Did you know that XP Angels and Platinum XP joined forces in 8-way? posted: Oct 30th, 2025 The NSL News covered the internal 4-way duel between XP Angels and Platinum XP with the update on October 18th. The story was a part of the previews for the USPA Nationals 2025 where the two teams would compete in different categories, XP Angels in 4-way Open, Platinum XP in 4-way Advanced. However, the combined AAA Class leaderboard of the NSL News would bring all teams of the same two categories together round by round and in the final standings.
The ten rounds of the national outdoor championship have been completed successfully at Skydive Arizona, and Platinum XP finished once again ahead... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights explained details of Round 1 in 4-way Open? posted: Oct 29th, 2025 The Golden Knights, new U.S. 4-way champion and national team for next year's outdoor world championship, continue with 8-way competition after the convincing performance in 4-way Open. They have teamed up with three Arizona Airspeed members and Michelle Karamon and completed six rounds on Tuesday.
The 8-way teams had four more rounds on their agenda on Wednesday and completed two of them before a new wind hold interrupted the operation. The break was long enough for NSL Live Talk with the complete 4-way lineup to discuss the completed ten 4-way and eight 8-way rounds.
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Did you know that Paraclete XP8 win with the traditional team name and new members? posted: Oct 28th, 2025 The first five rounds of the 8-way competition at the USPA Nationals 2025 featured the two top contenders in a way how most of the expert observers expected it to turn out. The pickup team of Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed members offered the opposition that Paraclete XP8's new lineup had to be ready for, and they were.
GKAZ8 won two of the first five rounds before a wind break interrupted the 8-way competition for a few hours. XP8 came out of the weather hold like their own hurricane and sealed the outcome of the U.S. 8-way duel with a convincing 21-pointer in Round 6 that alone increased... (more)
Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa's Dennis Praet followed up on Gary Smith? posted: Oct 28th, 2025 The new NSL Live Talk format that was introduced with yesterday's online interview of Gary Smith was encouraging enough to continue a similar approach with other observers of the USPA Nationals 2025. NMP PCH HayaBusa's team captain Dennis Praet has been following the 4-way competition just as carefully and attentively as his former coach, who was still in Qatar at the time of the competition at Skydive Arizona.
Dennis Praet and his team had just returned back to Belgium after a training camp at Skydive City. The NSL News had visited the Belgian 4-way team last week in Zephyrhills before traveling... (more)
Did you know that the teams in the A/Beginner Class started the second 4-way day? posted: Oct 28th, 2025 The teams in the 4-way Beginner category opened up the day for the remaining three rounds in 4-way at the USPA Nationals 2025. Take-off time was at 7 am every day so far, and the AAA/Open/Advanced Class teams had a little bit more time on Monday before they had to be at the boarding area.
The NSL News mentioned earlier that the Beginner Class was the only category at the USPA Nationals with new record participation. Eleven teams outscored the inaugurating event in 2021 at the same place, where ten teams attended. Only three teams were on the A/Beginner Class leaderboard last year.
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Did you know that Gary Smith provided his brief evaluation near the boarding area? posted: Oct 27th, 2025 Online technology has allowed people to follow events from all across the planet. Scores have been posted on internet platforms for a very long time, and videos were added to the services years ago, as well. The last feature was online communication, and the NSL News started using the Zoom platform for this purpose years ago.
The Zoom platform has allowed live online interviews that would be recorded and stored on the NSL server to make it available for reviews at any time. Gary Smith had already reviewed the competition videos on the InTime platform and was well prepared for NSL Live Talk.
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