Did you know that the International Bunny Meet is in full swing? posted: Apr 23rd, 2011 The International Bunny Meet of the Florida Skydiving League is on its way in DeLand, and it features four teams from three different countries, Sweden (Bardagi, CADO), Germany (Final Four) and Denmark (Bodyflight Factum).
The name of the event is obviously related to the date of the event on the Easter weekend, and it expresses some hope at the same time that there might be a jackpot in the future, as the Shamrock Showdown has it in March every year. However, the Skins Game for other prizes takes place anyway.
The European teams have scheduled their training camps in DeLand around the Easter... (more)
Did you know that this weekend's meet brings back memories of 1998? posted: Apr 22nd, 2011 The upcoming competition in DeLand, the FSL International, features several teams who have recently been absolving their spring training. Two teams from Sweden, including top contender Bardagi, Bodyflight Atlas from Sweden and the German top team Final Four are eager to post some scores and show the results of the training efforts.
The NSL News was looking into archives, which are not in the current database that begins in 2003, to see what happened on the same weekend at the very beginnings of the National Skydiving League. The Florida Skydiving League held its 9th meet of the 1997/1998 season,... (more)
Did you know that Fastair met Airspeed at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Apr 11th, 2011 The April issue of the Blue Skies Mag included a new piece of the "Turning Points" series. It is the fourth contribution from the Formation Skydiving competition community for the comprehensive Blue Skies Mag coverage of the whole skydiving world.
The January article had introduced the new Arizona Airspeed lineup and speculated of the team's potential. In February, the NSL News author covered the rest of the 4-way world and the teams who will compete with Airspeed. The situation after the Dubai Championship 2011 was discussed in March, and the newest "Turning Points" provided input after the... (more)
Did you know that the Shamrock videos of Round 10 come with the penalty leaderboard? posted: Mar 31st, 2011 The NSL News has arrived at Bodyflight Bedford and sets up for the live coverage of the World Challenge 2011.
In the meantime, the new 2011 database has been added to the NSL Archives, which will now allow updates of the 2011 Calendar of Events with all meet dates. However, this task will have to wait until after the World Challenge.
Also, the Shamrock Showdown 2011 videos of Round 10 have been uploaded and can be reviewed before the World Challenge begins on Saturday morning.
Round 10 brought a happy end for NMP-PCH Hayabusa. The Belgian team was not able to keep up with Arizona Airspeed... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is catching up with the US medal contenders? posted: Mar 30th, 2011 NSL-TV may just be able to complete the coverage of the Shamrock Showdown 2011 before the World Challenge 2011 begins with Round 1 on Saturday morning.
All videos of Round 9 have been uploaded and are available for reviews now. The travel from DeLand to Bodyflight Bedford will make it more difficult to upload the videos of Round 10 timely. However, the NSL News will try to get it done before new videos from Bedford will be next.
The coverage begins earlier, not only Saturday morning. Teams are arriving and training, and there is always more than enough action to keep the NSL News busy. Two... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV moves fast forward to Round 8? posted: Mar 29th, 2011 NSL-TV has moved fast forward after uploading the Shamrock Showdown 2011 videos of Round 5 yesterday. The videos of Round 6 have already been available since the story on 19 March 2011 was posted, and the videos of Round 7 followed on 19 March 2011. All videos of Round 8 are now available for reviews, as well.
The first five rounds of the Shamrock Showdown counted to determine the handicap for the Skins Game. The averages after Round 5 and then after each following round would be the foundation for the formula that evens out the playing field. From then on, each team could win a round after... (more)
Did you know that the International Bunny Meet is in full swing?
Did you know that this weekend's meet brings back memories of 1998?
Did you know that Fastair met Airspeed at the Shamrock Showdown?
Did you know that the Shamrock videos of Round 10 come with the penalty leaderboard?
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is catching up with the US medal contenders?
Did you know that NSL-TV moves fast forward to Round 8?