Did you know that Denmark has three new line-ups for the project teams? posted: Apr 3rd, 2007 The NSL News promised earlier today to provide an update from Denmark. The new Danish national team "Danish Blaze" had competed at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 and ended up with a 13.9 average at the end of the 10-round meet. Round 8 was the highlight for Danish Blaze and is currently featured on NSL-TV. (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV coverage of the Shamrock Showdown is back in full strength for Round 8? posted: Apr 3rd, 2007 NSL-TV coverage of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 is back to full strength. All 13 videos of Round 8 have been processed and uploaded.
The prizes for Round 8 of the Skins Game were sponsored by Performance Designs ($300 cash) and Skydive DeLand (two free team jumps for the winner of this round). The winner after handicap was once again Team Fastrax.
Team Fastrax continued with the same momentum as in Rounds 6 and 7 and tried to get even closer to the leader. However, Airspeed Odyssey was prepared to defend the 3-point lead and tied Fastrax' 27-pointer. (more)
Did you know that Team Fastrax dominated the second half of the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Apr 2nd, 2007 The week begins with good news and bad news for the NSL-TV audience. The good news is the fact that the best jump of Round 7 can now be viewed on NSL-TV. The bad news is the fact that only a total of four videos could be uploaded. Fortunately, only jumps of Round 7 are missing. Round 8 will most likely feature the whole field of teams again.
Round 7 was the beginning of the second competition day at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007. It began as the Saturday had already ended. Team Fastrax took control of the world-class competition in DeLand. It was too late to catch up with Airspeed Odyssey.... (more)
Did you know that the best skydiving jokes and funny stories will be rewarded with free NSL Gloves? posted: Apr 1st, 2007 The NSL News is usually a quite serious affair. Goal is to provide accurate and up-to-date information, which is based on facts, numbers, interviews, videos and feedback coming in through all kinds of communication tools. It is also the information center for the network of 4-way competition leagues and Formation Skydiving events.
Once in a while, the NSL News stories are made of information that lets the visitor probably smile or even laugh. However, the purpose of the NSL website's information service is not really to amuse the audience.
Humor and fun is still one of the biggest components... (more)
Did you know that Round 6 was the roughest round of the competition? posted: Mar 30th, 2007 Round 6 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 was the roughest round of the competition. Round 1 had only a total of three infringements, Round 3 had four formations that didn't count. Rounds 2, 4 and 5 were totally clean. Then came the sequence of Round 6 (M-13-17), which kept event judge Pete Allum very busy. He found a total of nine infringements in 15 competition jumps.
The NSL-TV audience is once again invited to check the meet videos for these rough spots. The Chicas from Germany and DeLand Groove lost two points each, the Golden Knights, Optic Nerve, Golden Leaf, Tunnel Chaos and FSC Wind... (more)
Did you know that Team Elan prepares in Spain for the World Challenge 2007? posted: Mar 29th, 2007 The NSL News story on January 9 surprised the audience with an update from Great Britain. Three reigning Airkix 4-world champions in FAI's female category, Julia Foxwell, Amanda Kemp and Emma Beyer, had formed a new line-up with a new name. Tarnya Hollis was now flying in the Point position for "Team Elan". Former Airkix member Claire "Sparky" Scott joined Bodyflight Storm.
Team speaker Emma Beyer had mentioned for the January article that it was not clear by then how much the new line-up would be able to train. Team Elan was busy preparing for the 2007 season in the meantime, and the efforts... (more)