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Did you know that the new NSL Profile features Italy's Arianna De Benedetti?
posted: Oct 4th, 2004 It has been a while since Skyleague.com added a new NSL Profile. The recent world meet in Croatia was inspiration enough to continue this feature. Arianna de Benedetti of Sinapsi PD is one of the best female 4-way competitors in the history of Formation Skydiving. She belongs in the same category of high-caliber female athletes who have shown the world how female skydivers can keep up with the best male competitors, just as Dawn English, Lise Aune and Eliana Rodriguez have already shown. Arianna is quiet and likes to stay in the background. However, she speaks out loud and clearly what she thinks... (more)

Did you know that three teams from Elsinore go for Advanced Class medals?
posted: Oct 3rd, 2004 USPA's Advanced Class uses the same dive pool as the Open Class. However, the class has its own set of medals and rules, which are supposed to make clear which teams and competitors are eligible for the Advanced Class. There are several different opinions in the 4-way community whether former medal winners of the Advanced Class and "player coaches" should be allowed to compete in this class or not. The USPA definition for the team composition in this class and in the Intermediate Class is as follows: "No team in the Advanced or Intermediate 4-Way Formation Skydiving classes may be composed of... (more)

Did you know that the 4-way competition will dominate the USPA Championship once again?
posted: Oct 2nd, 2004 The USPA Championship 2004 has already begun. The competitors of the artistic events have already determined some of their new US champions. Four teams competed in Skysurfing, five teams in Freestyle, a total of 17 teams currently competes for the Freestyle medals in two classes. These events are the ouverture to the main event of the USPA Championships, the Formation Skydiving competition in 4-way, 8-way and 16-way. Out of these three FS events, the 4-way competition will once again be the event with the by far greatest participation. 15 Open Class, 12 Advanced Class and 33 Intermediate Class... (more)

Did you know that the NSL SkyVenture Competition scores of the NSL Playoffs 2004 are posted?
posted: Sep 28th, 2004 The World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2004 is over, and the direct links to the event information and NSL-TV have been removed from the front page. This does not mean that this information is not available any longer. The links can still be found at the home page of the "International" league. The NSL News will also follow up with more stories, interviews and an evaluation of the international situation after this year's world meet. (more)

Did you know that the US Formation Skydiving delegation celebrates a golden comeback?
posted: Sep 24th, 2004 It was a good idea to finish as many events as possible on Thursday. The weather does not promise any more skydiving activities, and the locals confirm that the fall has arrived in Croatia. The clouds hang low, rain is in the forecast, the skydiving season is over, and so is the world meet. However, the 8-way teams are still on a stand-by status Friday morning and had to wait with their celebration, while the 4-way teams smoothly transitioned from competition to party mode last night. In fact, the party at the hotel, where all the teams and competitors have been accommodated, lasted all night.... (more)

Did you know that it is all Majik in Croatia?
posted: Sep 23rd, 2004 The scores are posted, the jumps can be watched on video, the 4-way events have been completed. DeLand Majik is the new world champion after finishing the tenth round at darkness. France took the second place, and Russia defended the third place against Italy. USA took the gold medal in the Women's event, as well. France placed second, and Russia took the bronze medal. The 8-way teams still have to make one more round tomorrow. The NSL News will follow up with more details tomorrow. (more)