Did you know that many former world champions compete in the 8-way event? posted: Oct 24th, 2006 The 8-way competition has started in Eloy. The field is naturally much smaller than it was in 4-way. The 8-way competition at the USPA Nationals is mostly a fun event where 4-way competitors usually form 8-way line-ups on site. There are obviously exceptions.
Arizona Airspeed is a very well trained 8-way team, as the world knows. The 2006 season was an 8-way year for Airspeed since the team had to represent the USA at the World Meet 2006 in Germany. There was not much time for 4-way training in the Airspeed quarters this year, as the results of the 4-way competition show. (more)
Did you know that DeLand Groove did not let Black Cat get by? posted: Oct 23rd, 2006 Even the Airspeed Odyssey members may not have expected it to be so easy to move from a hopeless position after the first day to a place on the podium. The second day of the USPA Nationals 2006 was a completely different ball game for Andy Delk, Brian Johnson, Craig Girard, Eliana Rodriguez and Will Pesek on camera.
Odyssey picked up the pace, tied the total number of DeLand Groove's points on Monday and easily passed the Golden Knights on the way to the bronze medal position. Team Fastrax was still too far away and too strong. John Hart, Niklas Hemlin, Mark Kirkby, Doug Park and Steve Redinbo... (more)
Did you know that it is still an open gold medal game in the AA/Intermediate Class? posted: Oct 23rd, 2006 The AA Class teams had their fastest round of the meet at the end of the first competition day. Round seven brought a sequence with four Random Formations to the table. Most of the teams used the great opportunity to improve the meet average significantly.
Air Force CAD did not only improve the number of the meet average with the highscore of 26 points for this round. The Air Force team also climbed up one slot on the leaderboard. Skydive Chicago's Furies had the second place with a 1-point lead after seven rounds. (more)
Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey comes back with full power? posted: Oct 23rd, 2006 There is an interesting little story related to teams at the bottom of the AAA/Open Class field. Elsinore Select and Kaktus Hunter are next to each other and currently tied with 86 points. Kaktus Hunter is the second guest team, and the team members are Russian competitors.
One of the Kaktus Hunters is Anna Panasyuk who has also been a team member of the Russian national team in the female category, Ladybirds. Elsinore Select and the Ladybirds competed with and battled against each other throughout the whole competition at the World Meet 2006 in Germany in an exciting race for the bronze medals.... (more)
Did you know that DeLand Groove's Shannon Pilcher provides his first impressions? posted: Oct 23rd, 2006 The NSL News has written a lot about Shannon Pilcher and his 4-way career, plus his engagement with the PD Factory Team in the past years. A new marketing strategy at Performance Designs has brought a lot of attention to the amazing adventures and the athletic success of the PD Factory Team members. Once again, his team is currently making the headlines, this time at the USPA Nationals 2006 in Eloy, Arizona. DeLand Groove is on top of the AAA/Open Class leaderboard after seven rounds.
Shannon Pilcher made the effort to provide a summary of the first day, which is brought to the audience by his... (more)
Did you know that Fastrax has a lot of energy and momentum going? posted: Oct 22nd, 2006 The day is over for the 4-way teams after seven competition jumps. The top of the leaderboard looks very different than expected. The two Airspeed line-ups are far behind the top positions, and there is no way that Airspeed could sweep 4-way and 8-way for the first time in US history.
Team Fastrax was supposed to be the obstacle in the way for the Airspeed sweep, and the well trained team surely took care of business. Things are going even better for Fastrax. The NSL News mentioned earlier that Fastrax will try to get as close as possible to the Ruusian world class team Black Cat. (more)