posted Feb 21st, 2013 - The February indoor showdown between the Florida Skydiving League at iFLY Orlando and the Northwest Skydiving League at iFLY Seattle is in full swing. Both groups have posted their first scores of the month, and the videos of the FSL teams have been uploaded.

It is once again a very close race. The January competition was the closest one so far in the 7-month history of the event. One single point separated the Florida and Northwest Skydiving League at the end of last month. Florida is up by three points at the moment, and the NWSL group has not posted AAA Class scores yet.

Ari Perelman, Brian Johnson, Gilles Dutrisac and Kurt Gaebel put up a 24-pointer for the Florida Skydiving League, and Deb Correia now has to find a lineup that can match up, beat the score or compensate in a different category. The pressure is on the Northwest Skydiving League.

January 2013		AAA Class	AA Class	A Class	Rookie AAA	Rookie AA	Rookie A	Total
Rank	Teams	A,6,3	A,L,14	A,6	A,Q,E	M,A,D	M,A	Total
1	NWSL/iFLY Seattle	16	19	14	13	16	15	93
2	FSL/iFLY Orlando	18	18(-1)	15	20 (-3)	15	8	94

February 2013		AAA Class	AA Class	A Class	Rookie AAA	Rookie AA	Rookie A	Total
Rank	Teams	H,C,J,11	N,M,15	K,C,9	J,D,F	M,K,L	M,K	Total
1	NWSL/iFLY Seattle	-	18	16	25	14	9	(82)
2	FSL/iFLY Orlando	(24)	14	18(-1)	20(-1)	21(-1)	12	(85)

The videos feature the lineups who did well for the Florida Skydiving League. Rookie A Class competitor Frank Arenas, who invented one of the first outdoor wind tunnels in the 90s, attended his first indoor training at the January event of the Florida Skydiving League at iFLY Orlando. He came back this month and competed the first time for Florida.

His team mate Ali VanHoose attended the FSL Tunnel Kicker for the first time and had some 1-on-1 training with Ari Perelman before she joined the 4way lineup with Frank Arenas in the Rookie A Class. The FSL team in this category is winning by three points at the moment.

The other FSL pointgetter lineup was guided by player coach Gilles Dutrisac in the Rookie AA Class. Rebecca Kristof, Mikaela Fernandez and Robert Harris all started their 4way career with 1-on-1 training at the FSL events. Wednesday's performance was impressive, and Rebecca Kristof and Mikaela Fernandez are now also looking forward to the beginning of the outdoor season.

The latest FSL Tunnel Kicker featured another reunion of the FSL 4way team Wind Damaged. The NSL News had reported on 25 September last year that two team members and coach Bob Byrne met again at the FSL September meet.

Bob Byrne was not at iFLY Orlando yesterday, however, Point Martin McKerrel has moved back to Florida and joined the indoor event for the first time. He was in Atlanta, Georgia, for a few years and is now ready to come back at more FSL events. He met Wind Damaged's Center Inside Joel Kmetz and Center Outside Gilles Dutrisac for a 3way reunion which also flew together the whole evening.

FSL organizer Kurt Gaebel filled the open slot that Italian team member Mario Luppa used to fly for the meet sequence, and the FSL lineup finished four points behind the NWSL team in this category. There is room for improvements and more points...