Did you know that the judges study the fast sequences in Stupino? posted: Jun 27th, 2004 Sunday, the 27th of June was not even the official training day of the IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial World Cup 2004 yet, however, the exciting meet atmosphere was already in the air and all over the competition site. Teams were training, the judges set up their work area, as well as the NSL News moved into the "NSL News Online" office. The Malevsky Cup organizers went out of their way to provide a working place for the NSL News that will allow the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of this event. The pressure is on, the NSL News will have to work hard to meet the expectations of these high... (more)
Did you know that a new round of NSL-TV features SSL teams and AA Class team Soylent Greene? posted: Jun 25th, 2004 There is still enough time for a quick update of the NSL-TV. Round four of the Southwest Skydiving League features ten teams of the May 1 meet in Peris. The footage of Perris Precision and Giftwrap was not available for this round. Elsinore GT introduces the sequence for this round.
The Southwest Skydiving League just completed the fourth meet of the 2004 season last weekend. More and new footage will be available soon.
Soylent Greene of the Indiana Skydiving League also provided the team's footage of round four at last weekend's competition. Soylent Greene competes in the AA Class and posted... (more)
Did you know that the SSL Meet at Skydive Elsinore Draws 16 Teams? posted: Jun 25th, 2004 Skydive Elsinore was host to the Southwest Skydiving League’s fourth meet, which turned out to be the largest meet of the season. Sixteen teams participated including three A teams, five AA teams and eight AAA teams. Judging was provided by June “Bug” Urschel and Mary Beth Koolhaas, Both will be judging at the US Nationals (Bug will in fact be Chief Judge) this fall in Perris.
DZO John Hamilton, League Director Pam Stevens and the judges addressed the large group of competitors at an 8:00 a.m. briefing. All hoped for the best as the seasonal “June Gloom” cloud layer threatened to interfere... (more)
Did you know that last weekend's results of the NSL SkyVenture Competition are now posted? posted: Jun 24th, 2004 The scoring table of the NSL SkyVenture Competition for the June 19 weekend is a record breaking monster. Scores of 71 teams had to be registered and calculated. Fortunately, and thanks to webmaster Craig Buxton, the new NSL website database includes a math feature that processes the scores, applies the handicap formula and creates the scoring overview automatically. (more)
Did you know that Punky Fish and 4tunates won the Dutch Handicap Cup in the Netherlands? posted: Jun 24th, 2004 The new addition to the European Skydiving League in the Netherlands, the Dutch Handicap Cup (DHC), completed its second competition of the 2004 season last weekend. This event has already been the Tomscat Trophy for many years and is more popular in the Netherlands than the Dutch national championship. The Tomscat Trophy was included in the Dutch Handicap Cup league schedule for the 2004 season and attracted a total of 18 teams to the hosting drop zone, the Paracentrum Eelde-Hoogeveen. Nine teams completed eight rounds in the AAA Class competition, while another nine teams signed up for the A... (more)
Did you know that the AA Class teams were on stage at the MASL meet in Cross Keys? posted: Jun 23rd, 2004 Mostly cooperative skies and the perpetually dependable staff of Cross Keys skydiving made for an all around good experience during the Mid Atlantic opening meet this past weekend. Three teams competed at the meet, two in the AA Class and one in the AAA Class.The AA Class competition was stiff. CK Air Pollution returned this year with a new tail and bigger and better training plans. Air Pollution's competition, a newly formed team called Controlled Descent, had brought a coach up for the weekend, Brian Johnson. Using his presence to good effect, Descent opened up a quick lead over Pollution, and... (more)