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News Article Did you know that Round 8 of the NSL Championship 2004 is now on NSL-TV?
posted: Jan 25th, 2005 First of all, the NSL headquarters would like to thank all AOL users who recently responded to a special request. The NSL News had to clean up the mailing list for the NSL Newsletter. The server of Skyleague.com, QWK.net, had problems with AOL filters and was asking the NSL to separate the true audience from old and invalid addresses. The NSL News was impressed with the amount of replies received from only AOL users of the NSL audience confirming the continued interest in the NSL Newsletter. (more)
News Article Did you know that Norway's national team Arcteryx works very much like a family?
posted: Jan 24th, 2005 The NSL News mentioned in the news story of January 11 that an update on the Norwegian national 4-way team "Arcteryx" will follow soon. The NSL News met with team captain Ole Petter Hjelle at the end of the team's last winter camp at Skydive DeLand and got the information needed for this update. The current line-up was formed in 2004 under the supervision of the Norwegian national coach and team manager by then, Lise Aune. Arcteryx consists of Tore Buer (Center Inside), Oyvind Buer (Tail), Ole Petter Hjelle (Center Outside) and Ditta Valsdottir (Point). Jan Terje Welkom is th new team videographer.... (more)
News Article Did you know that Team Fastrax trains outside the box?
posted: Jan 22nd, 2005 The NSL News series of the 2005 U.S. top contenders in 4-way concludes for now with the story of Team Fastrax. The group of teams that will most likely compete for the top ranks of the 2005 season and were covered by the NSL News includes DeLand Majik, DeLand Fire, the Golden Knights, two Arizona Airspeed line-ups and Fastrax. The NSL News was invited by the team from Indiana to attend a training day of the Fastrax winter camp last week in Lake Wales. NSL News reporter Kurt Gaebel was already on the way from DeLand and past Orlando when Fastrax founder, member and sponsor, John Hart, called... (more)
News Article Did you know that SkyVenture builds several new tunnels around the world?
posted: Jan 20th, 2005 Trevor Thompson, SkyVenture's Vice President Operations, provided the NSL News with an update of the new corporate developments under Alan Metni's guidance. The story was written by Keith Miller for the October 2004 issue of "FunWorld", as a preview for a trade show in Orlando: "Catching Air: SkyVenture Is Soaring": In early 1999, when former U.S. President George Bush, Sr., was considering adventurous ways that he could celebrate his upcoming birthday, the WWII veteran pilot settled upon something bold for a man about to turn 75: He would go skydiving. But how could he safely practice for the... (more)
News Article Did you know that the 2005 Army team is the strongest one that John Hoover has ever been on?
posted: Jan 19th, 2005 The NSL News currently tries to introduce all the teams that will most likely be in contention for the top ranks of the AAA/Open Class in the upcoming 2005 season. DeLand Fire, the newly formed team with Natasha Montgomery, Gary Smith, Shannon Pilcher, Ian Bobo and Thomas Hughes was the first team in this series. Arizona Airspeed's Craig Girard then provided an update from the team's headquarters in Eloy, Arizona, while the NSL News was waiting for news from the Golden Knights and met with team Fastrax at SkyVenture Orlando. Golden Knights' team captain and multi world and national champion,... (more)
News Article Did you know that the DeLand Majik project will continue?
posted: Jan 17th, 2005 The NSL News promised earlier that a DeLand Majik update was in the works. It has been quiet around the team after Majik won the world championship in September last year and also took the gold medals at the USPA Championship 2004 in October. The only news story touching DeLand Majik was posted when Gary Smith left the team to join the new team "DeLand Fire". The NSL audience has been waiting for news as of the team plans for the near future. The current 4-way world champions still do not have all the details together. However, Solly Williams offered some insights in an interview with NSL News... (more)