Did you know that the top teams opened the 2007 season with new record scores? posted: Feb 19th, 2007 Tim Wagner, Omniskore's former webmaster, had a comeback last weekend. He was the Chief Judge at the Valentine's Meet 2007, and he also described himself as the "humble assistant to Jan Meyer", who is now in charge for Omniskore's hardware and software support.
T2 commented that the participation at the Valentine's Meet "isn't very high this year". The NSL News became interested in the general progression of each year's season opener and evaluated the numbers of teams since 1998. The conclusion is similar compared to the progression of the sport in general: there is an upswing for the 4-way... (more)
Did you know that the Valentine's Meet has been a good starting point for many teams? posted: Feb 15th, 2007 The first 4-way competition of the 2007 season will put the NSL News services to the first serious test this year. The Valentine's Meet 2007 kicks off the new season this weekend, and feedback from Arizona indicates that it will be an exciting competition at Skydive Arizona in Eloy.
The three local teams, Airspeed Odyssey, AZ Directe and AZ Divewerkz, have been working on their team and coaching projects and expect new line-ups to join the 4-way community this year. The Valentine's Meet is also the season opener for the new Arizona Skydiving League, which will hopefully attract the old and new... (more)
Did you know that the Perris Fury DVD is the newest version of visual 4-way coaching? posted: Feb 14th, 2007 The NSL News story on January 25 announced the separation of California and Arizona, the states that combined for the former Southwest Skydiving League. Skydive Elsinore and Perris Valley Skydiving worked out the California Skydiving League schedule for 2007, which has already been posted for a while.
Arizona has now followed up and assigned AZ Divewerkz member Annie Peterson as the official director of the Arizona Skydiving League. The Valentine's Meet 2007 is the official season opener, and the whole 2007 schedule will be posted very soon. The NSL News currently prepares for the coverage of... (more)
Did you know that Canada's team Evolution re-connects with the NSL network this year? posted: Feb 12th, 2007 It was the NSL 2002 season when teams from Canada joined the network of the National Skydiving League for the first time. Judging veteran Al Altendorfer and 4-way fan Jennifer VanRysdam launched the CanAm Skydiving League with its first meet on July 20, 2002.
The Canadian national 4-way by then, Stratosfear, and three other Canadian teams competed at this first CanAm competition. Two more meets in August and September 2002 completed the first CanAm season. Frontier Skydivers and Skydive Burnaby hosted the three 4-way meets in the area of the US/Canadian border south of Toronto and close to the... (more)
Did you know that the NSL-TV camera surprised Mass Defiance in the team room? posted: Feb 9th, 2007 New England Skydiving League team Mass Defiance made the NSL News last time on January 3. The meet videos of the team's performance at the USPA Nationals 2006 had been added to the NSL-TV coverage of the event. The article included an update of the Mass Defiance plans for the 2007 season and for the New England Skydiving League.
The 2007 plans included a winter camp in January 2007 in DeLand with the team's new head coach, Sinapsi PD member Pete Allum. Mass Defiance successfully completed the long weekend camp on January 26 - 28, and the NSL News used the opportunity to meet with the team and... (more)
Did you know that the new IPC rules clarify selection, semi-final and final rounds? posted: Feb 8th, 2007 Wednesday, August 9th of 2006, was a challenging day for IPC's Meet Director Dr. Rainer "Exi" Hoenle, and also for the teams and competitors at the World Meet 2006 in Germany. The weather situation was already frustrating enough, and it did not look like it would get any better soon.
The forecast did not offer much hope, and Dr. Hoenle tried to beat the weather whenever there was a slight chance. The situation was not enjoyable for anybody. The Meet Director had to take chances and send the teams even though the weather was critical and re-jumps could be necessary. (more)