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News Article Did you know that the 4-way world is still wondering why and how?
posted: Apr 6th, 2008 NSL-TV continues with more videos of the World Challenge 2008, provided by CamScore, the DZ-TV and judging system developer from the United Kingdom. Today's story follows the amazing race between Airspeed Odyssey and XL. This race was not amazing as of Airspeed Odyssey's performance, which was as it was expected: on the highest 4-way performance level currently in the world and in the history of Formation Skydiving competition. (more)
News Article Did you know that Craig Girard and Hayabusa Defence worked together only in training?
posted: Apr 4th, 2008 The NSL News story on 2 April 2008 evaluated the situation of the FAI World Cup champion of 2007, Hayabusa Defence, after competing at the World Challenge 2008 last weekend. The story mentioned that the Belgian top contender had hired Airspeed Odyssey's Craig Girard as the coach for a training camp in Eloy in March. Many people were asking the same question when those plans were made: why would one top contender for this year's medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving help another top contender with valuable information and insights? Hayabusa Defence member, Tail Roy Janssen,... (more)
News Article Did you know that Carolina Windfall returns in the Rookie Class?
posted: Apr 3rd, 2008 "All rookies - no ringers" is the motto that a Rookie Class team of the Carolina Skydiving League is proud of. Carolina Windfall joined the 4-way competition of the Carolina Skydiving League's Rookie Class in June 2006. The team already attended the Paraclete XP tunnel competitionin February and now prepares for its second CASL season. The Windfall members already loved 4-way when they met and then learned the difficulties of bringing four athletes together who share the same passion, goals and commitment level. This true beginner team currently consists of four women (Tamara Blue, Dani Bridges,... (more)
News Article Did you know that Hayabusa Defence fell behind France and Norway in Bedford?
posted: Apr 2nd, 2008 Two national teams, which are expected to be medal contenders at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving this year in France and did not compete at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008, attended the World Challenge 2008: Norway's team Arcteryx and Hayabusa Defence from Belgium. Their appearance at Bodyflight Bedford completes the field of international top contenders who posted scores at the beginning of the 2008 season. The NSL News will take a closer look at the bigger international picture after the start of the world meet season and begins with the FAI World Cup champion of 2007, Hayabusa... (more)
News Article Did you know that new videos show the grande finale from the judging perspective?
posted: Apr 1st, 2008 The NSL News is not done yet with the coverage of the World Challenge 2008 after returning from Bedford to Florida. There are many stories to come, and it will take a while to catch up with all the little events within the big event. CamScore kindly provided the complete footage of the tunnel competition, and NSL-TV will upload as many of the videos from the judging perspective as possible. The final showdown between Airspeed Odyssey and Team XL in Round 10 has already been presented as a part of the NSL-TV video on March 30. The NSL-TV camera captured the live viewing of Round 10 in the... (more)
News Article Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey peaked again at the right time?
posted: Mar 30th, 2008 All scores are posted, there was no jump-off, and the World Challenge 2008 is over. Airspeed Odyssey peaked once again at the right time and delivered flawlessly in the most important round of the meet, when the challenge was once again at the highest point. Just like in the first jump this morning, Airspeed came up with a performance level that was simply higher than any others. The situation was very similar, as XL had reduced the Airspeed lead to nothing in Round 9. Airspeed was under the same pressure as on Saturday evening and on Sunday morning. The meet experience and mental strength... (more)