Did you know that the last meet videos of the FSL April meet complete the coverage? posted: May 14th, 2007 The remaining two rounds of the FSL April meet have now been uploaded. Norway's national 4-way team Arcteryx added a 21-pointer for Round 5 (18-O-K-N) and an 18-pointer for Round 6 (21-J-Q-15) to the total and finished the 6-round competition in Lake Wales with a 20.8 average. (more)
Did you know that Dynamic Fource contends for the open national slot in the Netherlands? posted: May 11th, 2007 The next international NSL News update comes from the Netherlands. The first meet of the new season is the Tomscat Trophy 2007, which is scheduled for June 23. Several teams currently prepare for this year's event, and the situation in the Netherlands has changed.
Punky Fish has dominated the 4-way competition in the European country for years. However, the line-up that competed at the World Meet 2006 in Germany (Alexander Egberink, Bert Hajee, Paul Hofstee, Donald Verveld, Johan Wieken) did not continue at the end of the 2006 season, and three Punky Fish members formed new teams.
One of... (more)
Did you know that teams jumped from a right-hand door in Belgium? posted: May 10th, 2007 The meet story of the season opener in Belgium wraps up the coverage of last weekend's events within the reach of the NSL network. Once again, Hayabusa Defence makes the NSL News due to the team's true commitment to 4-way competition. There are not too many teams that can keep up with the meet frequency of Belgium's world-class 4-way team.
It was the second 4-way competition for Hayabusa Defence this year. David Grauwels, Andy Grauwels, Roy Janssen and Luc Verstrepen had already made the April trip to Bedford and competed at the World Challenge 2007. Last weekend it was time for Hayabusa's team... (more)
Did you know that A Class teams battled in Great Britain last weekend? posted: May 10th, 2007 The Grand Prix competition series in Great Britain launched its first competition of the 2007 season last weekend. The 4-way meet was actually the third event that took place on May 5 - 6, together with the New England Skydiving League (NESL) and the Belgian Skydiving Trophy (BST).
Unfortunately, the competition draw was only synchronized between the teams in New England and Belgium due to a communication error with the Grand Prix management. The UK teams had their own competition draw this time, and they will be back within the network at the next meet on June 2.
Sonic 5 won the A Class... (more)
Did you know that Alena Chistova will lift the Russian Jet Bats to new levels? posted: May 9th, 2007 Alena Chistova has caught the attention of the skydiving world and of any observers of her training and competition activities at many different occasions. The attractive Russian Formation Skydiving competitor impresses as well with her appearance as with her very dynamic flying style.
Her international career with the Russian national 8-way team Evolution Pro began after she had won the Russian national 4-way championship title with Wild Wind in 2003. She also competed with Wild Wind for Russia at the World Meet 2003 in Gap, France, where her team finished in 9th place with a 16.9 average. (more)
Did you know that the first 2007 scores from New England have been added to the leaderboard? posted: May 8th, 2007 The New England Skydiving League had a much better start into the 2007 season compared to last year's season opener at the same location in May. Mass Defiance member and NESL Director Brian Stephens mentioned in his meet report that everybody was happy to have much better conditions last weekend:
"We had a great start into the 2007 season. Six teams showed up to compete, a few new ones, and a few that competed in 2006. Last year's meet at Conneticut Parachutists got rained out, so everyone was very happy that the weather co-operated this time." (more)