Did you know that the line-up in Lake Wales included well known teams and names? posted: Apr 17th, 2006 The second meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2006 season was hosted by the Florida Skydiving Center in Lake Wales. The host of the USPA Nationals in 2003, which was completely wiped out by the hurricanes in the summer of 2004, is still in the re-building process and uses the same alternate location as in 2005 until the new hangar with brandnew facilities will be built.
Seven teams attended the only 4-way competition last weekend, four teams in the AAA/Open Class, one team in the AA/Intermediate Class and two teams in the A Class. The field of teams included international line-ups and well... (more)
Did you know that Dr. Joel Shugar keeps Optic Nerve alive? posted: Apr 14th, 2006 The NSL News story on April 7 mentioned that the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2006 included another internal race between two teams that have been a part of the US 4-way competition for many years: Teiwaz and Optic Nerve. (more)
Did you know that Arizona Divewerkz offered serious competition for Elsinore Select? posted: Apr 13th, 2006 Today's earlier NSL News story mentioned that the video footage of the second SSL 2006 meet last weekend at Skydive Arizona is already available. Meet director Bryan Burke e-mailed the scores to the NSL headquarters the day after the conclusion of the meet and sent a video tape to DeLand on Monday. (more)
Did you know that the missing videos of rounds seven and eight are now available? posted: Apr 13th, 2006 NSL-TV recently fell slightly behind the power curve when some video files of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2006 were not available. Three jumps of round seven were missing, including Team Fastrax, CSC Sirens and Eva's Revenge. Round seven is now almost complete, only Eva's Revenge got lost in cyberspace...
Eight videos of round eight have already been available for a while, including the Fastrax 17-pointer for 16-A-20. Only the videos of Sinapsi PD, DeLand Fire, Norway Arcteryx and Denmark Danez have been missing. The suspense of the NSL-TV audience was understandably on a very high level, and... (more)
Did you know that "Gap Autrement Nice" expects a 21-point average at the World Meet 2006? posted: Apr 12th, 2006 The NSL News story on April 5 offered breaking news. The three French 4-way world champions of the Maubeuge team in 2003, Davide Moy, Erwan Pouliquen and Julien Losantos, have re-united and formed a high-caliber line-up with Paul "Polo" Grisoni as the 4th member.
The NSL News received confirmation of this development in France from the French national coach, Jerome David, who mentioned that the team still has to win the French Nationals 2006 to qualify as the national team. The NSL News also asked the team members for additional information, and Julien Losantos provided direct feedback and details... (more)
Did you know that more Air Force teams have joined the AA Class/Intermediate Class competition? posted: Apr 11th, 2006 The Colorado Skydiving League added a total of four teams to last weekend's field, three teams in the AA/Intermediate Class and one Rookie Class team. The NSL News story on March 4 had announced new leadership for the CSL 2006 season with Travis Roth as the new CSL Director.
Travis Roth worked hard to prepare the league for the first meet, and he was glad to report a successful season opener at the Mile-Hi Skydiving Center last weekend. The two teams of the Air Force Academy took the first two places in the AA/Intermediate Class, while "Mayhem" did not have any competition in the Rookie Class.... (more)