Did you know that beach jumps over Crystal Coast will be available after the world meet conclusion? posted: Aug 15th, 2024 The NSL News introduced the hosting area of the 26th FAI World Skydiving Championships, the Crystal Coast in North Carolina, with the update on August 9th. The story featured other scenic competition sites in the history of Formation Skydiving competition since 1985, and the video featured an overview of the scenic area at the shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
Freefall photographer Bruno Brokken from Belgium, himself former videographer of participating teams at world championships and world cups, reminded the NSL News that Skydive Empuriabrava in Spain is a former host of world championships (1989,... (more)
Did you know that CSC Constellation XP is three points ahead of 4Action? posted: Aug 14th, 2024 It did not take long until the next Indoor Cloud League team submitted scores and videos for the month of July, after ICL Midwest opened up last month's leaderboard. Marcella Rey's iFLY Fort Lauderdale team followed up with the same three teams who have posted scores on the ICL leaderboards consistently since the beginning of the year.
Both ICL groups have two regularly participating 4-way teams who train and compete outside of the Indoor Cloud League platform, as well, CSC Constellation XP and CSC Singularity for ICL Midwest, 4Action and Volaticus for iFLY Fort Lauderdale.
Additional lineups... (more)
Did you know that Agera and Thyra are almost ready for the world championship? posted: Aug 13th, 2024 Norway's national outdoor championship in Formation Skydiving competition took place without the DeLand Norgies or any variation of the historic lineup this year. Agera, Norway's current national 4-way team in 4-way Open, still had to work hard to win the 1st place at the national championships of 2023 where the Norgyx combination of DeLand Norgies and Arcteryx challenged Agera until the last round.
At least original Norgies member Carl-Erik Tuv was probably present at the Geiteryggen Flyplass Skien in the southern part of Norway, where this year's national outdoor championship was held. Carl-Erik... (more)
Did you know that Germany's national outdoor championship offers exciting competition on world level? posted: Aug 11th, 2024 The NSL News has followed the 8-way drama in Germany since it started at the national outdoor championships last year. In addition to the exciting competition at the Fallschirmsportzentrum Saar it has been an interesting topic due to the fact that Germany is the defending 8-way bronze medalist after placing 3rd at the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2022.
There is a very good chance that one of the two opposing German 8-way teams might defend the FAI bronze medals successfully at the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024. The final qualification at the German Outdoor Nationals 2024 is only three... (more)
Did you know that ICL Midwest had a colorful Indoor Cloud League July lineup? posted: Aug 10th, 2024 The complete CSC Constellation XP lineup was back to perform once again the AAA/AA sequenes of the Indoor Cloud League July draw, and team members Natalie Rodriguez and Russell Bayuk guided the other four lineups through the other sequences. Russell Bayuk also filled the slot for CSC Singularity's Gus Bitterbender, who was not available for the ICL July event at iFLY Naperville.
Paul Webster, who has been filming CSC Constellation XP this year, had his own lineup (Dan Reuber, Josh Hitchcock, Ken Serrine) who performed the two A/RRR Class sequences and posted the highscores for the ICL Midwest... (more)
Did you know that Crystal Coast offers a new scenic backdrop for the world championships? posted: Aug 9th, 2024 It has happened a few times in the history of FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving since 1985 that the International Skydiving Commission (ISC) of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) selected a scenic hosting site for the event. Teams and competitors usually visit skydiving centers or airports where the logistics and facilities for a skydiving competition are naturally available.
The FAI/ISC delegates often don't have a lot of choices, as the selection and assignment of the hosting site happens after the completion of a bidding procedure, which defines high-quality standards... (more)