posted Jun 1st, 2007 - The NSL News special event coverage has added one more high-profile competition to the line-up of world-class 4-way events this year. The Raeford Parachute Center in North Carolina is the host of the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007. The event is scheduled for July 28 - 29, 2007.

The month of July 2007 offers a lot of prize money to the best 4-way teams in the world. The total amount of $50,000 is in the July jackpot. $36,000 will be handed out at the Malevsky Cup 2007, additional $16,000 will be divided between the teams on the first three places at the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007.

The winner in Raeford will receive $8,000. The team in second place cashes in $4,000. The $2,000 for the 3rd place complete the $16,000 jackpot. The competition in Raeford has additional windtunnel time for the teams in the rankings behind the first three money slots.

Paraclete XP SkyVenture stands for new 16-foot windtunnel in Raeford, and the event management, with former Airspeed 4-way and 8-way world champion Kirk Verner on the top, offers one hour of free tunnel time for each team in 4th to 8th place.

It is not only the prize money and the free tunnel time that makes the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007 very attractive to the US top teams. The timing of the competition allows them to attend a very serious test before the ultimate showdown at the USPA Nationals 2007, which is the official US qualification event for the World Meet 2008.

The NSL News will report live from the competition site at the Raeford Parachute Center. The travel plans have already been completed. Once again, the NSL News will follow the top teams on their road to the one and only slot as the US national 4-way team at the World Meet 2008 in France.

Airspeed Odyssey, Team Fastrax and the Golden Knights competed the first time this season directly with each other at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 in March. Airspeed Odyssey and Team Fastrax followed at the World Challenge 2007 at Bodyflight Bedford in Great Britain in April. The NSL News brought the in-door showdown in the windtunnel live to the audience.

The same three top contenders that competed in DeLand March had also made plans for the Malevsky Cup 2007, which will be next on the NSL News live coverage agenda. Airspeed Odyssey and Team Fastrax will continue their extremely competitive duel, while the Golden Knights had to cancel the trip to Russia, as the NSL News reported on May 25.

However, the Golden Knights will join Airspeed Odyssey and Team Fastrax once again at the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007. It will be the last opportunity for all three teams to check each other out before the USPA September meet at Skydive Chicago. Other top teams, including the ambitious underdog Perris Fury and Mass Defiance from New England, have the event in Raeford already on their agenda. The NSL News will follow up with more team information very soon.

Teams of the Carolina Skydiving League will compete at the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007, as well. The 4th meet of the regular CASL 2007 season is scheduled for the same July weekend at the Raeford Parachute Center. It will be an opportunity for the NSL News to meet the CASL teams at the same time.

The Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007 is a 10-round event, while the CASL teams usually complete six rounds on a meet weekend. Teams from five other nations will make July 28/29 weekend an exciting international event. France will conclude the French Cup series with the championship event, and the best French 4-way teams will compete on the other side of the Atlantic.

Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany have league meets scheduled for the same weekend, as well, and Finland holds the national championship at the same time. However, there are also rumors that teams from overseas might join the competition in North Carolina. Stay tuned for updates, teams can already register by using a mail link at the event page.