Did you know that the videos of Round 5 feature the Points in full action? posted: Nov 30th, 2006 Round 5 of the USPA Nationals 2006 can now be viewed on NSL-TV. The videos of the winning teams in each competition class (DeLand Groove - AAA/Open, Arizona Divewerkz - AAA/Advanced, Ranch Pulse - AA/Intermediate) have been uploaded and replace the videos of Round 4. The video of Perris Fury can once again be found by navigating to the same location. (more)
Did you know that the Air Force teams completed a 2-year cycle at SkyQuest 2006? posted: Nov 29th, 2006 The AA Class competition at the NSL Championship 2006 featured an internal Air Force race between the cadets of CAD and 7XY. Both teams attended their 7th competition of the 2006 season. CAD competed at SkyQuest 2006 with the original line-up (Mike Bush - Outside Center, Joe Kreidel - Inside Center, Ryan Regan - Tail, Jon Vaage - Point, Steve Ramos - Video), while 7XY had to replace Caroline White with Matt Cunningham in the Center Outside position.
Each of the three AA Class teams, including bronze medalist DC3 from Virginia, enjoyed special attention at the last competition of the 2006 season... (more)
Did you know that the NSL Shop now offers SkyQuest 2006 T-shirts and NSL Gloves for $15? posted: Nov 28th, 2006 SkyQuest 2006 and the upcoming holiday season have changed the information of a few items in the NSL Shop.
The SkyQuest 2005 T-shirt was already a very popular item. Each registered participant received a shirt upon arrival at Fantasy of Flight after signing up for the event.
The National Skydiving League has had several different T-shirts over the years, as well. They were sold during events and also handed out to the participants. However, SkyQuest has always had its own signature shirts ever since the inception of the event in 2001. (more)
Did you know that Shannon Pilcher joined the Kaleidoscope Dives at the best time? posted: Nov 28th, 2006 The Kaleidoscope Divers completed 15 of the 17 planned 100-way jumps at SkyQuest 2006. The last NSL News update on November 17 mentioned that BJ Worth's group would take on the 100-way Diamond on Saturday.
The World Team founder and organizer had designed a total of four different puzzles for the four days of Kaleidoscope Dives at SkyQuest 2006. Thursday fell victim to bad weather, and the first design kept the 100-way group busy on Friday. The quality of the jumps was promising at the end of the day, so the team capains decided to skip one design in the planned order and take on the challenge... (more)
Did you know that Part 3 of the DeLand Groove interview is now available? posted: Nov 27th, 2006 NSL-TV featured the first two parts of an interview with three DeLand Groove members, Gary Smith, Shannon Pilcher and Ian Bobo, with stories on November 9 and November 12. The first part of the interview covered the team's line-up at the USPA Nationals 2006 and the history of the two pieces, then the Groove members discussed the meet management of the event in Eloy in the second part.
The third and last part of the interview has now been uploaded and can be viewed by clicking here. Gary Smith, Shannon Pilcher and Ian Bobo now provide an outlook into the 2007 season from their perspectives and... (more)
Did you know that Optic Nerve competed at the NSL Championship 1998 and 2006? posted: Nov 24th, 2006 The 4-way part of SkyQuest 2006 was once again the NSL Championship. The event came back to Skydive DeLand where the National Skydiving League took off with its first championship in 1998. In fact, the event was held for the first three years at the same location. SkyQuest was created in 2001, and the NSL Championship moved to Fantasy of Flight.
The SkyQuest 2006 participants were very happy to have the event hosted by a skydiving center. Fantasy of Flight was an exciting location for people who have not been there before. However, the museum lost its attraction for the SkyQuesters after a while,... (more)