posted Mar 21st, 2005 - The 2005 GSL Season Opener was held Saturday, March 19 in Dublin, Georgia at the 2nd Annual RoamingDZ Dublin Boogie. First of all, the GSL would like to thank RoamingDZ, its organizers, staff, and supporters for hosting the GSL and helping to make it a success. The weather was perfect and an excellent start to the 2005 season. The GSL was able to run the Grand Caravan for the meet. Everything ran exceptionally smoothly and the competition was strong. Six teams showed up to compete, a very strong showing especially since the meet was not held at a traditional dropzone.

Two teams competed in the Intermediate Class: the Wissota Shockers from Wisconsin and Last Minute, a pick-up team consisting of Anthony Stone, Bob Seaman, Scott Shell, Becky Murray, and Danny Page. The Wisconsin team came out strong, finishing in first place with a 3.8 average over 6 rounds. We look forward to seeing good things from this team up north throughout the 2005 season and from its members at the Collegiate Nationals in Lake Wales in December. Last Minute also showed well, especially with two members being new to 4-way this season. Last Minute finished in second with a 2.0 average over 4 rounds. Congratulations to the members and we look forward to having more pick-up and new teams training this season.

GT Airlock, one of last year's Collegiate 4-way teams from the Georgia Tech Skydiving Club and the 2004 NSL A Class Champions, has come back this year as Airlock. With no roster changes, members include Omar Mireles, Adam Chamely, Nate Fisher, and Shane Migliore with team videographer Olivier Poulard. Airlock is training at Atlanta Skydiving Center for the U.S. Nationals in the Intermediate Class under the coaching of Synchronicity member Kim Glover. As such, they competed for the first time in the NSL AA Class this weekend. They posted an impressive 7.6 average over 6 rounds. It was a very GT Airlock, one of last year's Collegiate 4-way teams from the Georgia Tech Skydiving Club and the 2004 NSL A Class Champions, has come back this year as Airlock. With no roster changes, members include Omar Mireles, Adam Chamely, Nate Fisher, and Shane Migliore with team videographer Olivier Poulard. Airlock is training at Atlanta Skydiving Center for the U.S. Nationals in the Intermediate Class under the coaching of Synchronicity member Kim Glover. As such, they competed for the first time in the NSL AA Class this weekend. They posted an impressive 7.6 average over 6 rounds. It was a very strong showing for having only recently learned the additional 8 blocks needed for the AA Class. The GSL looks forward to watching Airlock's progression this season in preparation for the U.S. Nationals in Perris this coming September.

Finally, three teams competed in the GSL Open Class. Inviscid, comprised of members Doug Glover, Allison Yasitis, Brian Timberlake, and Craig Sellars with Greg Harmon on video, had a good start to the 2005 season by finishing in first place with a 13.3 average over 6 rounds. Inviscid, also coached by Synchronicity member Kim Glover, continues to train at Atlanta Skydiving Center in preparation for the U.S. Nationals in September. PNF (Pink, Nexus, Fusion) consisted of members Mike Gruwell, Jonathan Bartlett, Chris Golden, and Bill Thomasson with Ryan Clough on video. PNF is a compliation of members from the former teams of Mr. Pink, Nexus, and Fusion who train at both Atlanta Skydiving Center and Skydive Atlanta. The pick-up team had a strong showing and finished second with a 12.5 average. The GSL looks forward to seeing PNF at future GSLs this season. Finally, Synchronicity also showed up to compete and finished in third place with a 10.8 average.

Meets 3 and 4 of the 2005 GSL season to be hosted by Skydive the Farm and Skydive Atlanta will be scheduled soon. Competitors will be able to see the dates on the GSL website as soon as they are confirmed. Once again, the GSL would like to thank Chris Spence and the RoamingDZ for hosting the GSL Season Opener and for helping to make it a success. We would also like to thank all the videographers who assisted with the meet. Meet 2 will be at Skydive Monroe on May 28. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Meet story provided by Allison Yasitis, source: GSL website