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)
Did you know that the Northwest Skydiving League adds the latest NWSLmeet story? posted: Jul 26th, 2004 The Texas Skydiving League was the first one to publish and provide scores of last weekend's competition. While more information, including scores from Europe, are coming in, the Northwest Skydiving League added the meet story of the July 17 event to the NWSL scores.
Saturday July 17 started out with very blue skies. Five teams were on site and eager to jump. Getting Skydive Oregon's Twinotter off the ground at 9:00 a.m. was, perhaps, the earliest take-off this season. Unfortunately, the weather did not hold for the whole day. As a result, the video was a bit unusual in rounds two and three... (more)
Did you know that 50 teams were in the race for free SkyVenture tunnel time on the July 17 weekend? posted: Jul 24th, 2004 This weekend's competition is already on the way, while the results of the last NSL SkyVenture Competition are now posted below. It took longer than usual since it was a very busy weekend with a total of 50 teams competing at the same time at several locations in the USA, and also at additional skydiving centers in Europe. (more)