Did you know that the Dutch top teams confirmed their scoring level at the national championship? posted: Jul 13th, 2006 The 2006 season of the Dutch national soccer team was already over after the loss against Portugal on June 25. The 2006 season of the Dutch national skydiving teams is far from over yet.
The second 4-way competition of the Dutch 4-way league was scheduled for last weekend, and the two national 4-way teams, Punky Fish and Infinity, will travel to Germany soon and represent the Netherlands at the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving.
Irma van der Burg, Infinity member, put together a summary of last weekend's national championship and provided the content for the NSL News story. The... (more)
Did you know that round five of the May 20 meet has been added to the NSL-TV videos? posted: Jul 12th, 2006 NSL-TV video files have been coming from many different places this year. Meet videos featured teams from Russia, Great Britain, Brazil, Netherlands and Austria. One of the many NSL goals is to provide a comprehensive coverage of the sport, just like on ESPN. The next step will be a revised NSL-TV service, which will be introduced very soon. There are very exciting NSL News waiting to be published...
For now, NSL-TV goes back to the meet weekend on May 20. Southwest and Florida Skydiving League competed on the same weekend, and both leagues provided the meet footage for NSL-TV. The first four... (more)
Did you know that Texas Skydiving League teams needed a jump-off round to find a winner? posted: Jul 11th, 2006 Last weekend's leaderboard is complete. The scores of the national championship in the Netherlands are posted in a separate scoring table since the meet management applied a separate competition draw. The meet began already in the middle of last week and was not synchronized with the NSL/ESL competition draw. The Dutch 4-way fans will provide a meet story later.
This left three scheduled NSL events on last weekend's agenda, and the Colorado Skydiving League competition was completely weathered out. However, the weather in the neighbour state Texas was obviously much better, and two additional... (more)
Did you know that Infinity will be the first Dutch team in the female category at the World Meet 2006? posted: Jul 10th, 2006 The first scores of last weekend's events are posted, the Meet in Colorado was weathered out, and the NSL News is waiting for the missing scores and information from the Netherlands. This year's national championship was on the Dutch agenda last weekend, following the Tomscat Trophy 2006 three weeks ago.
The Dutch national championship is usually not as well attended as the Tomscat Trophy, the largest 4-way event in the Netherlands. However, the best teams of the small European country still compete at the championship to win the official Dutch rankings of each season, including the national... (more)
Did you know that the 8-way fans can probably expect another 3-team horse race in Germany? posted: Jul 8th, 2006 The 8-way scores of the Russian Nationals 2006 were posted on June 29, one day after the Russian 4-way scores had made it to the NSL leaderboard and then made the headline of the NSL News on July 5. All the attention to the impressive performance of Sky Panthers Barkli might have overshadowed the Russian 8-way scores.
FAI judge Klaus Wellens was in Stupino for the 4-way and the 8-way event, and he was also in charge to set up the Omniskore judging system on site. It was quite an adventure for him to get everything ready in time. The whole Omniskore equipment was shipped to his residence in Cologne,... (more)
Did you know that the Karp Cup 2006 continues with the Cross Keys 4-way tradition? posted: Jul 7th, 2006 The 4th annual Karp Cup 4-way competition is coming up on July 15, 2006, and the MidAtlantic Skydiving League will once again host the event at Cross Keys. The Karp Cup honors of former Jet Stream member Seth Karp who lost his life in a landing accident in 2002.
The MidAtlantic Skydiving League and Freefall Adventures at Cross Keys joined forces in 2003 to create a larger East Coast 4-way event similar to the Shamrock Showdown of the Florida Skydiving League in DeLand and the Valentine's Meet of the Southwest Skydiving League in Eloy. The Karp Cup is open to all 4-way teams and competitors.
The... (more)