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Did you know that Optic Nerve competed at the NSL Championship 1998 and 2006?
posted: Nov 24th, 2006 The 4-way part of SkyQuest 2006 was once again the NSL Championship. The event came back to Skydive DeLand where the National Skydiving League took off with its first championship in 1998. In fact, the event was held for the first three years at the same location. SkyQuest was created in 2001, and the NSL Championship moved to Fantasy of Flight. The SkyQuest 2006 participants were very happy to have the event hosted by a skydiving center. Fantasy of Flight was an exciting location for people who have not been there before. However, the museum lost its attraction for the SkyQuesters after a while,... (more)

Did you know that John Hart offers Fastrax insights in a Skydiving Magazine interview?
posted: Nov 23rd, 2006 The December issue of the Skydiving Magazine includes an interesting interview with the founder of Team Fastrax, John Hart. The NSL News has followed the path of John Hart and his team with many articles ever since the first line-up of the 4-way team was formed in 2001. However, Team Fastrax has come a long way ever since, and John Hart's vision of a professional skydiving team has materialized in many ways. Team Fastrax does not only a successful 4-way line-up. In fact, the more important work for John Hart's project is getting done by a very busy demo team. (more)

Did you know that Round 4 of the USPA Nationals in now on NSL-TV?
posted: Nov 21st, 2006 SkyQuest 2006 came to a beautiful end on Sunday afternoon. The swoopers had their small 4-round demo competition on Saturday. The Kaleidoscope Divers completed 15 of the planned 17 jumps with the quality peak at the every end, and Natasha Montgomery handed out medals and trophies for the old and new NSL Champions after the 10-round event. The stories of the SkyQuest 2006 events will follow soon. In the meantime, a new set of championship videos has been uploaded for fresh NSL-TV viewings. Once again, the three champions of the USPA Nationals 2006, DeLand Groove, Arizona Divewerkz and Ranch Pulse,... (more)

Did you know that SkyQuest 2006 completed a successful day?
posted: Nov 17th, 2006 Blues skies and perfect weather welcomed the participants of SkyQuest 2006 this morning. BJ Worth gathered his Kaleidoscope Divers at 7 am and had the first load in the air at 7:45 am. The first jump served as a warm-up opportunity for particpants and pilots. Warming up was difficult since the temperatures were in the 40's early in the morning. However, the second jump was already success for the Kaleidoscope Divers with the first complete 100-way and a perfect spot. The great start this morning promises a much better quality compared to previous SkyQuest events. Two videos of this jump can... (more)

Did you know that NSL-TV now features the jumps of each winning team in Eloy?
posted: Nov 16th, 2006 NSL-TV was hoping to upload the first Kaleidoscope Dive this afternoon. The weather system has almost passed Florida. However, the conditions are not ready yet for 100-way jumps. The Kaleidoscope Divers are still on a stand-by status, while the edge of the weather system brings more blus skies to DeLand by the minute. In the meantime, NSL-TV offers a new round of 4-way competition. The meet videos of Arizona Divewerkz will now be added round by round. The gold medal winner in the AAA/Advanced Class competition of the USPA Nationals 2006 provided the footage of all competition rounds. (more)

Did you know that the Kaleidoscope Divers are waiting for the blue skies?
posted: Nov 16th, 2006 The first day of SkyQuest 2006 has a slow start. The weather system that was racing through the southeastern states with full power and several tornados covered almost the whole eastern third of the USA on Thursday morning. However, the Kaleidoscope Divers knew that this was the expected situation in the morning and took it easy. (more)