Did you know that Perris Fury scores changed last weekend's leaderboard in the AAA Class? posted: Aug 26th, 2006 The new meet weekend is already in full swing, while the NSL News takes another closer look at last weekend's complete leaderboard. 72 teams are listed on the scores page and used the same competition draw. This number represents a new record weekend in the NSL history. Participation records have been broken on a regular basis this year.
Great Britain was the major contributor to the new record number this time. 47 of the 72 teams competed at the British Nationals 2006. Each of the four competition classes was well attended by the British teams (9 - 10 - 14 - 14), and the A Class and Rookie... (more)
Did you know that Southwest Skydiving League teams posted record averages last weekend in Elsinore? posted: Jul 26th, 2006 With an unbearable heat wave hitting Southern California, six teams still toughed it out for the latest competition of the Southwest Skydiving League, held at Skydive Elsinore on July 22nd. Starting with the AAA Class, the women's world meet team, USA Elsinore Select, posted a team-best average of 15.0 over six rounds.
Select, with Tammi Rettig at Outside Center, Brianne Thompson at Inside Center, Kris Byrne at Point, Michelle Carlstrom at the Tail, and Rick Schindler shooting video, is ready to represent and step it up in Germany next month. Best of luck to our beautiful and rockin' ladies!... (more)
Did you know that Airkix' round four of the May meet comes along with clarifications from the judges? posted: Jun 28th, 2006 The new round of NSL-TV continues with the coverage of the May 20 weekend. Teams of the Southwest Skydiving League and the Florida Skydiving League were part of a record breaking participation with a total of 65 teams competing in the USA and in Europe at the same time.
The complete leaderboard of the May 20 competition still offers an overview of all scores, and the links to the video files can be found at the same page. Of course, the currently featured NSL-TV videos are always specifically pointed out at the NSL-TV page, as well. The specific event pages of each league also offer links to... (more)
Did you know that SSL-TV has now caught up with FSL-TV of the May 20 competition? posted: Jun 15th, 2006 The third round of the Southwest Skydiving League's May meet is now on NSL-TV, and this brings the NSL-TV coverage of the SSL meet in Perris and the FSL teams back together on the same pace. The next round will see the teams of both leagues performing the same jumps. (more)
Did you know that Perris AirKix' Block 1 technique brings back memories of previous world meets? posted: Jun 12th, 2006 The first scores of this weekend's competition in the United Kingdom were already posted yesterday, and Perris AirKix, UK's national team in the female category, was leading the AAA/Open Class field after three rounds with a 16.3 average. It must have been difficult for the UK teams to focus on the competition, while England's soccer team played its first game of the World Cup Soccer on Saturday. Soccer is very popular in the United Kingdom, and England's team is expected to play a serious role in the race for the championship. England beat Paraguy 1 - 0 in Saturday's game.
Perris AirKix has... (more)
Did you know that round two of the SSL May meet is now on NSL-TV? posted: Jun 8th, 2006 A new round of NSL-TV has been uploaded and features the second round of the Southwest Skydiving League May meet. The Florida Skydiving League competed on the same weekend and has already its third round on NSL-TV. The FSL takes a short break until the SSL teams have caught up.
The AAA/Open Class sequence of round three (M-16-1) is presented by Elsinore Gravity. Lou Ascione (Inside Center), Melanie Curtis (Point), John Hamilton (Outside Center), Steven Simar (Tail) and Pat Newman (Video) posted once again the highscore for this round with 19 points. (more)