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Did you know that Mass Defiance meet videos have been added to the NSL-TV page?
posted: Jan 3rd, 2007 More competition jumps of the USPA Nationals 2006 have been added to the NSL-TV page of the event. New England Skydiving League team Mass Defiance has instantly caught up with the other teams. Round 9 has been added to the currently featured videos, and Rounds 1 - 8 are also available for viewings at the NSL-TV page. Mass Defiance caught the NSL News attention several times in 2006. The first story on January 19, 2006, introduced the team and its plans to re-initiate the New England Skydiving League. Mass Defiance followed through and gave the league in the northeastern part of the country... (more)

Did you know that a news article from Great Britain reveals an Airkix personnel change?
posted: Jan 2nd, 2007 Competitors from the United Kingdom brought a recent article in the on-line edition of a major British newspaper, The Times, to attention of the NSL News. The article features Airkix member Emma Beyer, who won the IPC gold medals with her team in the female 4-way category at the World Meet 2006 (Archives > 2006 > Leagues > Special Events). The NSL News has covered the British all-female team Airkix several times in the past. The article in The Times points out Emma Beyer's position with Airkix and more of her other skydiving activities. (more)

Did you know that the top of the leaderboard got much tighter in Round 9?
posted: Dec 31st, 2006 The situation on the top of the AAA/Open Class leaderboard at the USPA Nationals 2006 became more interesting when the faster rounds of the second competition day came up. Round 9 (J-L-Q-P-18) was already shaking up the leaderboard for the first time, even though no changes of the rankings were visible yet. In fact, the rankings of the AAA/Open Class after Round 9 were still identical with the order at the end of the first competition day after seven rounds. Round 8 next morning had not brought any changes at all. However, even though the ranking order on the leaderboard was still the same after... (more)

Did you know that new Fun Flag information comes from Canada?
posted: Dec 29th, 2006 The NSL News has mentioned the Fun Flag already in several stories. In addition, four separate NSL News stories covered nothing else but the history of the Fun Flag. The story on September 13 included Chris Wagner's summary of the early days. Tim Wagner's and Tim Stevens' contributions were posted on September 28. The story on October 7 added Billy Porter's memories how the Fun Flag was stolen out of Jack Jefferies' hands at the award ceremony, and the last story on October 30 reported of the time when the Fun Flag was in Norwegian possession. New information was recently provided by a member... (more)

Did you know that Fastrax Blue has a very competitive line-up?
posted: Dec 28th, 2006 The news section of the Fastrax website caught the NSL News attention today. New Fastrax member Thomas Hughes contacted the NSL News asking for the meet dates of the Southwest Skydiving League 2007. He mentioned that the female line-up of Team Fastrax was working on the team's competition schedule for the 2007 season. The NSL could not provide the best answer for the inquiry since the SSL 2007 schedule has not been finalized yet. However, the event dates will soon be published, and the NSL News became interested in the topic that Thomas Hughes had brought up. A quick visit at the Fastrax website... (more)

Did you know that the original Teiwaz line-up was formed in May 1999?
posted: Dec 27th, 2006 The last meet videos of the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2006 was uploaded with the NSL News story on December 12. The videos of Round 3 have now been added and can be found at the 4-way page. (more)