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Did you know that the top teams evaluated the competition draw carefully in Raeford?
posted: Jul 28th, 2007 The competition draw was handed out to the teams in Raeford as soon as the weather did not allow any more jumps Friday evening. Tony Thacker, former Carolina Skydiving League Director and expert event manager, is organizing the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007 for Kirk Verner and Tim D'Annunzio. He has also set up the dubbing and judging area, which is connected to TV screens at the creeper pad. The setup includes an efficient way to create extra copies of the meet jumps for NSL-TV... The teams went straight to work Friday evening as soon as the competition draw was available. Airspeed Odyssey and... (more)

Did you know that the Golden Knights had a light training day?
posted: Jul 27th, 2007 The NSL News headquarters for this weekend is set at the Raeford Parachute Center, host of the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2007. The Golden Knights Black team had just completed their warm-up training with two jumps on Friday when the NSL News arrived. They were putting the team equipment away and got ready to visit the new windtunnel in Raeford. Paraclete XP owner Tim D'Annunzio, sponsor of this weekend's competition and owner of the tunnel, had invited the Army team to a tour at the construction site. (more)

Did you know that the next UK team profile introduces A Class team Sonic V?
posted: Jul 27th, 2007 Sonic V, with Helen Arnold, Ana Budjelan, Dave Honeybone, Pete Spedding and Rob Frost on camera, has scored the highest A Class scores (11.8 - 10.3) in Great Britain this year. The team profile includes great feedback about the NSL competition classes: "Now that there are four categories it enables teams to learn at a comfortable pace. It's been great to see other teams progress and improve also." The Sonic V members also explain why 4-way is an experience for life: "As a team of five people working together we've found being in a team really rewarding. It's been a good experience on many... (more)

Did you know that last weekend's MWSL meet was on a regional record level?
posted: Jul 26th, 2007 The 2007 season has been the toughest in many years for the Midwest Skydiving League as well as its teams. The weather in the Midwest has not been very friendly to skydivers, with plenty of windy and cloudy weekends. But fortunately, this past weekend brought three days of absolutely perfect jumping weather. The turnout for Meet 3 was still a bit light by recent MWSL standards, but the overall skill level was probably the highest ever. Five teams were at Chicagoland Skydiving Saturday morning, four of whom would be competing in their first MWSL meet of 2007. As an extra bonus for the teams,... (more)

Did you know that the NSL News now prepares the trip to Raeford?
posted: Jul 26th, 2007 Each meet weekend seems to offer a lot of great scores and information this year so far. The 4-way community is still growing, more meets are becoming more exciting, and many of the teams are becoming more competitive. At the same time, a growing number of teams and competitors seem to attend the meets just to have a lot of fun for one day every month. In addition, the growing number of high-profile competitions bring some extra spice and excitement to the normal league and meet operation mostly in the USA and in Europe. Valentine's Meet in February, Shamrock Showdown in March, World Challenge... (more)

Did you know that UK's Grand Prix event series introduces its top teams?
posted: Jul 26th, 2007 Chris Hollis, manager of the 4-way Grand Prix event series in Great Britain, has started a team campaign that leads toward the national championship on August 19. He introduces the top contenders of each competition class with a team profile. The teams answer a set of questions that Chris Hollis put together. Rookie Class leader 4-Play is the first team that is featured in this series. 4-Play consists of Tom Hibbard, Amy Kitson, Nick Lord and Cath Rybinski and has won each of the three Grand Prix meets (4.8 - 8.7 - 8.0) so far. (more)