Did you know that Solly Williams' summary of 1999 was delayed for good reasons? posted: Jul 30th, 2024 The NSL News concludes the archived coverage of the FAI Outdoor World Championship 1999 with the last briefing that Solly Williams sent by e-mail from Australia. The final scores of all ten rounds were already posted with the previous update on July 26th.
Solly Williams focused much on the duel between DeLand Norgies and Sebastian XL, which ended with a 1-point difference. Australia 1999 was only the beginning of a 5-year journey for both teams in their pursuit of world championship medals. They started it with a 1-point difference and finished it off in Gap 2003 with a 1-point difference. The... (more)
Did you know that the original CitiZens had a reunion last weekend at Skydive City? posted: Jul 29th, 2024 The NSL News took a closer look at the A Class competition in the United States at the beginning of the month. The same 4-way category will bring teams together in the 4-way Beginner Class at the USPA Nationals 2024.
CSC Singularity had the lead with the highest average after the two meets that the Midwest Skydiving League team had attended by then. New scores in the month of July have been added to the NSL News leaderboards, and the A Class rankings have changed in the run-up to the national outdoor championship.
This time, only the highest meet average of each team defined the ranking positions,... (more)
Did you know that the double-gold dream did not come true in 1999? posted: Jul 26th, 2024 Airspeed went out to make history and do what nobody else has ever done before - win the 4-way and the 8-way event at the same world championship. But it didn't happen. They finished short in 4-way and lost Excalibur to France. However, Airspeed still has the chance to win a gold medal in 8-way, even though Russia made up another point in Round 9. The current 4-point lead should still be enough to carry it home in 8-way.
Winning both events was a big goal. Skydiving as a sport has become so professional that it meant taking a big chance trying to win both events. The rival teams were all pure... (more)
Did you know that three USPA medal contenders competed last weekend? posted: Jul 25th, 2024 Six teams used last weekend's opportunity for competition practice before the USPA Nationals 2024, which begin with 4-way competition at the end of the second September week. Skydive Spaceland's Pre-Nationals was the second scheduled meet of the Texas Skydiving League this year. Teams from Texas had been ready to launch their 2024 season at the end of April, together with teams of the Florida Skydiving League at Skydive Sebastian.
Unfortunately, TSL Director Scott Latinis reported from San Marcos by then that bad weather did not allow any competition rounds on the whole meet weekend. The weather... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith and Jeremie Rollett have a common NSL Live Talk history? posted: Jul 23rd, 2024 The NSL News recently covered the situation of one of the world's powerhouses in Formation Skydiving competition, the Qatar delegation. The comprehensive coverage of the CISM World Championship, which concluded with the NSL News update on July 18th, included Qatar's national team in 4-way Open, the Qatar Tigers, who won the bronze medals in Hungary. The Tigers will also try to defend their FAI bronze medals at the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Championships.
The story on July 19th followed up with the travel agenda of the Qatar Lions and the Qatar Cheetahs, the two 4-way teams who train and compete... (more)
Did you know that the Qatar Falcons have their own improved travel agenda this year? posted: Jul 22nd, 2024 The NSL News covered the travel agenda of the Qatar Lions and the Qatar Cheetahs with their coaches Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen on July 19th. The two 4-way farm teams of the Qatar delegation usually travel together to training camps and competitions when they leave their country.
The Qatar Formation Skydiving delegation actually has three different travel agendas. The national team in 4-way Open, Qatar Tigers, and their coach Andy Grauwels make their own plans that were mentioned in the previous 4-way updates after the CISM World Championships.
The third separate schedule of the 8-way team... (more)