Did you know that Italy doesn't accept double-duties in 2008? posted: Dec 14th, 2007 Italy still does not have a new national 4-way team. The NSL News story on 8 November 2007 provided the last update of the situation in Italy where the 4-way community is still in motion.
The November story explained that the Eutelia Spin Team, winner of the Italian Nationals 2007, had split up. Two team members were motivated to move on and were rejected by their association, the FIPaS Bureau of the Italian skydiving federation.
However, the two Spin Team members still took more action on forming a new line-up it and eventually presented a promising result. Marco Arrigo, former Sinapsi PD... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News interviewed Chris Needels before he retired? posted: Dec 13th, 2007 It is not a secret that the Unites States Parachute Association (USPA) has been working on hiring a new Executive Director for quite a while. Chris Needels has had this position for 14 years and announced his plan to retire a while ago.
The December issue of USPA's Parachutist officially introduced the new Executive Director, Ed Scott, who has already worked for USPA for 11 years as a the Director of Government Relations.
The NSL News recorded several live interviews with competitors and VIP's at the USPA Nationals 2007. Most of them have already been uploaded and posted with earlier stories... (more)
Did you know that the PD Factory Team provides insights from the World Cup? posted: Dec 12th, 2007 The NSL News story on 13 November 2007 reported that the PD Factory Team swept the overall event of the Canopy Piloting World Cup 2007 in Australia. Jonathan Tagle and Ian Bobo, both reigning 4-way world champions with DeLand Fire, placed 2nd and 3rd, while Jason Moledzki won the gold medal.
The article of the NSL News covered the event from the perspective of the 4-way community. The recent newsletter of the PD Factory Team now provided the insights from the perspective of the team members. (more)
Did you know that BJ Worth summarized the Kaleidoscope Dives 2007? posted: Dec 12th, 2007 BJ Worth recently wrapped up his Kaleidoscope Dives at the SkyQuest 2007 event with a summary that he sent to all his participants. The 17 dives in November were the best ones that any group of Kaleidoscope Divers had done to date ever since the invention of the event in 2001. BJ plans to build on this foundation and make the jumps even better and more challenging next year.
The local NBC News TV station got a hold of some freefall footage that was provided by SkyQuest and featured Gustavo Cabana's freefall imagery. The short clip with one of the Kaleidoscope Dives was broadcast several times... (more)
Did you know that Evolution was looking for dates in DeLand? posted: Dec 11th, 2007 The recent visit of Canada's national 4-way team, Evolution, to its first winter camp in DeLand had a funny beginning. The four LeMay's went shopping at a local grocery store later in the evening and asked a young female clerk for help: "We are looking for dates, can you help us, please?"
The young lady looked confused when father Michel and the three sons Vincent, Martin and Benoit seemed to be very serious with their inquiry. The LeMay's noticed that the clerk did not really know where to put this question and eventually realized the second meaning of the dates...
The NSL News reporter... (more)
Did you know that California builds teams for the 2008 season? posted: Dec 10th, 2007 Perris Valley Skydiving, host of the California Skydiving League, once again organized its annual team-building workshop over the Thanksgiving weekend.
This event introduces the idea that jumping with a regular group of people (called "team"...) is the best way to continue to learn and improve skydiving skills. Whether individuals had plans of competing or not - this event helps jumpers to find new teammates and friends to jump with during the upcoming season.
This year's event attracted individuals ranging from experienced 4-way competitors all the way to individuals just curious about how... (more)