Did you know that Synchronicity will not defend the World Championship title this year? posted: Feb 14th, 2006 The NSL News story on February 8 offered a short preview of an upcoming story: "The NSL News will follow up with more breaking news very soon. Marylou Laughlin also confirmed that the US team for the World Meet 2006 in the Women's Class, the reigning world champion Perris Synchronicity, has officially canceled its trip to Germany. Synchronicity has asked for one of the four US slots at the Malevsky Cup 2006 instead."
The NSL News has used the time since the IPC/USPA update by Marylou Laughlin to get confirmation and more information for this story. The rumor has become reality. Perris Synchronicity... (more)
Did you know that the SSL Valentine's Meet 2006 promises exciting competition? posted: Feb 11th, 2006 The 2006 season opener of 4-way competition is only one week away. The Valentine's Meet at Skydive Arizona has been the first competition of the new season for many years, even before the Southwest Skydiving League was founded. However, in the last years, SSL management and Skydive Arizona have worked together, and the competition in Eloy has become a part of the SSL schedule every year.
The Valentine's Meet has always consisted of 4-way and 8-way competition. The event begins with six rounds of 4-way on Saturday, the 8-way competition follows on Sunday. The 2006 event is the first time that... (more)
Did you know that the Ranch Skydiving League prepares its comeback in 2006? posted: Feb 10th, 2006 The NSL News story on January 19 reported that the New England Skydiving League plans a comeback for the 2006 season, directed by Beth Murray and supported by team Mass Defiance.
It was a coincidence that Christine Kelley of the Blue Sky Ranch contacted the NSL headquarters almost at exactly the same time and laid out plans to re-activate the Ranch Skydiving League. She explained that the interest in 4-way has come back at the Ranch after a few slower years:
"Basically, the last few years have been fairly low key with Formation Skydiving. We continued to have teams, but nothing was very much... (more)
Did you know that Team America finished the NSL Championship 2005 with a statement? posted: Feb 9th, 2006 The videos of round ten at the NSL Championship 2005 complete the NSL-TV coverage of this event. All the 4-way competition jumps that were made at SkyQuest in November last year can now be viewed on the NSL page of the SkyQuest website by clicking on the score of the jump. (more)
Did you know that Marylou Laughlin updated the NSL News after the recent IPC meeting? posted: Feb 8th, 2006 The NSL News story on January 3 updated the NSL News audience on the eligibility status of new Airspeed 8-way member Thomas Hughes. One week later, the next NSL News story on January 9 followed up with the official language of the revised rule, provided by Italy's IPC Delegate Sara Sacchet.
The only missing piece for Thomas Hughes was the official confirmation by the United States Parachute Association (USPA). USPA's IPC Delegate and Chair of the Competition Committee, Marylou Laughlan, who represented the USA at the recent IPC Meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, was still waiting for the official... (more)
Did you know that the 400-way world record formation has been completed? posted: Feb 8th, 2006 The NSL News story on February 4 covered the current record attempts of the World Team in Thailand. It took BJ Worth, his staff and all World Tram members only four more days to complete the first 400-way formation in skydiving history. (more)
Did you know that Synchronicity will not defend the World Championship title this year?
Did you know that the SSL Valentine's Meet 2006 promises exciting competition?
Did you know that the Ranch Skydiving League prepares its comeback in 2006?
Did you know that Team America finished the NSL Championship 2005 with a statement?
Did you know that Marylou Laughlin updated the NSL News after the recent IPC meeting?
Did you know that the 400-way world record formation has been completed?