Did you know that Judy Celaya provides judging advice for competition teams? posted: Feb 28th, 2008 Two new meet videos of the Valentine's Meet 2008 are coming along with the details of Perris Fury's busts in Rounds 1 and 2. Chief Judge Judy Celaya also provided additional feedback from her perspective, which is very helpful for all teams to understand what judges are looking for at the meets. NSL-TV has also added the special video page where the previously uploaded meet videos can be reviewed at any time.
It was probably not easy for the judges in the NSL-TV audience to look for the four penalty situations in Perris Fury's Round 1 of the meet. The first infringement came at the end of Block... (more)
Did you know that new meet videos come along with new 4-way tips? posted: Feb 27th, 2008 NSL-TV is now catching up with videos of the Valentine's Meet 2008. Perris Fury's Rounds 1 and 2 have been uploaded, together with Rounds 3 and 4 of the Canadian national team Evolution.
The new videos offer the next opportunity for the audience to look for infringements. Perris Fury lost a total of four points in the first round of the meet. The damage in Round 2 was only a 1-point deduction.
The details of Evolution's penalties are not available. However, the two new videos show that the Canadian team was still collecting point deductions due to video issues with and right after the exit.... (more)
Did you know that Aerokart Mamba and Deep Blue posted top scores in Paris? posted: Feb 26th, 2008 Indoor competitions have become increasingly popular. In fact, the 2008 season has already seen two windtunnel competitions, while the Valentine's Meet 2008 was the only outdoor competition so far. The third and most popular tunnel meet, the World Challenge 2008, is already coming up at the end of March.
The Carolina Skydiving League event at the Paraclete XP windtunnel in Raeford was the first indoor event on February 9. The Aerokart windtunnel in Paris, France, was the event site of the second windtunnel competition this year. It was officially the first French Indoor Championship, sanctioned... (more)
Did you know that Canada's LeMay 4-way family lost 22 points at the Valentine's Meet? posted: Feb 25th, 2008 The next meet videos of the Valentine's Meet 2008 arrived at the NSL office when the Canadian national 4-way team Evolution came back from the west coast and resumed the team training in DeLand.
The LeMay family visited the NSL News in the morning before a training day to talk about the team's experiences in Eloy. It was the first high-profile competition for Evolution's Point, 17-year old Benoit LeMay. He had only competed at the Canadian Nationals 2007 before and said that it helped him to have Airspeed Odyssey in the same Pilatus Porter load.
Coach Shannon Pilcher and team videographer... (more)
Did you know that the first meet videos of the Valentine's Meet are now on NSL-TV? posted: Feb 23rd, 2008 The scores of the Valentine's Meet 2008 are finally complete. The last missing scores of Arizona Directe and Arizona Divewerkz for Round 10 have now been added.
Perris Fury also provided additional information and feedback from the team's perspective after the season opener in Eloy. Fury added three meet videos to the information package, and Rounds 3, 4 and 6 can now be viewed on NSL-TV.
The team from Perris completed a few short outdoor training camps since the beginning of the year and before the trip to Eloy. Reigning 4-way world champion with DeLand Fire, Shannon Pilcher, now DeLand... (more)
Did you know that Whooops and Sonic V will have a 2008 rematch in the AAA Class? posted: Feb 22nd, 2008 The NSL News published an update from the Netherlands on 4 January 2008. Three Dutch competitors had visited the NSL News office in DeLand during a training camp of Punky Guppy, a Dutch player-coach project with international competitor Paul Hofstee. The story included a mention that one of the Punky Guppy players, Leon van Leeuwen, would return to DeLand in February for a camp with his own team, Whooops. Leon van Leeuwen's team just completed this training camp last week, and all Whooops members visited again before they headed back to Europe.
The next part of the series of international updates... (more)
Did you know that Judy Celaya provides judging advice for competition teams?
Did you know that new meet videos come along with new 4-way tips?
Did you know that Aerokart Mamba and Deep Blue posted top scores in Paris?
Did you know that Canada's LeMay 4-way family lost 22 points at the Valentine's Meet?
Did you know that the first meet videos of the Valentine's Meet are now on NSL-TV?
Did you know that Whooops and Sonic V will have a 2008 rematch in the AAA Class?