Did you know that Arcteryx' new team highscore is now available on NSL-TV? posted: May 7th, 2007 Round 4 of the FSL April meet had the fastest sequence of the 6-round competition in Lake Wales (D-P-A-17). Arcteryx and Teiwaz did not miss this opportunity, and the Norwegian national team's 29-pointer became the highest score for a single round posted by the new line-up with Derek Broughton. (more)
Did you know that Hayabusa Defence will compete at the Malevsky Cup 2007? posted: May 6th, 2007 The last NSL News update of the Hayabusa Defence plans for the 2007 season was posted with the NSL News story on March 5. The update introduced the new line-up with Luc Verstrepen, who replaced Sven Ibens at the end of the 2006 season.
The team plans included the World Challenge 2007 at Bodyflight Bedford, and the NSL News saw Hayabusa Defence live in action at the wind tunnel competition in April. It was a great opportunity for a live interview with the new line-up, and the team members took the time for the interview after the completion of the event in Bedford. (more)
Did you know that teams in DeLand are on a smoke hold? posted: May 4th, 2007 Several teams have currently been training in DeLand, including Norway's team Arcteryx, Denmark's team Blaze, Dynamic Force from the Netherlands, an 8-way team from Great Britain and the Brazilian Air Force team. The training jumps for these teams included the smell of smoke coming from the biggest wild fire in the history of Georgia.
Winds from the north had carried the smoke from Georgia deep into Florida. However, the visibility for jump plane pilots and skydivers was still good enough to continue with any flight operations, and the teams did not have to interrupt their training camps. (more)
Did you know that British teams kick off the 2007 season this weekend? posted: May 3rd, 2007 The upcoming meet weekend includes the 2007 season openers for two European competition leagues, as well. The worldwide NSL network will connect the 4-way competitions as in the past years. The competition draws will be synchronized, and the scores will be posted on a combined leaderboard.
Great Britain's Grand Prix series of Formation Skydiving competitions has the first 4-way meet scheduled for the upcoming weekend. The NSL News had just visited the United Kingdom in April to report live from the World Challenge 2007 at the Bodyflight Bedford wind tunnel. (more)
Did you know that Round 3 of the FSL April meet is now on NSL-TV? posted: May 2nd, 2007 After the beautiful performance of the young ladies in the Colorado wind tunnel NSL-TV goes back to real skydiving. Competition videos of the next round of the April 21 meet weekend have been uploaded. Four videos were available, and they include once again the Norwegian team Arcteryx. Round 3 is now featured on NSL-TV. (more)
Did you know that very young girls flew to a 14.8 average in the wind tunnel? posted: May 1st, 2007 The NSL News recently received impressive videos and an amazing story of five young girls who spend their time after school with a new and different hobby than most other adolescents. They formed a 4-way team in Colorado and trained in the wind tunnel. The story will hopefully inspire other skydivers, coaches and tunnel operators to copy the efforts and help to create the future generations of tunnel flyers, skydivers and 4-way competitors.
When SkyVenture Colorado decided to offer a youth league shortly after their opening in the spring of 2006, the staff was excited to coach kids in the tunnel,... (more)
Did you know that Arcteryx' new team highscore is now available on NSL-TV?
Did you know that Hayabusa Defence will compete at the Malevsky Cup 2007?
Did you know that teams in DeLand are on a smoke hold?
Did you know that British teams kick off the 2007 season this weekend?
Did you know that Round 3 of the FSL April meet is now on NSL-TV?
Did you know that very young girls flew to a 14.8 average in the wind tunnel?