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SkyQuest 2005 was the second visit at Fantasy of Flight for Phil Roberson. He already filmed Guy Wright's Team Elite at its inaugural event in 2004 and posted many SkyQuest pictures at his own website last year. This year, he went a step further and became the event journalist for the Parachutist.
His article in the January issue calls SkyQuest 2005 an "extravaganza for spectators and skydivers alike". He introduces SkyQuest with a brief look into the history of the event and describes the event site, Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. Phil Roberson also quotes NSL President Kurt Gaebel with his vision of the special annual event: "SkyQuest is a spectator-friendly event and acts as a bridge between the public and the skydiving community".
He mentions the two generals of the Royal Thai Air Force who visited at Fantasy of Flight where they were intoduced to the Kaleidoscope Divers. The 95 SkyQuest 2005 participants, who will travel to Thailand very soon, were impressed by the efforts of the generals who came to observe the World Team's training preparations at Fantasy of Flight.
Phil Roberson continues with a very accurate coverage of the NSL Championship 2005, which was the only event that managed to complete all planned rounds. He also mentions that the 2005 competition was the first money meet in NSL history: "The Jump Institute, owned by Fastrax team member John Hart, donated prize money for the first time in the NSL Championships' history, with a total purse of $4,000."
"But what a show it was - for both spectators and participants. Gaebel stressed the importance of presenting skydiving as a safe sport to the non-jumping public and credits Worth and Wright for recruiting safe skydivers to their teams. Thousands of skydives in four days resulted in no serious injuries and only one cutaway. The fifth annual SkyQuest proved once again that a skydiving airshow can attract top talent and tourists alike and give the public a taste of what skydiving is all about."
The NSL News could not express it any better, thanks to Phil Roberson for a great event coverage, and also to the Parachutist for spreading the SkyQuest word.
He also has some competition experience. In 2004, he competed as a videographer for the 4-way team Shin-jitsu. He competed in Freestyle with Anne Klein in 2003, while he was still filming 4-way, this time with team Galileo. He won a USPA Intermediate Class silver medal in 2002 when he already competed with Anne Klein in Freestyle. He also flew video for Burning Daylight, a 4-way competition team in 2001.