Did you know that two XL 2011 members met at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Mar 27th, 2011 The most exciting battles of the Shamrock Showdown 2011 did not take place at the top of the leaderboard. This will possibly change very soon since Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge and NMP-PCH Hayabusa will do their best to reduce the distance between each other and Arizona Airspeed.
The next scores of the World Challenge 2011 will show where the Top 3 teams will be just a few weeks later.
The competition for the 10th place included not only Bodyflight Voluntas and SonicNutz, as the NSL News mentioned on 25 March 2011. Boogie Nights and Teiwaz Falcon were both close enough, as well. A similar battle... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV goes back to the Shamrock starting line? posted: Mar 24th, 2011 The NSL News continues with the aftermath of the Shamrock Showdown 2011, and all videos of Round 1 are now available for reviews.
The complete NSL-TV coverage of all teams began with the first three rounds on the second day of the competition. Round 8 was the last NSL-TV upload on 20 March 2011, and it is time to go back to the starting line and live again through the whole drama of the first 2011 showdown between Arizona Airspeed, Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge and NMP-PCH Hayabusa, plus all the other races within the 20-team field.
The first NSL News update live from DeLand on 18 March 2011... (more)
Did you know that Dutch team Whooops was the last Shamrock team leaving DeLand? posted: Mar 21st, 2011 Only one team was still in DeLand on Monday morning after the Shamrock Showdown 2011. Whooops from the Netherlands still had a light training day on Sunday after the conclusion of the competition on Saturday afternoon.
The NSL News used the opportunity to invite the four Whooops 2011 members to an NSL Talk before they gave their coach Gary Smith a ride to the Orlando airport and their own departure in the evening. The Whooops competition jumps are coming along with the video of the conversation.
The Netherlands have a wide open slot for the new national 4-way team when Dynamic Fource stepped... (more)
Did you know that Round 8 was the only one that Airspeed gave away? posted: Mar 20th, 2011 The Shamrock Showdown 2011 is over, and not much changed on the second day of the competition. Arizona Airspeed is the best team in the world at the beginning of the 2011 season. Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge and NMP-PCH Hayabusa have some work to do if they want to catch up with the US team.
Perfect weather and flawless cooperation between CamScore, judges and manifest allowed the meet management to follow through on the number one goal for the meet. Each team knew at any time throughout the entire competition what the scores were before the next round came up.
The teams and observers appreciated... (more)
Did you know that the videos of Round 7 are now available? posted: Mar 19th, 2011 There is hope for France. In fact, the new scores of Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge indicate that Arizona Airspeed has to watch out for the French team in the near future. Things changed after Round 7 at the Shamrock Showdown 2011, and the second half of the meet looks much friendlier from the French perspective.
Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge won Round 8 and tied Airspeed in Round 9. The winner of yesterday's five rounds (119 - 113) allowed France to be much closer in the second half. Only two points separate both teams between Round 6 and Round 9. The scores of Round 10 have not been posted yet.
Airspeed... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV features all teams in Round 6? posted: Mar 19th, 2011 The second competition day of the Shamrock Showdown 2011 brought two more sole highscores for Arizona Airspeed, while Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge continues to secure the 2nd place.
NSL-TV has uploaded the videos of all teams in Round 6 in the meantime. The CamScore system does not only make it easy for the judges and for the host to present the jumps on DZ-TV. It is also much easier to edit and upload the videos of the competition jumps.
Round 8 is in progress, and the videos of Round 7 will hopefully follow soon. Two teams have joined the competition and try to catch up with the field. The... (more)