Did you know that something was even more important for Carolina Turbo XP than the $400 for Round 7? posted: Mar 29th, 2010 The NSL News reported on 9 February 2010 that Carolina Turbo XP, formerly knows as USPA Intermediate Class champion of 2009 VTSD, had changed the team name and made plans for the 2010 season.
The story on 27 February 2010 followed up with the announcement that Turbo would attend the team's first competition in the AAA Class at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010.
The Virginia Tech team from Carolina made true on the spring plan and showed up in DeLand for the first competition of the 2010 seaason. Doug Barron, Joey Coffineau, Andrew Happick, Ben Worrall and James Sides (Camera) were already the... (more)
Did you know that Friday 13 won the first round of the Shamrock Skins Game? posted: Mar 28th, 2010 The French national team Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge added another sole highscore to the records of the FSL Shamrock Showdown with the 21-pointer in Round 6. In fact, France gave away only two rounds (2 and 4), and Round 2 only due to the 3-point video deduction
It is also a fact that France missed the 20-pointer series over ten rounds after joining this elite club at the World Cup 2009. However, the 19-pointer in Round 4 was the only score below 20. Further than that, it was the only score below 21 points.
French national coach Jerome David noticed this first and mentioned it jokingly when... (more)
Did you know that the Hayabusa members kept the NSL Talk promise? posted: Mar 27th, 2010 The NMP-PCH Hayabusa members promised NSL News and audience during the NSL Talk on 18 March 2010 that the Belgian national 4-way team would be back with a new round of NSL Talk after the conclusion of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010.
Today's NSL News story features the videos of the Top 10 teams with Round 5 and the Hayabusa interview. This time, the NSL News visited the Belgian team at Skydive DeLand. Hayabusa was still training for a few days after the competition.
The evaluation of the Shamrock Showdown was already completed when the NSL Talk took place. The Hayabusa members had a very... (more)
Did you know that the video story of Round 4 provides a penalty update? posted: Mar 25th, 2010 The Top 10 videos of Round 4 at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 have now been uploaded. The NSL News still has to go back to the earlier rounds, as only the penalty information of Round 1 has been available so far.
NMP-PCH Hayabusa had a clean jump in Round 2 and the official highscore of 33 points for the fastest sequence of the meet. However, the French national team, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, was actually the team that completed the highest number of points within working time. France lost three points on the hill due to the camera angle and ended up with 32 points on the scoreboard.
Olivier... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way videos of Round 2 come along with a Deep Blue interview? posted: Mar 23rd, 2010 The NSL News used the opportunity of an early 4-way finish at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 to spend some time with the French national 4-way team in the female category, Aerokart Deep Blue. The NSL Talk with the team on Sunday morning took place after a few additional training jumps.
The Deep Blue members said that they like to train, and they use any opportunity to get in the air. The weather was good enough to jump on Sunday morning, while the 8-way teams completed more competition rounds.
Previews of the event had already mentioned a few times that the Shamrock Showdown 2010 would also... (more)
Did you know that Shamrock Showdown aftermath begins with videos of Round 1? posted: Mar 22nd, 2010 The review of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 begins with the videos of Round 1. The NSL News features the Top 10 teams of the AAA Class competition. The videos of other teams will be shown with related stories to come.
The scores of Round 1 put at least the Top 3 teams already in the positions where they would end up after ten rounds. Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, the French national 4-way team, posted the highscore of the round and took the early lead with the 21-pointer.
Paraclete XP4 and Genesis both outscored Aerokart Deep Blue in Round 1 by one point. However, the French national team in... (more)