Did you know that Alisson De Vargas and Doug Hendrix join Arizona Airspeed? posted: Nov 13th, 2024 The upcoming personnel changes in Arizona Airspeed's lineup have been one of the most discussed topics in the Formation Skydiving community, and the NSL News gave it ongoing attention, as well. However, the speculation regarding the new team members were never a part of the NSL News coverage.
Christopher Kuhlmann and Joey Marshall said during the last NSL Live Talk with Arizona Airspeed's previous lineup that they were planning to make their final selection of the two new team members in November and begin with 4-way training at the beginning of December, together with returning Airspeed videographer... (more)
Did you know that Aethers have the head-start this time? posted: Nov 11th, 2024 The first previews of the Shamrock Showdown 2025 indicate another most exciting 4-way competition to come, while it also brings back thoughts of the 2024 season for the French national team in 4-way Open, the Aethers.
It was a turbulent 2024 season for the youngest FAI medalists at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships, and the turbulences began literally at the event location of the Shamrock Showdown 2024. The NSL News had to report bad news with the preview on March 12th.
The French Aethers had arrived early at Skydive DeLand for training jumps before the start of the competition,... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights will challenge Arizona Airspeed at the Shamrock Showdown 2025? posted: Nov 9th, 2024 The Golden Knights used to be frequent visitors at Skydive DeLand in Florida for the Shamrock Showdown. They competed at the event every other year between 2003 and 2010. The Shamrock Showdown has mainly been a 4-way competition, only with an extension to 8-way whenever there was interest and secured participation.
The focus of the U.S. Army delegation shifted from 4-way back to 8-way in 2009, and the Shamrock Showdown 2010 had two Golden Knights 4-way teams on the leaderboard due to the 8-way extension that year. The Golden Knights 8-way team was interested in getting competition practice for... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP and Shamrock Showdown offer an indoor/outdoor double-pack in April 2025? posted: Jun 25th, 2024 The successful completion of the Shamrock Showdown 2024, after a slow comeback from the corona crisis with an online version in 2021, a very small live event with Arizona Airspeed and NMP PCH HayaBusa in 2022, and world-class fields in 2023 and 2024, encouraged Skydive DeLand and National Skydiving League (NSL) to make new plans for the Shamrock Showdown 2025.
In fact, next year's event offers a unique event combination for teams who visit the indoor world championship. Paraclete XP, host of the indoor competition, and NSL, co-host of the annual Shamrock Showdown at Skydive DeLand, will work... (more)
Did you know that Chicken Bolts had to wait patiently for the Round 10 scores? posted: May 4th, 2024 The NSL News aftermath of the Shamrock Showdown 2024 cannot be complete without the final coverage of the popular Skins Game. One of the previous updates on March 18th had explained how Skydive DeLand's $2,400 cash prizes were shared between the teams.
The last $200 skin for Round 10 was taken by Chicken Bolts who visited Skydive DeLand from New England for a winter break in Florida. Team captain Ben Liston and his team mate Doug Hendrix had launched Chicken Bolts at the team's first competition, which happened to be the Shamrock Showdown 2021 at Skydive City.
Ben Liston and Doug Hendrix... (more)
Did you know that Sebastian XL videographer Rob Stevenson was back in 4-way action? posted: Apr 28th, 2024 The NSL News reported on April 18th that two teams from Florida would soon have a rematch after the Shamrock Showdown 2024, where AirGo and Waitin' On A Woman ended up tied on the A Class leaderboard, and the team from Skydive Palatka won the $200 cash prize with the highest score in Round 6.
The rematch took place at Skydive Sebastian earlier this month. Both teams were back with the same lineups, Waitin' On A Woman on the same scoring level, while AirGo increased their performance from 4.4 in March to 6.0 in Sebastian and won the rematch.
Teams from Texas were ready to launch their season... (more)