Did you know that more freeflyers joined the 4-way meet at Cross Keys' Karp Cup 2007? posted: Jul 24th, 2007 Skydive Cross Keys in New Jersey hosted the 5th annual Karp Cup 4-way meet last weekend honoring the life of Seth Karp, team member and Point of the former MASL team Jetstream.
The turnout for the meet was the largest yet with two Rookie Class teams, four teams in the A Class and two teams in the AA Class. In addition to the eight 4-way teams Skydive Cross Keys had over 200 tandems scheduled due to a police tandem charity event for Special Olympics and an unusually large volume of spectators. Fortunately for all, the weather was spectacular.
The two teams competing in the AA Class, Controlled... (more)
Did you know that the first video of last weekend's meet in Elsinore is now on NSL-TV? posted: Jul 20th, 2007 The NSL News services were grounded for a few days due to computer problems. The recovery went quicker and better than expected, and the on-line operation should be back in full swing early enough for the upcoming busy meet weekend.
NSL-TV quickly uploaded a new meet video as soon as the main computer had recovered from a virus attack. It is Perris Storm's Round 1 of last weekend's exciting competition in Elsinore. (more)
Did you know that the new French B-teams posted their first scores last weekend? posted: Jul 18th, 2007 Last weekend's 4-way competition calendar also included the second event of the Coupe de France 2007. Unfortunately, a communication error did not allow the synchronization of the competition draw in France with the other events that took place within the NSL network.
However, the scores from France have now been posted, and the competition draw of the second Coupe de France event in Maubeuge was heavily loaded with blocks. The eight completed rounds in the AAA Class included 17 of the 22 blocks and only nine of the 16 random formations. Only the first round of the meet (7-K-E-P) allowed the... (more)
Did you know that teams from the Netherlands braved the wind and rain on Texel? posted: Jul 16th, 2007 Yesterday's first meet story covering the Southern California Skydiving League event in Elsinore mentioned the AAA Class Founding Fathers in 2nd place with a 19.8 average. The NSL News now received information of the line-up. The Founding Fathers were John Hamilton, Dan BC, Christopher Irwin and Pat McGowan. Pat Newman filmed the team for the meet.
The team members knew that they would all be in Elsinore for the meet due to their coaching jobs. The idea to throw the line-up of "old boys" together for the Elsinore meet came up a few weeks prior to the event and sounded like "too much fun to pass... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury made a statement with a 24.7 average in Elsinore? posted: Jul 15th, 2007 Skydive Elsinore hosted the third meet of the Southern California Skydiving League yesterday. The scores are already posted, and they are very impressive. It was a world-class AAA Class field in Elsinore, and Perris Fury made a very strong statement with a 24.7 average after six rounds. (more)
Did you know that Round 10 of the Malevsky Cup 2007 wraps up the NSL-TV coverage? posted: Jul 14th, 2007 The last round of the Malevsky Cup 2007 has now been uploaded and completes the NSL-TV coverage of the event in Russia that made history with Airspeed Odyssey's 26.0 average after ten rounds. (more)