Did you know that Texas and Northern California completed their first 2023 outdoor events? posted: May 15th, 2023 The Texas Skydiving League had a slow start into the 2023 season. League director Scott Latinis reported from Texas that four teams showed up on Saturday, one in the AA Class, three in the Rookie Class. He said that strong winds kept them on the ground on the first weekend day.
The AA Class team and two of the three Rookie Class teams came back on Sunday, even though AA Class team The Sufficients were now missing one of the team members. Scott Latinis himself was there to help out: "They scraped the bottom of the barrel for a replacement and found me..."
He said that later the team's videographer... (more)
Did you know that 49 1/2 Finger Death Punch and CSC Constellation had their last test before the USPA Nationals? posted: Aug 23rd, 2022 CSC Constellation was one of the busiest U.S. teams in 2021. The original lineup competed at four different A Class events before attending their first national championships in USPA's new 4-way Beginner category. They increased the scoring and performance level at each of the events and ended up in a jump-off extra round for the bronze medals at the USPA Nationals 2021.
The lineup changed when CSC Constellation made plans for the 2022 season. The Midwest team would still be eligible for USPA medals in the A/Beginner Class, however, as most of the other A Class teams they decided to step up... (more)
Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT posted a new team record number for a single round? posted: Jul 27th, 2022 The first part of the Pre-Nationals 2022 was completed at Spaceland Houston last weekend, where Chief Judge Randy Connell and his two assistant judges were live at the competition site.
They were still judging additional videos on the same last weekend, which were uploaded from other locations, including Spaceland dropzones in Texas and Skydive Midwest. NEXT completed all eleven rounds on their home turf on the first weekend of the extended time period for the Pre-Nationals 2022.
The "emergency format" that the National Skydiving League created in 2020 to offer an alternative option for the... (more)
Did you know that the Pre-Nationals 2022 will have the same format as in the past? posted: May 20th, 2022 Participating in synchronized meets and competition draws of the NSL 4-way Network is nothing new for teams from Texas, neither for teams of the Texas Skydiving League, nor for the Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Dallas.
The Texas Skydiving League was one of the three leagues (Florida, Georgia, Texas) that launched the National Skydiving League with the first NSL Championship in 1998 at Skydive DeLand. DeLands Genesis (Florida), Convergence (Texas) and Mr. Pink (Georgia) were invited to the league championship event.
The iFLY Dallas team joined the Indoor Cloud League in 2014, just a few... (more)
Did you know that seven teams from Texas joined the September leaderboard? posted: Sep 30th, 2021 The September leaderboard of the NSL 4-way Network is complete. The winners in the competitive categories (AAA - AA - A) came from three different leagues. The Test Subjects from Skydive Midwest had no opposing teams on the Rookie Class leaderboard and accomplished their first, the team's one and only scoring point, in the last round. SDMW NEXT member Greg Oldendick had put together this Rookie Class lineup.
Teams from four leagues posted scores in the last month before the USPA Nationals 2021. Only the teams of the Texas Skydiving League did not claim one of the top spots in the three other... (more)
Did you know that 4-way teams from Texas are regular USPA medal contenders? posted: Aug 26th, 2021 Teams from Texas have played a major role in U.S. Formation Skydiving competition and have won many medals at USPA Nationals in the past. The Texas Skydiving League was one of the earliest 4-way leagues in the United States, together with Florida and Georgia, and the regular meets were surely instrumental for competitive teams on the way to USPA medals.
Texas team Convergence represented the Texas Skydiving League at the first NSL Championship event in 1998, and one of the most experienced Formation Skydiving competitors in the United States, Scott Latinis, is currently offering regular meets... (more)
Did you know that Texas and Northern California completed their first 2023 outdoor events?
Did you know that 49 1/2 Finger Death Punch and CSC Constellation had their last test before the USPA Nationals?
Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT posted a new team record number for a single round?
Did you know that the Pre-Nationals 2022 will have the same format as in the past?
Did you know that seven teams from Texas joined the September leaderboard?
Did you know that 4-way teams from Texas are regular USPA medal contenders?