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships could not promise a similar exciting situation as it has been the case in the two horizontal 4-way events. GKXP8 has been too... (more)

Did you know that Saturday was the last training day for the world meet?
posted: Oct 5th, 2024 Last and not least, the preview leaderboard with NSL Power Rankings in 8-way was brought to its final version before the competition begins with 4-way on Sunday morning, followed by 8-way in the afternoon.... (more)

Did you know that the world meet schedule may have its own psychology?
posted: Oct 5th, 2024 The rest of the Friday at Crystal Coast was dedicated to more training jumps for the present teams, setting up the dubbing and judging stations and other logistics. Tent City and the team hangar were busy... (more)

Did you know that Ap8thy plan to have the most fun at Crystal Coast?
posted: Aug 30th, 2024 The NSL News reported on August 20th that British 8-way team Ap8thy will represent the country at the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024, after qualifying with the tied 1st place at last year's national... (more)

Did you know that there are probably no surprises in the 8-way medal positions?
posted: Aug 26th, 2024 The current 8-way Power Rankings for the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024 are not as complicated as they were in 4-way Open. The 8-way field has currently exactly the same number of teams compared... (more)

Did you know that beach jumps over Crystal Coast will be available after the world meet conclusion?
posted: Aug 15th, 2024 The NSL News introduced the hosting area of the 26th FAI World Skydiving Championships, the Crystal Coast in North Carolina, with the update on August 9th. The story featured other scenic competition sites... (more)

Did you know that Crystal Coast offers a new scenic backdrop for the world championships?
posted: Aug 9th, 2024 It has happened a few times in the history of FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving since 1985 that the International Skydiving Commission (ISC) of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI)... (more)

Did you know that the Qatar Falcons have their own improved travel agenda this year?
posted: Jul 22nd, 2024 The NSL News covered the travel agenda of the Qatar Lions and the Qatar Cheetahs with their coaches Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen on July 19th. The two 4-way farm teams of the Qatar delegation usually... (more)

Did you know that three Airspeed members lead in the world's historic medal count since 1985?
posted: May 27th, 2024 The recent 30-year anniversary of Arizona Airspeed was a good reason to take another closer look at the lineups since 1994. The anniversary story pointed out the 15 Airspeed members (Jack Jefferies, Kirk... (more)

Did you know that the Arizona Airspeed Challenge 2024 is the 30-year anniversary celebration?
posted: May 26th, 2024 Arizona Airspeed celebrate their 30-year anniversary this weekend at Skydive Arizona in Eloy with the Arizona Airspeed Challenge 2024. The celebration takes place almost exactly on the day when the longest... (more)

Did you know that there will be a German 8-way team at the FAI World Championship 2024?
posted: Feb 3rd, 2024 The competition for the potentially open 8-way bronze medal position at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships 2024 in North Carolina has already begun, even long before the team registration... (more)

Did you know that there could be a 4-team 8-way battle for the 3rd place at the world meet?
posted: Jan 18th, 2024 The recent NSL News updates around the turn of the year were a mixture of contemporary topics and evaluations of the state of Formation Skydiving competition in the bigger picture. The topic of the current... (more)

Did you know that 8-way competition has not yet recovered as well as 4-way?
posted: Jan 4th, 2024 The national teams of the United States in horizontal Formation Skydiving competition do not only have a clean participation sheet at world championships since 1985, as the NSL News pointed out with the... (more)

Did you know that Operation Adler and Airbus both could win more 8-way medals for Germany?
posted: Dec 20th, 2023 The NSL News update from Germany on December 6th provided a summary of the events that are related to the country's interesting 8-way situation. There is still no official decision yet who will represent... (more)