Did you know that Black Cat is on its way to the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008? posted: Mar 1st, 2008 Round 7 of the Valentine's Meet 2008 was another clean round for Perris Fury. It was also the 5th consecutive jump where the Perris team scored only one point lower on the scoreboard than the dominating Airspeed Odyssey. (more)
Did you know that kids and teenagers will compete at the World Challenge 2008? posted: Feb 29th, 2008 The NSL News has covered Team Aeon several times last year. The stories were mostly focused on one person, even though high-profile competitors and former world champions as Gary and Emma Beyer are team members. Ellie McCoy was the youngest competitor that the NSL News ever covered when the first story was posted on May 1, 2007 (Archives > 2007 > News > search for "Aeon").
Ellie McCoy was 14 years of age by then and trained with three other children at the SkyVenture Colorado windtunnel. Gary Beyer, former Airspeed world champion and player coach for Arizona Directe, his wife Emma Beyer, reigning... (more)
Did you know that Judy Celaya provides judging advice for competition teams? posted: Feb 28th, 2008 Two new meet videos of the Valentine's Meet 2008 are coming along with the details of Perris Fury's busts in Rounds 1 and 2. Chief Judge Judy Celaya also provided additional feedback from her perspective, which is very helpful for all teams to understand what judges are looking for at the meets. NSL-TV has also added the special video page where the previously uploaded meet videos can be reviewed at any time.
It was probably not easy for the judges in the NSL-TV audience to look for the four penalty situations in Perris Fury's Round 1 of the meet. The first infringement came at the end of Block... (more)
Did you know that new meet videos come along with new 4-way tips? posted: Feb 27th, 2008 NSL-TV is now catching up with videos of the Valentine's Meet 2008. Perris Fury's Rounds 1 and 2 have been uploaded, together with Rounds 3 and 4 of the Canadian national team Evolution.
The new videos offer the next opportunity for the audience to look for infringements. Perris Fury lost a total of four points in the first round of the meet. The damage in Round 2 was only a 1-point deduction.
The details of Evolution's penalties are not available. However, the two new videos show that the Canadian team was still collecting point deductions due to video issues with and right after the exit.... (more)
Did you know that Aerokart Mamba and Deep Blue posted top scores in Paris? posted: Feb 26th, 2008 Indoor competitions have become increasingly popular. In fact, the 2008 season has already seen two windtunnel competitions, while the Valentine's Meet 2008 was the only outdoor competition so far. The third and most popular tunnel meet, the World Challenge 2008, is already coming up at the end of March.
The Carolina Skydiving League event at the Paraclete XP windtunnel in Raeford was the first indoor event on February 9. The Aerokart windtunnel in Paris, France, was the event site of the second windtunnel competition this year. It was officially the first French Indoor Championship, sanctioned... (more)
Did you know that Canada's LeMay 4-way family lost 22 points at the Valentine's Meet? posted: Feb 25th, 2008 The next meet videos of the Valentine's Meet 2008 arrived at the NSL office when the Canadian national 4-way team Evolution came back from the west coast and resumed the team training in DeLand.
The LeMay family visited the NSL News in the morning before a training day to talk about the team's experiences in Eloy. It was the first high-profile competition for Evolution's Point, 17-year old Benoit LeMay. He had only competed at the Canadian Nationals 2007 before and said that it helped him to have Airspeed Odyssey in the same Pilatus Porter load.
Coach Shannon Pilcher and team videographer... (more)
Did you know that Black Cat is on its way to the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008?
Did you know that kids and teenagers will compete at the World Challenge 2008?
Did you know that Judy Celaya provides judging advice for competition teams?
Did you know that new meet videos come along with new 4-way tips?
Did you know that Aerokart Mamba and Deep Blue posted top scores in Paris?
Did you know that Canada's LeMay 4-way family lost 22 points at the Valentine's Meet?