Did you know that the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 is in the works while the meet jumps of the Valentine's Meet are on the way? posted: Feb 22nd, 2005 The NSL News has received several messages asking what happened to NSL-TV of the Valentine's Meet. The good news is the fact that the footage is on the way to the NSL-TV studios in DeLand. The delivery of the jumps was well planned. However, the shipping of the meet DVD fell through the cracks in the heat of the battle in Arizona. The first meet jumps will be uploaded as soon as possible. The NSL apologizes for the delay. (more)
Did you know that Skydive University's "The Search 2005" will conclude with the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005? posted: Feb 16th, 2005 Skydive University will be running it's popular event "The Search" from 12 - 18 March, 2005 at Skydive DeLand, FL. The event is aimed at newer skydivers who would like to immerse themselves in a high energy learning experience covering all aspects of skydiving training.
The event kicks off with canopy training from the Flight-1 team of Scott Miller and the PD Factory Team. Skydivers can then choose between Formation Skydiving or Freefly coaching. Formation skydivers participate in 20 coached skydives progressing from one-on-one to 4-way skills. The event ends the day before the FSL Shamrock... (more)
Did you know that Belgian's Spa HayaBusa opens the 2005 season at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005? posted: Feb 10th, 2005 The NSL News reported several times of events in Europe in the past years. The Belgian 4-way team HayaBusa was featured several times due to the impressive team progression and winning results at the events of the European Skydiving League. Spa HayaBusa finally qualified in 2004 as the Belgian national team, and the NSL News continued to cover HayaBusa's road to and the performance at the world meet in Croatia 2004. Spa HayaBusa recently provided the NSL News with another team update and the plans for 2005.
The 2004 season was very successful for the Belgian national 4-way team, Spa HayaBusa.... (more)
Did you know that Sinapsi PD completed the first training camp with Pete Allum in DeLand? posted: Jan 28th, 2005 The NSL News reported Pete Allum's move from the British team XL to the Italian national 4-way team, Sinapsi PD, at the end of last year. The new Sinapsi line-up with Livio Piccolo (Point), Arianna DeBenedetti (Center Inside), Luca Marchioro (Center Outside), Peter Allum (Tail) and Luca Poretti (Video) did not need much time to complete the plans for the 2005 season. The Italian team already completed the first camp with the new line-up at Skydive DeLand and made 80 jumps in two weeks.
The NSL News used the opportunity to meet with the team and get some background information. The Sinapsi PD... (more)
Did you know that Team Fastrax trains outside the box? posted: Jan 22nd, 2005 The NSL News series of the 2005 U.S. top contenders in 4-way concludes for now with the story of Team Fastrax. The group of teams that will most likely compete for the top ranks of the 2005 season and were covered by the NSL News includes DeLand Majik, DeLand Fire, the Golden Knights, two Arizona Airspeed line-ups and Fastrax.
The NSL News was invited by the team from Indiana to attend a training day of the Fastrax winter camp last week in Lake Wales. NSL News reporter Kurt Gaebel was already on the way from DeLand and past Orlando when Fastrax founder, member and sponsor, John Hart, called... (more)
Did you know that Hurricane Ivan might be too slow to mess around with the NSL Playoffs 2004? posted: Sep 7th, 2004 The NSL News has to report another outage for a few days. Hurricane Frances hammered DeLand and most of Florida this time. The NSL operation has been "outsourced" for and since the past weekend as most of DeLand still has no electricity. This story comes from somewhere in North Carolina...
The 2004 hurricane season still does not let go. The next storm Ivan is already on the way with a similar heading and path as Frances. However, Ivan might and will probably be a little bit too slow and too late to mess around with the NSL Playoffs 2004, which are coming up this weekend. One of the playoff... (more)