Did you know that Gustavo Cabana has DVD's with the competition jumps from Croatia for sale? posted: Nov 5th, 2004 Gustavo Cabana from Argentine is a veteran freefall videographer. He has filmed at major events for many years, including the SkyQuest Florida events of the past years, where he provided his great services for BJ Worth's Kaleidoscope Dives.
Cabana was hired this year to organise and supervise the dubbing station at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Croatia. NSL News reporter in Croatia, Kurt Gaebel, was so lucky to run into Cabana when he was looking for a work station on site in Rijeka to provide the NSL News updates. (more)
Did you know that Sherry "Doc" Dodson wrote the final TSL meet story? posted: Nov 4th, 2004 The fifth and final meet of the Texas Skydiving League 2004 season was held October 30th-31st. For the second time this year, Skydive Spaceland hosted a highly efficient meet. This meet had 12 teams in attendance with most of the usual suspects and a few new faces. The AAA Class was made up of Dallas Thunder, Touch–N-Go, Dallas Tantrum and Mischief. Dallas Cyclone and SHEK were in attendance as guest teams for the AAA Class. In the AA Class, Avalanche, Pinky V, 4 of a Kind, and 4 Fun were all once again in attendance from across Texas. Funnel U was in town from Dallas for the rookies. A guest... (more)
Did you know that Texas completed the 2004 season with the fastest draw and the highest scores? posted: Nov 2nd, 2004 Twelve teams competed at the fifth and last meet of the Texas Skydiving League 2004 season. The event was also the TSL Championship 2004 and the last competition of all leagues in the country this year. Only the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2004 is still to come on November 19 - 21 at Fantasy of Flight.
The TSL teams received a warm welcome at Skydive Spaceland with the fastest competition draw of the 2004 season. The six rounds included two rounds with only random formations and another round with Block 9 (CatAcc - CatAcc) plus three random formations. This competition draw was a perfect opportunity... (more)
Did you know that the "Daily SkyQuest 2004 Video Show" will offer dinner, beer and entertainment? posted: Oct 27th, 2004 The NSL Championship 2004 will once again be the most competitive event of SkyQuest 2004. The NSL News will soon introduce the already registered teams and offer insights. However, the SkyQuest atmosphere has still always been very casual, and the teams competed for NSL trophies, medals and the last scores of the season while enjoying the best and most exciting facilities of any skydiving event in the world.
Even though SkyQuest began with the NSL Championship competition, the other events are just as competitive. The participants of the Kaleidoscope Dives and Team Elite have no opponents and... (more)
Did you know that the SkyQuest 2004 website has become more active? posted: Oct 26th, 2004 The SkyQuest website is quite silent for most of the year. However, the information gets updated when the event comes closer. Some contents of previous events remain on the website, others are being replaced. SkyQuest 2004, including the NSL Championship, is now close enough for more recent updates.
The SkyQuest website has already been offering on-line sign-up procedures for this year's event for a while. Special offers for hotel accommodation with special rates were added. The event schedule gave participants and visitors an overview of the activities. (more)
Did you know that Excalibur was celebrated in DeLand last weekend? posted: Oct 20th, 2004 The DeLand skydiving community once again organised a homecoming celebration for DeLand Majik last weekend. Location was the "Perfect Spot", drop zone restaurant at Skydive DeLand. This time, the party was very special since it included the presentation of "Excalibur", the IPC trophy for the 4-way and 8-way world champions.
The NSL News had seen the sword already earlier this year. Anatoly Zhirov, former Russian top competitor, current IPC delegate and advisor to the IPC Formation Skydiving Committee, visited the dubbing station at the world meet in Croatia one day during the meet with a large... (more)