Did you know that France won IPC's Patrick de Gayardon Trophy for the first time? posted: Nov 1st, 2006 The NSL News has focused for quite a while on the activities in the USA, and it is time for some international updates. French national coach Jerome David recently provided information from France. The NSL News was interested in the situation after the World Meet 2006.
The FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2006 in Germany was very successful for the European country. The French 8-way team won the gold medals for the first time in the history of Formation Skydiving competition. The 4-way team of the Open Class won silver medals, which were not really expected in the French headquarters.... (more)
Did you know that meet psychology made it very difficult for Elsinore Gravity? posted: Oct 31st, 2006 NSL-TV now continues with the coverage of the September meet of the Southwest Skydiving League. Unfortunately, USPA and Skydive Arizona did not invite the NSL News to provide NSL-TV coverage of the USPA Nationals 2006. However, the videos of the SSL meet feature seven teams that competed at last week's competition in Eloy.
The missing NSL-TV coverage of the USPA Nationals 2006 was mentioned in several messages that commented the NSL News coverage of the event. There is still good news for the audience. Several teams offered to send video footage of the competition to the NSL headquarters, which... (more)
Did you know that the Fun Flag was also in Norwegian possession long ago? posted: Oct 30th, 2006 Last week's USPA Nationals 2006 kept the NSL News busy enough to put other stories on a hold for a whole week. There is still a lot of material for follow-ups on the event in Eloy, which will be posted piece by piece. The NSL News now goes back to the story of the Fun Flag history, which has not been completed yet.
The last part of the story was posted with the NSL News story on October 7. Canadian team videographer Billy Porter had reported how he stole the Fun Flag out of Jack Jefferies' hand at the award ceremony of the World Meet in 2001. (more)
Did you know that Airspeed's 16-way line-up is a re-union of former and current celebrities and VIP's? posted: Oct 27th, 2006 The 4-way and 8-way events of the USPA Nationals 2006 were already completed Thursday morning. However, the event also includes a 10-way and a 16-way Formation Skydiving competition. A Russian line-up won the 10-way event as a guest team, and the gold medals were taken by a Perris team.
The line-up was a combination of Perris Fury and members of other 4-way line-ups and individuals, guided by Dan BC: Joshua Hall, Christine Frikken, Steve Salamon, Michael Anderson, Piya Navanugraha, Dan BC, Christopher Farina, Bill Morrison, Kai Wolf, Billy Andrews. Fury's videographer Karen Lewis filmed the... (more)
Did you know that three Arizona Divewerkz members add 8-way gold medals to the collection? posted: Oct 26th, 2006 The field of teams in the 8-way competition of the Intermediate Class is mostly made up of pickup teams, as well. Only Perris 8-Track was apparently organized and trained before competing in Eloy.
Blovi-8 consisted of Byron Deficit Disorder team members (4-way AA/Intermediate Class) and CaliCo (AAA/Advanced Class). The team had not made any jumps together, but had agreed a week before the event to compete together in 8-way. Northwest Skydiving League director Harry Waller competed in this line-up.
Arizona Old Works took the top of the leaderboard in round one and remained there until the... (more)
Did you know that there is still a slight chance for the 4-way specialists in 8-way? posted: Oct 26th, 2006 The 8-way competition of the USPA Nationals 2006 is almost over, as well. Two teams in the Open Class still have to make their 10th round, as well as the whole field of Intermediate Class teams. The positions in the Open Class competition are set, with Arizona Airspeed, Golden Nuggets and Paraclete XP in the medal positions.
Lock It Up still has a slight chance to push Paraclete XP off the bronze medal slot. It took the Paraclete line-up with several former 8-way world champions longer than expected to climb back up the leaderboard after the 0-pointer in round three. The Mass Defiance/Gravity/Onyx... (more)
Did you know that France won IPC's Patrick de Gayardon Trophy for the first time?
Did you know that meet psychology made it very difficult for Elsinore Gravity?
Did you know that the Fun Flag was also in Norwegian possession long ago?
Did you know that Airspeed's 16-way line-up is a re-union of former and current celebrities and VIP's?
Did you know that three Arizona Divewerkz members add 8-way gold medals to the collection?
Did you know that there is still a slight chance for the 4-way specialists in 8-way?