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 Optic Nerve and Teiwaz were already locked into each other after Round 2? posted: Dec 12th, 2006 NSL-TV continues with the coverage of the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2006. The 4-way competition included once again the annual showdown between Optic Nerve and Teiwaz. Both teams have competed with each other many times with several different line-ups, and the NSL News will take on the history of this special duel very soon. (more)
Did you know that Round 7 of the USPA Nationals shows different shapes of Cataccords? posted: Dec 11th, 2006 The new week also begins with a new round of NSL-TV. Round 7 of the USPA Nationals 2006 has been uploaded and features once again the winners of each competition class, plus Perris Fury's video of the same round. (more)
Did you know that CTR Optimum won the national championship of Brazil last weekend? posted: Dec 11th, 2006 CTR Optimum easily defended the Brazilian 4-way title last weekend at this year's national championships. The latest scores on the front page are from Brazil and did not offer any surprises. The ranking order of the current leaderboard is exactly the same as it has been throughout the previous three meets of the regular season.
The old and new Brazilian 4-way champion, CTR Optimum, has scores of an additional 5th competition on its team page. Pedrosan (Inside Center), Ziara Abud (Outside Center), Fábio Diniz (Tail), André Ferraz (Point) and Chubby Renato (Camera) represented Brazil at the... (more)
Did you know that DeLand Equanimity and Sebastian XL tested the league format already in 1997? posted: Dec 8th, 2006 The NSL News recently explored the very beginnings of the National Skydiving League and found very interesting material, including videos of the top teams by then. Two articles covered two of the busiest competition teams in 4-way history (November 14 on DeLand Genesis, December 2 on Z-Spot) and the first two years of the NSL in 1998 and 1999.
Today's story goes even a little bit further back in time. The project of the National Skydiving League was actually prepared with a test run beginning in November 1996 in Florida. The first season of the Florida Skydiving League was publicly announced... (more)
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown 2007 is already in the works? posted: Dec 7th, 2006 The 2006 competition season has just been completed in the USA, while one more event is still on the NSL News agenda. Brazil holds its national championship this weekend.
The event management in the South American country, which also runs an affiliated 4-way league, has asked the NSL to post the competition draw and the scores on the NSL website. The NSL News will follow up with the meet story as soon as the information is available. (more)
Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and Team Fastrax change their line-ups?
Did you know that Optic Nerve and Teiwaz were already locked into each other after Round 2?
Did you know that Round 7 of the USPA Nationals shows different shapes of Cataccords?
Did you know that CTR Optimum won the national championship of Brazil last weekend?
Did you know that DeLand Equanimity and Sebastian XL tested the league format already in 1997?
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown 2007 is already in the works?