posted Feb 3rd, 2011 - The NSL News mentioned earlier that the German national 4-way team ISB Air currently trains in DeLand. It was a good opportunity to meet the new lineup, and the team accepted the invitation for a live NSL Talk.

Goal was to include videos of the training camp, especially of the new blocks that the NSL News has recently introduced. ISB Air was still experimenting with the technique for the new Block 13 when the training was interrupted by inclement weather.

New team member Petra van Overveld had just begun to put the videos together for the NSL News when the German delegation decided to pack up for a quick trip to North Carolina and some windtunnel training at Paraclete XP. The ISB Air footage will be presented later.

The NSL News will follow the same route north on Friday morning for the live coverage of the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championships 2011. The German teams will be on the way back to DeLand when the NSL News is heading the other way.

The three original ISB Air members (Sarah Hajooze, Anne Heinrich, Pia Weingart) are visiting Florida for the first time, while Petra van Overveld trained in DeLand the last time in November 2010 and then competed at the NSL Championship 2010 with the international Skytrax lineup.

Coach Solly Williams mentioned a few days ago that the new lineup is very talented and has the potential to catch up with the top female teams in the world very soon. In fact, the German team was not that far away at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010. Only eight points separated ISB Air from the US team Spaceland Blue in 3rd place.

World Meet 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women	10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
1	France Aerokart Deep Blue	20	19	47	18	19	20	21	21	32	19	236	23.6
2	UK Team Bodyflight	16	17	44	17	17	19	18	19	30	19	216	21.6
3	USA Spaceland Blue	17	14	38	15	16	15	17	15	29	12	188	18.8
4	Germany ISB Air	16	15	39	13	13	15	16	14	28	11	180	18.0
5	Norway Polaris	14	12	30	11	14	12	14	15	22	15	159	15.9
6	Russia Prygalky	13	10	21	13	13	12	10	13	17	12	134	13.4
7	Sweden Women	9	7	20	9	11	8	11	11	16	-	102	11.3
8	China Women	9	9	17	5	6	6	11	8	15	-	86	9.6

Coach Solly Williams and the ISB Air members make it no secret that it is their goal to catch up with the very top level of female 4-way competition. The chances are not bad. France has a new lineup with two new members. There are no news yet from the United Kingdom of a new and strong female 4-way lineup.

US team Alpha Armada did very well at the Dubai Championship 2011. However, Perris Fury's Center Outside Christy Frikken pushed the team to the 20-average level and will not be available from here on.

Germany has never won a medal in the modern age of Formation Skydiving competition, which may be defined by the current dive pool system that was created in 1984. ISB Air will come back to DeLand in March and have the first serious test at the Shamrock Showdown 2011. That's when the new French lineup will post the first outdoor scores. Both teams then continue at the World Challenge 2011.