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Did you know that all three Danish project teams competed last weekend?
posted: May 9th, 2005 The first scores of last weekend's events are now posted. The first competition of the 2005 season in Denmark, the "DFU Open" took place in Flensburg, a German city at the northern border to the Scandinavian country. Denmark's national team's member Mikael Toft explained that the meet was planned to take place at the German location since there was no adequate jump plane available in Denmark for this meet date. The skydiving center in Flensburg provided a Skyvan for the competition, which was scheduled over ten rounds. Unfortunately, Germany was not able to deliver the perfect weather at the... (more)

Did you know that the "double-bust" rule does not apply in the case study?
posted: May 9th, 2005 The NSL News story of May 6 brought up Perris Helion's penalty situation in round two of the SSL March meet in Perris. The NSL News once again asked Klaus Wellens for feedback, who is one of the four Advisors to the IPC Formation Skydiving Committee. Wellens was also the Chief Judge for Formation Skydiving at last year's World Championship in Croatia and at the Mondial 2003 in Gap, France. Wellens confirmed that he saw two different infringements. He did not think that the "double-bust" rule could be applied in this case. However, he also mentioned that it surely was not easy to make the correct... (more)

Did you know that round two of the SSL March meet in Perris offers a new judging quiz?
posted: May 6th, 2005 The second round of the SSL March meet in Perris is now on NSL-TV, and the quality of the video files is on a much higher level compared to the SSL April meet in Eloy. The NSL headquarters received a few messages mentioning the fact that the NSL-TV coverage of the April meet's first round was not very good. The NSL News story of May 4 explained that the available footage did not allow a better quality and apologized for the poor shape of the files. The NSL News story mentioned the decision to upload the files anyway to give the viewers at least the chance to get an idea of the jumps. (more)

Did you know that Arizona Divewerkz keeps moving up?
posted: May 5th, 2005 The NSL News mentioned plans yesterday to introduce a team of the Southwest Skydiving League, Arizona Divewerkz. The team's 2005 line-up has already attended two of the three SSL meets and consists of Murel Addison (Outside Center), Blane Boynton (Point), Paul Gatling (Tail), Annaliese Peterson (Inside Center) and Kelly Green on video. Arizona Divewerkz calls Skydive Arizona its home and got its start in January of 2003. Murel Addison, a visiting skydiver, and Blane Boynton, a local jumper, met on an organized six-way skydive. During this introduction, they were both pleased to meet another... (more)

Did you know that the first round of the SSL April meet is now on NSL-TV?
posted: May 4th, 2005 The NSL-TV has now begun to upload the first video files of the April meet of the Southwest Skydiving League. It was the third SSL competition in 2005, and it was hosted once again by Skydive Arizona in Eloy. It was also the second time this year that both Airspeed line-ups competed on their home turf. (more)

Did you know that the new DeLand Majik line-up scored the highscore in round six?
posted: May 4th, 2005 Round six of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 continued with the same pattern of the previous rounds. The top teams were still waiting for DeLand Fire to slip for the first time, and it did not happen. Golden Knights team captain John Hoover acknowledged this situation after the meet: "Some people expected them to stumble on at least one of the jumps, but they kept fighting and posting the good scores." (more)