Did you know that Sebastian XL was ready to compete for the gold medals in 2003? posted: May 28th, 2003 Pete Allum is one of the legends in the history of Formation Skydiving competition. He has been the role model for many competitors not only in the athletic area of the sport. It was not a big surprise that he became a very popular coach while he competed actively and until today.
He has joined many NSL Live Talk conversations, the most recent one in the middle of the corona virus crisis on June 3rd. Topic were not his competitive roots with the British national 4-way team Sebastian XL. However, the NSL News found another unpublished interview with Pete Allum in the archives, where he discussed... (more)
Did you know that France was aiming at two gold medals and one bronze medal in 2003? posted: Mar 27th, 2003 The NSL News recently posted a previously unpublished interview with former French national coach Jerome David. He is well known for his coaching success at the FAI World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia, where he won four gold medals in Formation Skydiving (4-way Open - 4-way Women - 4-way VFS - 8-way Open).
His NSL Profile is showing though that he began his work as the national head-coach much earlier. He had won his own FAI medals before he was promoted to the position of the national coach in 1994.
The first NSL News interview with Jerome David was an evaluation at the end of the 2002... (more)
Did you know that three of the original Sinapsi members are still very active? posted: Mar 21st, 2003 The NSL News takes another leap in time, and the next update out of the unpublished archives connects once again past and present of Formation Skydiving competition. This time, it was the Italian team Sinapsi PD, who met with with the NSL News for an interview during a training camp at Skydive DeLand and after the completion of the Shamrock Showdown 2003. The original lineup had worked their way up to the world's 4-way top level, and three team members would eventually win bronze medals for Italy at the FAI World Meet 2006, with Pete Allum in the lineup, and two points behind the 2nd place.
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Did you know that Skydive Sebastian hosted the last FSL meet in January 2003? posted: Jan 18th, 2003 The first meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2003 brought seven teams to Skydive Sebastian on a very cold morning.
The host was well prepared for the start of the FSL 2003 season with a Skyvan to fly the local 16-way team and fun jumpers and a Twinotter for the teams. Both aircraft are from Cross Keys, NJ. The event location was the site of the USPA Nationals in 1999 and is set up very well for a competition.
While the jumpers had above average facilities and aircraft, the NSL staff was spoiled by the location. Chief Judge Richard Schachner had his own almost private judging room. NSL President... (more)
Did you know that French national coach Jerome David evaluated the results of the FAI World Cup 2002? posted: Oct 24th, 2002 This interview with the French national coach Jerome David, who was responsible for the French Formation Skydiving sweep in Menzelinsk 2010, was published eight years before France won the four sets of gold medals (4-way Open - 4-way Women - 4-way VFS - 8-way Open) at the same event.
It also connects with the current situation in France, as national coach Mathieu Bernier is trying something that is very similar to the 2010 success. Mathieu Bernier won two gold medals in Menzelinsk 2010, and he is now trying to guide three members of his 4-way Women lineup (Christine Malnis, Sophia Pecout, Gaelle... (more)
Did you know that Doug Park completed NSL News interviews with all DeLand Majik members? posted: Oct 15th, 2002 Interviews with three former DeLand Majik members (Gary Smith, Joey Jones, Solly Williams), 4-way world champions of 2004, have recently been published with information from the archives. Only inside center Doug Park did not have his turn so far. However, he and Gary Smith eventually visited the NSL office together for an interview on the morning of 15 October 2002.
Gary Smith and Joey Jones are still very active in the sport and contribute regularly with their feedback in the NSL News Coaches Corner. Doug Park is still following 4-way competition with great interest and randomly shares a few... (more)
Did you know that Sebastian XL was ready to compete for the gold medals in 2003?
Did you know that France was aiming at two gold medals and one bronze medal in 2003?
Did you know that three of the original Sinapsi members are still very active?
Did you know that Skydive Sebastian hosted the last FSL meet in January 2003?
Did you know that French national coach Jerome David evaluated the results of the FAI World Cup 2002?
Did you know that Doug Park completed NSL News interviews with all DeLand Majik members?