Did you know that Evolution has documented the 4-way family career on a new DVD? posted: Apr 17th, 2008 The story of the Canadian national 4-way team Evolution has been covered by the NSL News several times in the past. It is one of the most amazing stories in the history of Formation Skydiving competition, and it is far from being over.
Father Michel LeMay (Center Inside) and his three sons Martin (Center Outside - 22), Vincent (Tail - 19) and Benoit (Point - 17) have started their second year as a complete family team. Michel LeMay's teammate in the late 70's and early 80's, the time when Canada was on top of the world in 4-way and 8-way, Daniel Paquette, is filming the team.
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Did you know that Colorado launched 2008 season despite weather troubles? posted: Apr 17th, 2008 The Colorado Skydiving League launched its 2008 season last weekend, and the four teams managed to complete two rounds at the Mile High Skydiving Center. The 4-team field included last year's NSL Champion in the Rookie Class, Mayhem, which is coming back in the A Class this year. COSL Director Travis Roth provided the meet report. (more)
Did you know that two AZDW Mentor Camp teams battled with a UK team in Eloy? posted: Apr 16th, 2008 The Arizona Skydiving League held another 4-way competition this past weekend. Although the meet was scheduled for Saturday, April 12th, due to the extreme winds of the desert, the competition wasn't able to get started until Sunday. Out of the five teams that registered for the competition, only three were able to make it back on Sunday. However, the competition was great and the teams were close in every round of the meet. (more)
Did you know that the Founding Fathers challenged Bodyflight Storm once again in Elsinore? posted: Apr 15th, 2008 The season opener of the Southern California Skydiving League at Skydive Elsinore attracted eight teams to post their first scores of the 2008 season - except one. Bodyflight Storm had already scores on the NSL leaderboard at the World Challenge 2008. The meet in Elsinore was the first outdoor competition for the UK national team in IPC's female category. (more)
Did you know that events struggled with the weather last weekend? posted: Apr 14th, 2008 Last weekend's events reported weather trouble at almost every location, including Europe. The Arizona Skydiving League had to wait until Sunday before the weather allowed the teams to get in the air. AZSL Director Annie Peterson reported that "the winds were topping out between 25-30 mph consistently" on Saturday. Only three of the five registered teams were able to come back on Sunday. (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV now features the Perris Fury - Arcteryx race? posted: Apr 11th, 2008 The race between XL and Airspeed Odyssey and Hayabusa Defence's first meet attendance in 2008 were surely not the only exciting aspects of the World Challenge 2008. There were several other hot spots in the 39-team field, and the NSL News will try to get to all of them, step by step.
In fact, the competition for the 3rd place and £1,500 was just as thrilling as and almost identical with the race for the top spot. Perris Fury and Norway's national 4-way team Arcteryx battled with each other throughout the whole competition and pushed themselves even past the world-class team from Belgium.
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Did you know that Evolution has documented the 4-way family career on a new DVD?
Did you know that Colorado launched 2008 season despite weather troubles?
Did you know that two AZDW Mentor Camp teams battled with a UK team in Eloy?
Did you know that the Founding Fathers challenged Bodyflight Storm once again in Elsinore?
Did you know that events struggled with the weather last weekend?
Did you know that NSL-TV now features the Perris Fury - Arcteryx race?