Did you know that Thomas "Spieli" Spielvogel misses his 2nd World Meet since 1989? posted: Oct 5th, 2012 The bad luck continues for the German delegation at the Mondial 2012. This time, an unrelated accident has its impact on the EADS 8way lineup.
National coach Mathias Maushake followed up on the final cancelation of ISB Air Remscheid and the new lineup in the female 4way category with bad 8way news. Thomas "Spieli" Spielvogel, the most experienced German Formation Skydiving competitor, will neither be able to train with the German 8way team nor attend the Mondial 2012 in Dubai.
As with ISB Air Remscheid's Sarah Hajooze the accident happened in a different environmet and was not related to... (more)
Did you know that Russia has a dark horse lineup for the Mondial 2012 in Dubai? posted: Oct 4th, 2012 The NSL News continues with the preview of the female 4way competition at the World Meet 2012 in Dubai.
Yesterday's story covered Germany's bad luck with the expected top contender ISB Air Remscheid. The story also mentioned that there were still a few questionsmarks behind some of the 14 teams who are registered for this event. One questionmark was behind the Russian lineup for the Mondial 2012, and the NSL News tried to get accurate information.
National coach and SportLoto member Egor Gusev was helpful once again and provided the names of the team members who will travel to Dubai at the... (more)
Did you know that Germany sends a new Chicas lineup to the Mondial 2012 in Dubai? posted: Oct 3rd, 2012 The NSL News has covered the sad story of the German 4way team in the female category, ISB Air Remscheid, since Sarah Hajooze's accident in February 2011. The team has been trying to recover with the same lineup and come back in full power as a medal contender at the World Meet 2012.
ISB Air Remscheid trained and competed with substitutes while the team's Center Outside recovered from the injury, and the complete lineup actually had an indoor comeback at the World Challenge 2012. It was a promising performance after the long break, and the Germans finished only five points behind the Aerodyne... (more)
Did you know that Russia's 8way team Sky Panthers Barkli meets the Golden Knights at the USPA Nationals 2012? posted: Oct 2nd, 2012 The NSL News has recently covered the Russian part of the Formation Skydiving competition world quite extensively, and it is still not the end yet, as the plans of Russia's national 8way team Sky Panthers Barkli include upcoming events covered by the NSL News.
Team captain Oleg Shalamykhin recetly updated the NSL News with the Barkli schedule for the remainder of the 2012 season. The team's agenda includes two training camps in DeLand and one in Eloy. The update became even more exciting when he added that the camp in Arizona will include participation at the USPA Nationals 2012.
It means... (more)
Did you know that Wild Wind and Illusions members met at the Russian Nationals 2012? posted: Oct 1st, 2012 The NSL News story on 28 September 2012 covered the 4way competition at the Russian Nationals 2012, and it was mostly about the two teams on the top of the leaderboard, Sky Panthers Barkli and Fly Tanay.
The story explained that seven members of the same two 4way teams also combine for the Sky Panthers Barkli's 8way lineup. Leonid Kazinets is the 8th member of the Russian 8way team.
The other teams on the Russian leaderboard still had their own stories too, and Russia's national coach Egor Gusev provided additional information.
He said that the host of the national championships and owner... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights compete only in 8way at the USPA Nationals 2012? posted: Sep 30th, 2012 The NSL News has recently given the situation of the top 4way and 8way teams in the world more thought as the World Meet 2012 comes closer and closer.
France (Aerodyne Aerokart and Aerodyne Maubeuge) and Russia (Sky Panthers Barkli) try to win the best medals they can get with 4way teams who are also competing in 8way. The 4way and 8way lineups are the best in those two countries in both events.
Belgium's 4way team NMP-PCH Hayabusa focuses only on 4way, while another lineup competes for Belgium in 8way. Both US teams, Arizona Airspeed in 4way and Golden Knights in 8way qualified only in one... (more)