Did you know that the meet story of the Florida Skydiving League has been posted? posted: Apr 21st, 2004 The second meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2004 season was competing with a large formation event at Skydive City last weekend. Several FSL competitors who are not currently in a team visited Zephyrhills for the 140-ways. However, the hard core 4-way fans still made their way to Lake Wales, including current and former Z-Hills locals as Ron Hill and Jim and Ellen Vandevelden. Hill (Tail) and Jim Vandevelden (Video) were both Teiwaz members for this meet with Robert Chromy (Center Inside), Kristina Peterson (Point) and Kurt Gaebel (Center Outside) completing the line-up. Ellen Vandevelden kept... (more)
Did you know that round four of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004 is now on NSL-TV? posted: Apr 20th, 2004 The NSL-TV studio quickly squeezes in another round of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004, while the local reporters and the NSL News are working on last weekend's meet stories from Florida and Carolina. Round four of the FSL season opener in March was a technical challenge for the AAA Class teams in DeLand. Block 15 (Cat - Cat) as the exit maneuver and two more blocks made this round one of the slowest sequences of the competition. Remarkably, there were no penalties at all for any of the AAA Class teams in this challenging round. Everybody seemed to be well prepared to handle it carefully. (more)
Did you know that the new Norwegian national team won the AAA Class competition in Lake Wales? posted: Apr 17th, 2004 Beautiful spring weather welcomed seven teams at the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales. The combination of perfect weather and a smooth operation provided by the host of the USPA Nationals 2003 guaranteed the completion of the six-round meet early on Saturday afternoon. The new Norwegian national 4-way team passed the first test with a 15.7 meet average and the first place of the AAA Class competition in Lake Wales. Sebastian Teiwaz took the second place with a 14.3 average and six points ahead of team Vitesse, the second project team from Denmark finishing with a 13.3 meet average. The NSL... (more)
Did you know that the new NSL-TV features the next round of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004? posted: Apr 13th, 2004 The NSL-TV now continues with the coverage of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004. Round three is currently featured, which was one of the fastest sequences of the competition (H-B-M-4). It was also the second time in the first three rounds that Italy's Sinapsi PD won the highest score for a round over DeLand Majik. Majik lost round one by one point due to a penalty, won round two by three points with an Italian penalty and gave away round three by one point. Neither Majik nor Sinapsi PD had any deductions in this round. It was a clean and true affair and one of the best rounds for the Italian team... (more)
Did you know that the Genesis re-union at the Shamrock Showdown was rewarded with $500? posted: Mar 23rd, 2004 The AAA Class competition of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004 had much more to offer beside the world class race between DeLand Majik and Sinapsi PD. One of the special meet features was the Genesis/PD Blue re-union of the original 1995 line-up with Shannon Pilcher, Kyle Collins, Ian Bobo, David VanGreuningen and Eric Taylor. The team members had been looking forward to this event and enjoyed each single round. Pilcher and Bobo are still residents in DeLand, while VanGreuningen visited from California, Collins from Jacksonville in Florida and Taylor from Atlanta, Georgia. (more)
Did you know that the Majik - Sinapsi Shamrock 2004 Showdown is a part of a long meet journey? posted: Mar 20th, 2004 The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004 surely felt like a miniature version of a world meet on the first day of the competition. Teams from seven different nations competed at Skydive DeLand on Saturday. DeLand Majik, Sebastian Teiwaz, DeLand Mojo, Optic Nerve, FSC JAMMM and the Rookies represented the USA. Sinapsi PD is Italy's national 4-way team. The Danez will represent Denmark and Team 42 Sweden at this year's world meet. V2 is a British contender for the United Kingdom's 2004 slot in Croatia, and 4Motion is a UK team, as well. The 4Tunates are from the Netherlands, and four teams from Norway competed... (more)