posted Aug 18th, 2020 - The NSL News reported on August 12th that Albert Berchtold is becoming the new USPA Executive Director succeeding Ed Scott in January 2021. The story explained his involvement in Formation Skydiving competition over the years and indicated the plan for a live conversation to follow up.

The new NSL Live Talk took place in the conference room of his current work place at Performance Designs where he has spent the last 14 years in the marketing department.

The same story included the video of an interview with Ed Scott at his first USPA Nationals. Albert Berchtold was behind the camera where he prepared and managed the newly invented NSL/PD TV shows of the event. He found the copy of one of the daily news updates in his own archives, where Kolla Kolbeinsdóttir and Morten Pedersen anchored the show that included regular NSL News updates and interviews, as well.

Today's NSL Live Talk introduced the new USPA Executive Director even before he begins his work at the USPA headquarters in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Ed Scott was in his second year for USPA at the time of the USPA Nationals 2008. Albert Berchtold's family has just moved from DeLand, Florida, to the new location, and he will follow soon to spend as much time together with Ed Scott before taking over the executive reigns.

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NSL Live Talk with Albert Berchtold - NSL/PD TV at the USPA Nationals 2008

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Albert Berchtold completed the review of his 4-way career behind the camera with a few more details. The first team that he was filming on a regular basis was Ranch Fusion, with David Grabowski in the lineup, who is still very active. David Grabowski was still training and competing with Lite XP last year and finished 5th in the 4-way Open Class at the USPA Nationals 2019. Then he was back with Befokte Dose at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020.

Albert Berchtold won his own USPA silver medal with the 2nd place in the 4-way Advanced Class competition of the USPA Nationals 2011. Start 4 needed a team videographer on a short call, and Albert Berchtold's colleague at Performance Deigns, Gilles Dutrisac, convinced him to take the new job in the camera slot.

Start 4 was tied with Fallout in 2nd place after Round 10. Albert Berchtold went into a jump-off round against his former Ranch Fusion team mate Dave Grabowski and won. Spaceland Lite, Dave Grabowski's next team, won USPA's Advanced Class gold medals in 2011.

The NSL-TV video is featuring the competition between Start 4 and Fallout, with Albert Berchtold on camera for Start 4.

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USPA Nationals 2011			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced		M,5,13	21,14,22	12,20,D	11,Q,16	O,C,10,K	P,L,19,8	18,6,2	15,9,G	7,F,17	A,B,N,J,3	Total	Avg
G	Qatar Tigers	QA	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	15	18	16	140	14.0
G	Perris Air Rush	US	13	11	12	12	14	15	12	14	16	17	136	13.6
1	Spaceland Lite	US	14	12	11	11	14	12	13	14	16	14	131	13.1
2	Start 4	US	13	11	10	12	12	13	13	15	15	16	130	13.0
3	Fallout	US	12	11	10	14	13	14	11	13	16	16	130	13.0
G	Qatar Falcons	QA	12	8	11	13	14	14	11	15	16	16	130	13.0
G	Dubai Red	AE	14	9	10	11	13	13	12	15	14	15	126	12.6
4	Spaceland Havoc	US	13	9	11	11	12	12	11	10	12	16	117	11.7
5	Dallas En Fuego	US	12	9	7	12	13	13	11	11	14	13	115	11.5
6	Spaceland Mamba	US	13	11	6	12	13	10	10	12	11	14	112	11.2
7	CSC Syndicate	US	10	9	8	9	13	13	9	9	13	14	107	10.7
G	Dubai Gold	AE	11	9	8	10	11	9	11	11	12	13	105	10.5
8	Old Greg	US	10	11	7	13	8	12	11	12	9	10	103	10.3
9	Monkey Business	US	8	9	5	10	9	9	8	9	11	11	89	8.9
10	Mighty Merkins	US	10	8	6	9	7	7	7	9	11	11	85	8.5
11	Slice of Life	US	9	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	6	84	8.4
12	Bad Wolf	US	7	7	8	9	6	7	7	7	11	11	80	8.0
13	Creeped Out	US	9	7	5	8	8	8	5	8	9	11	78	7.8
14	Sunshine and Buttercups	US	6	7	6	6	3	7	7	7	8	9	66	6.6

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Start 4 versus Fallout at the USPA Nationals 2011

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Albert Berchtold is taking over the position of the Executive Director in difficult times. As a National Director and Treasurer in the USPA Board of Directors he has been a part of the recently made and difficult decisions, which were caused by the corona virus crisis.

USPA decided earlier this year that the U.S. delegation for the FAI Mondial 2020 in August next year will be the same as it was selected and announced after the completion of the USPA Nationals 2019. Later, Skydive City decided that they cannot host the national championships this year, as the NSL News reported on July 31st.

USPA considered all options and collected feedback from the membership and other sources for a while until the Board of Directors finally decided yesterday that there will be no USPA Nationals in 2020. Albert Berchtold provided some insights on this topic during the NSL Live Talk today.

The national championships this year would not have had an impact any longer on the U.S. delegation for 2021. However, it was still a difficult decision to make, as Albert Berchtold said. There were many different angles and opinions how to deal with the situation. He voted as the National Director, probably for his last time. Beginning next year he will have to execute the decisions of the USPA Board in the future, and a new National Director will take his position in the board.