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Did you know that the overview of all rule changes is posted?
posted: Feb 7th, 2005 The NSL News has covered the current IPC rule changes for 4-way Formation Skydiving competition in steps. The three changes of the dive pool (Bocks 5 and 12, Random Formation M) and the reduction of the penalty damage to one point began the series of stories on February 2nd and followed up with more details on the same topics on February 3rd. The story on February 4th clarified open questions as of Block 5 (Opal - Opal). The topics of these stories were the more significant ones that came with the recent rule changes. However, all IPC decisions have not been covered yet. There are other interesting... (more)

Did you know that Round 9 of the NSL Championship 2004 is now on NSL-TV?
posted: Feb 5th, 2005 The NSL News decided to take a short break from the rules updates. All the details of the changes will still be posted in an overview. The NSL News continues to collect feedback from the top teams in the meantime. A new round of NSL-TV offers a little change of the topics from the rule book back to the actual freefall action. Round nine of the NSL Championship 2004 challenged the AAA and AA Class teams with Block 18 and three random formations. All of the AAA and AA Class teams except one applied the same vertical technique where Point and Tail cross each other first. Only Arizona Blade was... (more)

Did you know that centerpoint crossing is not in Block 5's way?
posted: Feb 4th, 2005 The NSL News reported yesterday that another change of the dive pool removed arrows and required degrees of turn in Block 5 (Opal - Opal). This change left some questions open concerning the centerpoint crossing of the vertical technique. The NSL News assumed that the pieces would still have to avoid the centerpoint crossing, even though the language indicates an open field for any technique. The rules mention the centerpoint issue only related to a block where degrees of a turn are shown: (more)

Did you know that the download options of the new rules are now available?
posted: Feb 3rd, 2005 The Formation Skydiving Committee of the International Parachuting Commission (IPC) finalized the set of rules, which will be applied for the Formation Skydiving competition 2005 season, at the IPC meeting in Poland last week. The NSL News posted the first part of the rules update yesterday and follows up with more information today. The FS Committee currently consists of four members (Fiona McEachern, Australia - Chair, Anatoly Zhirov, Russia - Deputy Chair, Dr. Rainer Hoenle, Germany and Carl-Erik Tuv, Norway) and four advisors (Jérôme David - France, Klaus Wellens - Germany, Marc Hoornweg... (more)

Did you know that the "Bust" has been reduced to a 1-point penalty for the 2005 season?
posted: Feb 2nd, 2005 The NSL News posted a story on December 23, 2004, that explained the topics of the next IPC meeting. This meeting took place in Poland, Europe, and ended on January 30, 2005. The NSL News received an update with all the rule changes and the changes of the current dive pool. The IPC changes take effect officially on May 1, 2005. However, earlier meets, as the SSL's Valentine's Meet 2005 this month at Skydive Arizona and the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 at Skydive DeLand in March, will most likely already apply the new set of rules. The 4-way dive pool has only two changes. It is no surprise that... (more)

Did you know that more leagues sponsor their winning teams for the majors?
posted: Jan 31st, 2005 The very beginning of the National Skydiving League offered a beautiful situation for the teams, which represented their leagues at the NSL Championship. The NSL was founded in 1998 when Florida, Georgia and Texas joined forces and formed the National Skydiving League. Each of these three leagues ran its own regular season. The league champion teams of 1998 were invited to compete for the first set of NSL gold medals at the inaugural NSL Championship on November 21 - 22 at Skydive DeLand. It was a treat for Convergence (Texas), Mr. Pink (Georgia) and Genesis (Florida). SkyVenture Orlando had... (more)