Did you know that Becca once again invites the bootie flyers? posted: Jan 18th, 2010 FSL competitor and Skydive Sebastian local Rebecca Minkin organizes the 2nd Annual Becca's Bootie Boogie this upcoming weekend in Sebastian, beginning on Friday. The inaugural event last year was very successful, which motivated her to continue this year.
She has once again lined up great help, as several Formation Skydiving coaches and competitors had already worked together with Beccas last year to make the event a success.
The lineup of coaches and load organizers is even more promising this year since SDC Rhythm XP has made Skydive Sebastian the team's winter home and will be available,... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury's Chris Farina commented the Dubai action? posted: Jan 15th, 2010 Round 8 is over in Dubai, and the winner is Arizona Airspeed - at least according to the latest results of the NSL Poll. The real scores have not been posted yet.
Not much has changed ever since the poll options were reduced to Arizona Airspeed and Hayabusa Defence. In fact, the final vote (55% - 45%) somehow reflects the scores and rankings throughout the meet. Airspeed is a little bit further ahead in the poll than the real scores actually show. However, 45% for Hayabusa is also evidence that many observers expect the Belgian team to win a meet at any time now.
By the way: Airspeed's video... (more)
Did you know that Meili Modini is Perris Fury's new team videographer? posted: Jan 4th, 2010 The NSL News story on 21 September 2009 (Archives > 2009 > Newx > Search for: "Karen Lewis") explained the video troubles that Perris Fury had at the September meet of the Texas Skydiving League. Fury did not have a team videographer throughout the 2009 season ever since Niklas Daniel was filming the team until the USPA Nationals 2009 and left the team at the end of the 2009 season.
The bronze medalist of the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships hired videographers for training and competition whenever they needed them. The video disaster in Texas eventually brought Fury back to Karen... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is not the only amateur team with a 19.7 average? posted: Sep 22nd, 2009 The NSL News story on 18 September 2009 covered the September meet of the Midwest Skydiving League. MWSL Director Alan Butt had provided the meet report, which included the mention that MWSL team SDC Rhythm XP scored a new record average for an "amateur team":
"The AAA Class featured two of the best teams in the history of Midwestern skydiving: SDC Rhythm XP and SDC Furies XP. Rhythm made MWSL history last meet by scoring a 37 in the elective round ten. Today they made NSL history by posting a 19.7 average, the highest score ever by a 'weekend' team. The Furies, who were accompanied by team... (more)
Did you know that Sebastian Tempest challenges the team's 8-way partners? posted: Sep 20th, 2009 Perris Fury's bad luck in Texas comes along with a great meet for Sebastian Tempest at the September meet of the Florida Skydiving League.
Tempest is attending the team's 4th meet of the 2009 season and had a similar break as the team from California after a busy start this year. Tempest competed in March, April and May before coming back this weekend.
Much has happened in the meantime, and most importantly the scoring average (13.3 - 13.8 - 13.8 - 18.5 after eight rounds) has gone up significantly. (more)
Did you know that Scott Latinis observed his 8-way team mate from the distance? posted: Aug 18th, 2009 The popular NSL Gloves recently had a free advertisement when Texas veteran 4-way and 8-way competitor Scott Latinis was filmed by Perris Fury member Chris Farina. Both participated in a demo jump for T-Mobile over San Francisco, and Scott Latinis wears the NSL Gloves on the video.
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