Did you know that two brandnew Fastrax jumps are now on NSL-TV? posted: Dec 21st, 2006 This week's NSL News stories covered mostly the surprising personnel changes and events in the Airspeed Odyssey and Fastrax headquarters. Both teams are expected to be top contenders at any 4-way competition next year and at the next World Meet, as well. Thus, the special NSL News attention was not very surprising to the NSL audience.
In fact, several requests for more information and recent videos underlined the relevance of the coverage. The NSL News created additional suspense after mentioning realistic chances for the showing of brandnew Fastrax training videos with the new line-up. (more)
Did you know that three NSL-TV videos show Thomas Hughes in three different slots? posted: Dec 19th, 2006 Good news for the NSL-TV audience. Team Fastrax will kindly provide footage of the first training camp in DeLand this week. Actually, the NSL News was mostly interested in the very first jump of the camp with Thomas Hughes in the new slot, and neither Fastrax nor Thomas Hughes had a problem with the request.
However, there was no opportunity yet to dub the footage. The team was very busy today and completed 14 training jumps. The videos will most likely be available by tomorrow.
The NSL News became even more interested in older footage of the new Fastrax member when it became obvious that... (more)
Did you know that the new Fastrax line-up has begun with the training? posted: Dec 18th, 2006 The NSL News story on December 14 broke the news that Mark Kirkby left Team Fastrax and moves back to Arizona. The next story on December 15 followed up with news from the Fastrax headquarters. Thomas Hughes had already committed to fill the open slot.
The same story mentioned that Team Fastrax was on schedule with a training camp in DeLand this week. The NSL News planned to observe the first training with the new line-up. The camp did not begin exactly on time. Thick traffic on Interstate 4 delayed the arrival of John Hart, Niklas Hemlin and Steve Redinbo coming from Orlando International Airport.
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Did you know that Round 8 opened the second day at the USPA Nationals 2006? posted: Dec 17th, 2006 Round 7 was the last competition jump on the first day at the USPA Nationals 2006. Skydive Arizona's airlift machine had managed to push through the highest number of rounds on one day in USPA history. Not all teams and competitors were happy with the way it was done, as on-line feedback showed earlier. However, the calls came, and the teams had to board the planes, no matter what.
NSL-TV now presents the usual four videos of Round 8, including the three winners of each competition class, DeLand Groove (AAA/Open), Arizona Divewerkz (AAA/Advanced) and Ranch Pulse (AA/Intermediate), plus the Perris... (more)
Did you know that Team Fastrax expects to be even stronger with Thomas Hughes? posted: Dec 15th, 2006 Yesterday's NSL News story broke the news that Mark Kirkby left Team Fastrax and joins Airspeed Odyssey for the 2007 season. The same story went far back in time and to the very beginnings of the entire Airspeed project. Mark Kirkby is one of the original Airspeed members and now goes back to where it all began.
There are many interesting aspects of this surprising move. One of them is the fact that Team Fastrax has created a similar project within the skydiving community as Airspeed did in 1994/95. Fastrax founder and manager John Hart created the Fastrax project with a long-term vision in... (more)
Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and Team Fastrax change their line-ups? posted: Dec 14th, 2006 The telephone in the NSL office was ringing of the hook this week. There were rumors of interesting changes in the line-ups of some top teams in the USA. The NSL News waited for confirmations directly from the teams before posting any stories. The rumors have turned into facts now, and the first update covers the Airspeed situation.
Team speaker Craig Girard told the NSL News that Airspeed has decided to focus on the 4-way event in the near future: "We want to go back where we used to be in 4-way with Airspeed Vertical years ago."
He also mentioned that Airspeed will still compete in 8-way... (more)
Did you know that two brandnew Fastrax jumps are now on NSL-TV?
Did you know that three NSL-TV videos show Thomas Hughes in three different slots?
Did you know that the new Fastrax line-up has begun with the training?
Did you know that Round 8 opened the second day at the USPA Nationals 2006?
Did you know that Team Fastrax expects to be even stronger with Thomas Hughes?
Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and Team Fastrax change their line-ups?