Did you know that the details of the last Texas Skydiving League competition are posted? posted: Jul 31st, 2004 Skydive Dallas hosted the 3rd TSL meet of the 2004 season on July 24th and 25th. Eleven teams returned once again to test their skills in the air. As before there were six AAA Class teams including Dallas Cyclone as a guest team. Four of the teams call Skydive Dallas home, those being Dallas Thunder, Dallas Tantrum, Dallas Cyclone and Rave. Mischief and Touch-N-Go made the trip from Houston and call Skydive Spaceland home. The line up in the AA Class included the same four teams as the last meet and hail from all over Texas: Avalanche and Pinky V from Skydive Dallas, 4 of a Kind from Skydive Spaceland,... (more)
Did you know that the complete Malevsky Cup 2004 footage is now available on a PAL video? posted: Jul 30th, 2004 Fyodor Mozvogoy of the Malevsky Cup 2004 management staff recently informed teams and competitors that the complete footage of this year's event is nov available:
"Official Anton Malevsky Memorail World Cup 2004 and Open European Championship 2004 competition video tape is now available! Includes all competition jumps plus judges scoresheets. VHS PAL, duration approx. 200 minutes. Price 30 Euro plus shipping. Email info@malevskycup.ru to order."
The NSL-TV coverage of the event included many of the videos. However, some rounds were still missing completely, even some of the top teams. The... (more)
Did you know that the Finish women's team Zooey makes history? posted: Jul 29th, 2004 Teams and organizers in Finland, the most eastern part of Scandinavia, have been interested in joining the NSL system and the European Skydiving League with their own league for years. The weather in Finland allows only for a very short summer season. Many Scandinavian skydivers and teams travel to sunnier and warmer locations during the off-season.
Even though it is logistically and financially very challenging for the Scandinavian teams to train hard, almost each country has produced top 4-way teams in the past. Finland had its share in 1993 when the 4-way team "Mad Way" placed fourth at the... (more)
Did you know that a new round of NSL-TV features the FSL May and June meets? posted: Jul 28th, 2004 The NSL-TV of the Florida Skydiving League has not been updated in a while. The last round of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2004 in March has now been replaced with the first round of the FSL May meet, which took place at Skydive DeLand, as well. The first round of the FSL June meet at Skydive City in Zephyrhills has been added at the same time. (more)
Did you know that MidAtlantic Skydiving League team Cross Keys O2 Project completed the line-up? posted: Jul 28th, 2004 The NSL News reported on July 13th that MASL team Cross Keys O2 Project had bad luck when the Center Inside of the team, Tom Petzold, broke his wrist, caused by a bad landing under his reserve. Petzold was in good shape, however, the season was over for him. O2 Project was looking for a replacement.
The MASL team decided after much discussion among the remaining teamates to extend coach Brian Johnson's role and use him as the team's player coach for the remainder of the 2004 season. Johnson is also a member of the new 4-way team DeLand Scape, together with Pete Allum, Michael Biederman, Rusty... (more)
Did you know that last weekend's events included a high-profile international competition in Europe? posted: Jul 27th, 2004 The current overview of last weekend's scores offers a colorful mixture of teams that competed at the Texas Skydiving League event in Dallas and at three different locations in Germany. The overview is not even complete yet since the scores from Belgium are still missing.
One of Germany's Deutsche Sky Liga events, the "Nuggets Cup" attracted additional teams, which are not regulars at the DSL competitions. In fact, three national teams from Europe used last weekend's opportunity to test their skills at the Leutkirch drop zone in the southern part of Germany. Each of the events applied the same... (more)