Did you know that the jump ship in Croatia will still be the MI-8 helicopter? posted: Jun 17th, 2004 National teams and competitors were recently worried by rumors that the organizers of this year's World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Croatia were considering to use different jump planes. The bid for the IPC event and earlier announcements by the host together with postings on the event's website had the Russian helicopter MI-8 as the aircraft for the world meet. Based on the first official announcements after a country won the IPC bid for the next world meet, the qualified teams make their training plans according to the chosen aircraft. The MI-8 helicopter has a wide tailgate ramp,... (more)
Did you know that the NSL-TV features a new round of the last Southwest Skydiving League meet? posted: Jun 16th, 2004 The next meet of the Southwest Skydiving League is already coming up this weekend, while the NSL-TV coverage of the SSL May meet has not even been completed.There will be a lot of footage available when the 2004 season is in full swing. The NSL headquarters will do its best to be as up-to-date as it is possible for a well understaffed operation.Round three of the third SSL season meet is once again presented by Arizona Blade. The current top team of the Southwest Skydiving League shows an energetic and great performance, which left the rest of the field in the dust. (more)
Did you know that that the NPSL continues to get lucky with great weather and even greater coaching? posted: Jun 16th, 2004 The Northern Plains Skydiving League opened up the second meet Saturday morning with blues skies and no wind. The surf was up for the NPSL meet two at Skydive Twin Cities with three new teams joining the league. This again followed a week of thunderstorms even into Friday night. The three new teams beginning their seasons at this meet were Mind Crime and Fair ABBA in the AAA Class, plus Cockeyed in the AA Class.Mind Crime reunites from last year and competes once again in the AAA Class. Mind Crime 2004 consists of Andy Junghans (Insice Center), Greg Heideman (Point), John Arnold (Tail), Dan Feess... (more)
Did you know that the Russian Sky Panthers were only one point behind Sinapsi PD last year? posted: Jun 15th, 2004 Last not least it is time to introduce the Russian teams that will compete at the IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial World Cup 2004 on their home turf. Ten Russian 4-way teams had signed up before the registration deadline of June 1st. The rules of the International Parachuting Commission (IPC) allow only a total of four teams to represent the same nation at the IPC World Cups. The Sky Panthers, Extreme.RU, Kolomna Quick Blue and Synairgy will officially compete for IPC medals in Stupino, while six other Russian teams are registered as guest teams. (more)
Did you know that DeLand Scape posted a 16.0 average at Skydive City? posted: Jun 14th, 2004 Skydive City in Zephyrhills hosted the fourth meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2004 season. Six teams made the trip to one of the oldest professional skydiving centers in the world. DZ manager TK Hayes welcomed the FSL teams with a treat in the morning and served his most famous pancakes while the competitors registered and prepared for the first round.The Saturday with typical Florida summer weather started out with blue skies and sunshine. Around noon, the summer clouds had built up enough to interfere with the skydiving operation, and weather holds needed to be called for the safety of the... (more)
Did you know that South Africa's Formation Skydiving competition keeps growing? posted: Jun 11th, 2004 The 2004 South African Skydiving National Championships took place in Margate from 1 - 4 June 2004. The training camp for Nationals ran from 22 May until 31 May with all jumps being from 14 000ft. Margate is a fantastic jumping venue on the South African coast with awesome views of the sea and beach landings optional. Solly Williams from Deland Majik was coaching for the whole training period. The Formation Skydiving competition at Nationals was by far the biggest section of the meet. Eleven 4-way teams, two 8-way teams, and fourteen 2-way teams took part in the event. Most clubs in the country... (more)
Did you know that the jump ship in Croatia will still be the MI-8 helicopter?
Did you know that the NSL-TV features a new round of the last Southwest Skydiving League meet?
Did you know that that the NPSL continues to get lucky with great weather and even greater coaching?
Did you know that the Russian Sky Panthers were only one point behind Sinapsi PD last year?
Did you know that DeLand Scape posted a 16.0 average at Skydive City?
Did you know that South Africa's Formation Skydiving competition keeps growing?