Did you know that DeLand Majik won the 4-way competition at the World Games? posted: Jul 18th, 2005 The World Games were held last week in Duisburg, Germany, and parachuting competitions were a part of the event. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), explains the nature of the World Games:
"The World Games continue to provide an invaluable opportunity for athletes from a variety of sports not currently on the program of the Olympic Games to compete in their own elite multi-sport event and represent their countries as members of a delegation, with National Olympic Committee involvement and support in an increasing number of cases. The World Games, for this very... (more)
Did you know that Elsinore GT has finalized the 2005 line-up? posted: Jul 15th, 2005 The first two rounds of the Southwest Skydiving League June meet on NSL-TV included competition jumps of Elsinore GT, one of the busiest 4-way teams over the years. EGT had a very slow start into the 2005 season caused by problems to complete the final line-up. However, the first 2005 meet was a great success for EGT with the highest meet average in the team's history. EGT placed second out of 11 AAA Class teams in Perris, and the 16.0 average after six rounds took the 4th position in the overall AAA Class rankings of 41 teams that weekend. Team captain Steve Miller provided additional information... (more)
Did you know that Fastrax feedback completes the different US perspectives of the Malevsky Cup 2005? posted: Jul 15th, 2005 The NSL News has tried to get as much feedback as possible from the top teams of the Malevsky Cup after the 2005 competition was completed. Arizona Airspeed's Kirk Verner provided insights in the NSL News interview on July 7. DeLand Fire's Gary Smith was next with his summary on July 10. The following interview with Fastrax members Niklas Hemlin and John Hart completes the feedback from the perspectives of the US teams that competed at the Malevsky Cup 2005.
The NSL News met with Niklas Hemlin and John Hart at SkyVenture Orlando on July 15 when Fastrax resumed the training after the trip to... (more)
Did you know that the Photon pieces of Block 11 have to rotate backward? posted: Jul 14th, 2005 The second round of the Southwest Skydiving League June meet is now featured on NSL-TV. The complete event information of the Malevsky Cup 2005 is still available and can be found either by clicking on the Malevsky Cup logo on the top of the homepage or by navigating to the International league page and the according event date. The video files of the meet jumps are also still available at the special NSL-TV event page.
Round two of the SSL June meet was identical between the AAA and the AA Class (O-Q-G-11). As in previous meets, the SSL top challenger in the AA Class, Arizona Divewerkz, managed... (more)
Did you know that four AA Class teams competed in Colorado last weekend? posted: Jul 13th, 2005 Colorado Skydiving League Director Brian Vande Krol provided scores and the meet story of last weekend's competition, while the NSL News was on the return trip from Russia.
Four teams! We had four teams at the Colorado Skydiving League AA Class meet! All four teams got six rounds done, and a good time was had by all. Mile Hi provided us with a Skydive Arizona Otter, Tessie did a terrific job manifesting, and Suzie, the pilot from Skydive Arizona gave us great spots all day long.
Chickspike, the newest addition to the CSL meets, drew upon the experience of long time 4-way competitors Ellen... (more)
Did you know that the Canadian team Stratosfear has possession of the Fun Flag? posted: Jul 11th, 2005 The fast round ten of the 4-way competition at the Malevsky Cup 2005 allowed all teams to raise the meet average for the whole meet. It was also an opportunity to go after national highscore records.
The NSL News could not keep track of all new official records that were posted in this round. However, the Canadian national team Stratosfear informed the NSL News that the team's score of 20 points in round ten would be a new Canadian 4-way record. The old and official Canadian highscore of 19 points was already posted in 1997.
Stratosfear's 20-pointer needs to be recognized by the FAI and the... (more)