Did you know that this week's German 4-way leaderboard will be under careful scrutiny? posted: Sep 7th, 2025 The NSL News transition from Skydive Teuge in the Netherlands to the Skyfactory in Stadtlohn is complete, and the German Outdoor Nationals 2025 have begun this weekend. The German 4-way and 8-way teams are not posting scores yet, as their competitions begins on Tuesday in 4-way, Thursday in 8-way.
However, Germany's defending 4-way champions, the Airbus 4-way team, are already in training action to become familiar with the unknown environment in Stadtlohn. The Airbus 4-way team is a completely different entity, and there is no overlapping between the Airbus 4-way and Airbus 8-way teams.
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Did you know that the NSL News transitions to Germany's national outdoor championship? posted: Sep 6th, 2025 The unfortunate story of the German 8-way team at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen, was well documented by the NSL News, and it had a happy ending.
The German 8-way story began when Henning Stumpp, President of the German skydiving federation (DFV) and Airbus member, had a landing accident, after a broken line on opening compromised the parachute. The update on August 31st explained that Henning Stumpp could not continue with the 8-way competition after Round 4. Team videographer Erik Lorenz was considered to switch to the tail slot in front of the camera if Airbus... (more)
Did you know that the Falcons won the first FAI gold medals for Qatar's formation skydiving delegation? posted: Sep 5th, 2025 The first NSL News update from the 8-way competition at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 came after the first two rounds, and after Prison 9 finished Round 1 only one single point behind the Qatar Falcons. It seemed like there could be more competition on the top of the 8-way leaderboard than expected.
The Qatar Falcons and coach Jeremie Rollett understood the message from the U.S. team well enough and corrected the situation instantly with a 4-point difference in Round 2. Prison 9 did even better in Round 5 when they tied the Qatar highscore of 19 points. However, there was eventually a 34-point... (more)
Did you know that the competition season is not over for the world's Top 3? posted: Sep 4th, 2025 Matt Landsmann produced the last summary of the competition action at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025, once again with Regan Tetlow anchoring the show. The 5th and last competition day had the happy ending with the completion of all scheduled competition rounds.
The 4-way Open Class competition provided the insights on the top of the leaderboard, one year away from the next outdoor world championship, where the medal winners at Skydive Teuge could meet each other again. The battle for the positions behind the medal winners was just as exciting as expected. It featured the Czech Skywalkers eventually... (more)
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior shared the podium with Aethers Lille and NMP PCH HayaBusa? posted: Sep 3rd, 2025 Four more rounds had to be completed in 4-way Open and 8-way, three in 4-way Women and VFS, on the last day of the competition. There was even a deadline at 4 pm on Tuesday that the meet director had set to be able to accommodate judging of the last rounds, paperwork, and the award ceremony in the evening. There was serious time pressure, and the weather was still not perfect.
Meet director Ronald Overdijk, ISC delegate for the Netherlands, asked the teams and competitors to support shortening the call from 45 minutes between competition rounds to 30 minutes. There was general agreement, and... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way Open Class leaderboard still offers very exciting competition? posted: Sep 2nd, 2025 The FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 has been struggling with the weather. The whole Monday was another challenging situation for management and participants who had to be ready whenever the conditions were good enough for a few rounds. It is quite impressive that the three Cessna Caravans, their pilots and the meet director are still looking back at a competition that could still be completed with good weather forecast for Tuesday. It looks promising in the morning.
The 4-way Open Class teams need four more completed rounds, and they are scheduled to launch the operation on Tuesday morning. The 4-way... (more)
Did you know that this week's German 4-way leaderboard will be under careful scrutiny?
Did you know that the NSL News transitions to Germany's national outdoor championship?
Did you know that the Falcons won the first FAI gold medals for Qatar's formation skydiving delegation?
Did you know that the competition season is not over for the world's Top 3?
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior shared the podium with Aethers Lille and NMP PCH HayaBusa?
Did you know that the 4-way Open Class leaderboard still offers very exciting competition?