Did you know that Fastrax Blue was featured in Orlando's newspaper? posted: Mar 18th, 2007 Erin Ailworth, Staff Writer for the Orlando Sentinel, spent almost the whole Saturday at Skydive DeLand, together with her photographer Sara A. Fajardo.
They both watched the activities to write an article for the newspaper. Finally, they decided to pick one of the two all-female line-ups at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2006 for the story-line, Fastrax Blue. (more)
Did you know that Round 10 was showtime for the Points? posted: Mar 16th, 2007 Mission accomplished - the NSL-TV coverage of the Valentine's Meet 2007 is complete. It will not take much time until the next footage will be ready to make it to the NSL-TV online screen. The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 is next.
Airspeed Odyssey has been much in the spotlight throughout the NSL coverage of the meet in Eloy. The 22.2 world-class performance gave enough reasons to get back to Odyssey on a regular basis. (more)
Did you know that Round 9 of the Valentine's Meet comes with a Perris Fury update? posted: Mar 15th, 2007 Two more days until the start of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 - Round 9 of the Valentine's Meet 2007 is now on NSL-TV. Round 10 will be added tomorrow. The competition draw of this weekend's meet will be the next event on Friday evening at the DeLand Holiday Inn. (more)
Did you know that Round 8 was a wind tunnel round? posted: Mar 14th, 2007 All three top teams of the Valentine's Meet 2007 have access to a wind tunnel close by. The French team has to travel from Maubeuge to Paris to train in a 16-footer. Airspeed Odyssey has a 14-footer on home turf, and Perris Fury can train in the 12-footer at Perris Valley Skydiving. (more)
Did you know that DeLand has 350 seconds to defend its turf? posted: Mar 14th, 2007 By Jennifer Horton
BEACON STAFF WRITER
Thirty-five seconds to win. Thirty-five seconds to be the best in the air.
Competitive skydiving teams from all over the world will leap out of perfectly good airplanes in the Shamrock Skydiving Showdown in national skydiving's East Coast season-opener.
To watch for yourself as they fall out of the sky, grab binoculars and a blanket or chair, and claim a piece of turf at the DeLand Municipal Airport. The competition should provide spectators with plenty to watch throughout Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18. Skydiving begins 9 a.m. both days.
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Did you know that the Valentines' Meet 2007 set the 2007 baseline for Texas Havoc? posted: Mar 13th, 2007 NSL-TV continues to move on quickly. It was the goal to complete the coverage of the Valentine's Meet 2007 before the start of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007, and NSL-TV is right on track so far. Round 7 was uploaded today, and there are three more days for three more rounds.
Processing and editing the footage has become easier and faster after the completion of the first six rounds. Only six of the 13 teams completed all ten rounds, which reduces the NSL-TV time and efforts by more than 50% between rounds seven and ten. (more)