Did you know that Christy Frikken and Dan BC visited Skydive Elsinore for the SCSL August meet? posted: Aug 9th, 2025 Seven teams showed up at Skydive Elsinore for the first meet of the Southern California Skydiving League in 2025. SCSL Director Christy Frikken, 4-way Open Class silver medalist with SDC Rhythm XP at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2021, said that "SCSL Elsinore ended up being quite a blast!"
She did not compete with any of the teams, while Airspeed legend Dan Brodsky-Chenfield visited from Skydive Perris, as well. He guided Perris Stunt Team as the player-coach through the 5-round battle for the 1st place on the AAA Class leaderboard.
Dan BC's Perris Stunt Team ended up three points behind the AAA... (more)
Did you know that Christy Frikken's NSL Profile needed a new update? posted: Aug 7th, 2023 The NSL Profiles were created beginning in 2001, and they reflected different generations of Formation Skydiving competitors. Christy Frikken was a part of the second generation, and her career story was posted when she was awarded with the "Skydiver of the Year" title that the Skydiving Magazine had created even longer ago.
Skydiving Magazine's co-owner Sue Clifton had decided in 2015 to donate the remaining Skydiver of the Year trophies to the National Skydiving League, after her partner Mike Truffer died in a skydiving accident in 2013. She did not have any requirements for the future use... (more)
Did you know that SCSL team Phoenix Pheathers have plans for the USPA Nationals 2023? posted: Jul 14th, 2023 The Southern California Skydiving League (SCSL) made it through the last three years of the coronoa virus crisis without a total interruption. Josh Hall, Arizona Airspeed 4-way world champion of 2012, had been running the 4-way league since 2014, and he was in charge of the meets during the pandemic period.
The Southern California Skydiving League survived the challenging times and has become the only league in the NSL Network that has offered the regional 4-way meet opportunities since 2007 without missing a year. In fact, these events were taking place even a few years earlier, before the... (more)
Did you know that the Southern California Skydiving League continues with Perris Fury guidance? posted: Feb 5th, 2023 The NSL News recently reported the comeback of the Great Lakes Skydiving League. Nicole Land, a passionate competitor of the recent 4-way generation from the Great Lakes region, is working together with the operators of three different skydiving centers, including Sherry Schlater Butcher of AerOhio Skydiving. Nicole Land and Sherry Schlater Butcher together cover a time period of more than two decades of 4-way competition within the network of the National Skydiving League.
Another change in the management of another NSL affiliated 4-way league took place more quietly with the change of the... (more)
Did you know that the Southern California Skydiving League has the top contender in the A Class? posted: Oct 6th, 2021 Six teams of the Southern California Skydiving League visited Skydive Perris for the second SCSL meet of the 2021 season and added their scores to the September leaderboard.
The AAA Class competition took place without Jerry and the Jets, who used to be at home in Perris, where Airspeed 4-way and 8-way world champion Dan BC is running the operation. They had attended the June meet at Skydive Elsinore, which is operated by another Airspeed 4-way world champion, Josh Hall.
The skydiving centers are only half an hour of driving distance away from each other, and Dan BC could comfortably visit... (more)
Did you know that Eliana Rodriguez and Craig Girard have been connected in the front piece for 16 years? posted: Jun 24th, 2021 The NSL News has covered the story of Jerry and the Jets briefly in several earlier updates, after the team appeared the first time on the leaderboard of the Southern California Skydiving League's August 2020 meet.
It was an international meet weekend, as well, with teams in Germany and Austria using the same competition draw of the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 and posting their scores on the leaderboard together with the best teams in the world. Jerry and the Jets finished in the middle of the AAA Class field after the four rounds that were completed in Perris.
The leaderboard was smaller last... (more)