Did you know that the French iScore system will be available for the public in one year? posted: Sep 30th, 2008 It is an interesting point in time for the high technology experts in the sport. The progression of skydiving has not only been happening in the athletic area. The environment of Formation Skydiving competition has also changed and continues to turn into a more professional arena.
Electronic judging systems, DZ-TV, on-line coverage have become crucial components of the bigger and most relevant skydiving competitions. The NSL News alone has already seen three different systems this year, and the mother of all systems, Omniskore, will be the fourth one at the USPA National 2008. (more)
Did you know that Erwan Pouliquen has completed his active 4-way and 8-way mission? posted: Sep 27th, 2008 The NSL News story on 21 August 2008 included the video a live interview with the French 8-way team shortly after the last competition jumps at the World Meet 2008. France had just won the 8-way gold medals for the second time in a row.
Several different team members answered the NSL News questions, and national coach Jerome David was with his successful group of Formation Skydiving competitors, as well. The NSL News completely ignored one person in the interview who had contributed a lot of work to the French project in the past years. (more)
Did you know that the FSL Rookie Class teams are still on the top? posted: Sep 25th, 2008 The NSL News goes back to the NSL Playoffs event of the Florida Skydiving League last weekend at Skydive City where the first part of the meet story left out the Rookie Class competition.
It was a very special situation in the Rookie Class since three FSL lineups had signed up for the first time in the history of the Florida Skydiving League. Only the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004 had five teams competing in this competition class, and four of these lineups were participants of the Norwegian Basic Camp in DeLand. (more)
Did you know that the NSL News is the "Eye of Formation Skydiving"? posted: Sep 24th, 2008 The NSL News recently received a copy of the official French skydiving magazine, published every other month by the French Skydiving Federation (Fédération Française de Parachutisme).
The name of the colorful and high-quality magazine is "Contacts", and the latest September/October issue covers the time period of the World Meet 2008.
Of course, the major part of this issue is all about the competition in Maubeuge. There are several feature stories of the French national teams in all of the skydiving events, and Formation Skydiving takes the largest portion of the complete coverage in France,... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV now features the complete Round 1 of the last SCSL meet? posted: Sep 23rd, 2008 The NSL News goes back to the previous meet weekend on September 13. The Southern California Skydiving League held the last meet of the 2008 season in Perris and welcomed a few teams from Northern California this time.
R4 and Kaleidoscope both attended their first meet this year and competed in the AA Class. Kaleidoscope, with Collin Bruce, Jim Dawson, Karl Secks and Matt Stephens, had a similar schedule in 2007. The CA team competed at the August meet of the Southern California Skydiving League before traveling to Illinois and the USPA Nationals 2007 in September. (more)
Did you know that the FSL teams posted record scores last weekend at Skydive City? posted: Sep 22nd, 2008 Judy Celaya, veteran FAI and USPA Formation Skydiving Judge, kindly provided the AAA Class competition draw for last weekend's NSL Playoffs 2008 weekend at several different locations across the USA.
She had a nice surprise for the teams that competed in the AAA Class at the end of the regular season. It was a fast draw that allowed the teams to post record scores.
The AAA Class draw usually trickles down into the three other classes. It is always an interesting situation when the sequences are identical between two or sometimes even three competition classes. The teams then have the opportunity... (more)
Did you know that the French iScore system will be available for the public in one year?
Did you know that Erwan Pouliquen has completed his active 4-way and 8-way mission?
Did you know that the FSL Rookie Class teams are still on the top?
Did you know that the NSL News is the "Eye of Formation Skydiving"?
Did you know that NSL-TV now features the complete Round 1 of the last SCSL meet?
Did you know that the FSL teams posted record scores last weekend at Skydive City?