posted Nov 19th, 2011 - Kaleidoscope Divers and 4way teams spent most of Saturday on the ground. Only a few 4way jumps were done, first thing in the morning and at the end of the day. The bigway fans had already canceled for the day when the skies cleared up completely and allowed a few very patient teams to get in the air.

The NSL News used the downtime for several interesting NSL Talk sessions. The first one features the Carolina Fly Girls who traveled to DeLand from Skydive Carolina in Chester. Dani Bridges, Ashley Martin, Kathy Stringer and Katie Rajala explained to the NSL News why they have so much fun with their own 4way project.

In addition, new team videographer Jeanne Welsh also explained why she prefered to be on camera for the all-female lineup. She loves 4way just as much, but she doesn't want to memorizae the sequences, so she rather films the action. The Carolina Fly Girls are a role model for a team that loves 4way with its challenges and the group dynamics, plus the social environment.

Another not so young competitor joined the conversation, as he fit in perfectly with age and engagement. Ed Ganley was a hardcore 4way and 8way competitor years ago and even won the Intermediate Class 8way competition at the USPA Nationals in 1996. He completely retired from skydiving after running a skydiving operation for a few years.

The Teiwaz project eventually motivated him to come back, as teams like the Carolina Fly Girls and many other current 4way team projects recently discover the casual side of 4way competition. Neither the Fly Girls nor Ed Ganley plan to become 4way world champions any longer. However, they still share the same passion and enjoy it just as much with less efforts.

Neither the Carolina Fly Girls nor Ed Ganley with one of the Teiwaz lineups have been in the air yet and will try again tomorrow morning, together with the Kaleidoscope Divers. They are still having fun in many other ways throughout the day.