Did you know that the Southwest Skydiving League was surprised with great weather on meet day? posted: Mar 23rd, 2005 Weather has definitely limited training days for many SSL teams this season, but so far both SSL meets have surmounted looming forecasts. Just as the Arizona skies opened up long enough for teams to complete their rounds at Meet #2, the California skies also cooperated on the weather day. (more)
Did you know that DeLand Fire was already more consistent than anybody expected? posted: Mar 22nd, 2005 Round one of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 is already posted on NSL-TV. The scores of the other two competitions of the Southwest Skydiving League and in Georgia have also been added to last weekend's overview. It was a very exciting meet weekend with a total of 31 teams competing at these three events. (more)
Did you know that the Georgia Skydiving League had a successful season opener? posted: Mar 21st, 2005 The 2005 GSL Season Opener was held Saturday, March 19 in Dublin, Georgia at the 2nd Annual RoamingDZ Dublin Boogie. First of all, the GSL would like to thank RoamingDZ, its organizers, staff, and supporters for hosting the GSL and helping to make it a success. The weather was perfect and an excellent start to the 2005 season. The GSL was able to run the Grand Caravan for the meet. Everything ran exceptionally smoothly and the competition was strong. Six teams showed up to compete, a very strong showing especially since the meet was not held at a traditional dropzone.
Two teams competed... (more)
Did you know that the Orlando Sentinel invites the public to the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005? posted: Mar 18th, 2005 Look up! Teams to drop over DeLand
The Shamrock Showdown 2005 features world-class sky diving
By Charlene Hager-Van Dyke | Sentinel Staff Writer (more)
Did you know that the omission issue was addressed from two ends at the same time? posted: Mar 17th, 2005 The NSL News story that came with the last round of NSL-TV made some waves and initiated a discussion of the omission. The SSL team Equinox gave teams, competitors and judges the opportunity to think more about the rule situation of a possible omission when the first Inter of Block 1 (Snowflake - Offset) in round four went wrong. The specific jump can still be viewed on NSL-TV.
The NSL News story compared the official score for this jump with the meet video and offered two different interpretations of the critical situation. The first interpretation explained how the official score (5 points)... (more)
Did you know that Fastrax Select is ready for the pressure at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005? posted: Mar 16th, 2005 The NSL News story of February 22 had offered general information of the Women's 4-way class history in the U.S.A. The same story also mentioned that there would be a new team challenging the current U.S. national team and world champion, Synchronicity.
The NSL News followed up with another story on February 24. This time, the challenger, Fastrax Select, was introduced with profiles of the team members and more background information. The NSL News had visited the Fastrax February training camp in Lake Wales and collected additional information of both Fastrax line-ups.
The NSL News story... (more)