Did you know that Equinox had Rookie Class company in Lithuania? posted: Aug 23rd, 2012 It happened as it was hoped for in Lithuania: a second team has joined Equinox at the meet weekends.
Lithuania ran three meets this year, which were attended only by Equinox and the country's FAI judge, Jurate Janušauskiene, before a second lineup eventually formed. Julija Grinevska, Mindaugas Civilis, Gediminas Puplevicius, Aurimas Kalinka and Piotras Bukinas on camera competed for the first time at the last meet of the 2012 season.
Both teams were planning to complete six rounds, but the weather stopped the teams once again after Round 5. Equinox member Algimantas Skuodis said that it... (more)
Did you know that weather and conditions are perfect for NSL News coverage from Magdeburg? posted: Aug 23rd, 2012 The NSL News has moved the mobile travel office to Europe, and the event coverage begins with SkyQuest Germany 2012, followed by the World Cup 2012 next week.
The weather in Magdeburg was perfect at arrival time Wednesday evening, and the AN 28 lifted ISB Air Remscheid up to competition altitude in less than ten minutes for training jumps. The weather was just as good on Thursday morning, and French 8way world champion Martial Ferre and Dave Lewis began to organize their groups, while the German 4way team resumed their training and coaching.
The weather forecast for Magdeburg is promising... (more)
Did you know that Lize/Skyservice/Skywalkers added another Czech 4way title to the team's collection? posted: Aug 22nd, 2012 The national championship of the Czech Republic brought together most of the teams who competed at the previous meets of the regular season and two new team names.
Another new team, the one on the top of the AAA Class leaderboard, is only a new name for a lineup of competitors who have dominated 4way competition in the Czech Republic in the past decade. Lize consisted of Tomáš Beroušek (Center Outside), Jirí Jirman (Point), Jan Lukavec (Center Inside) , Štepán Tuma (Tail), with Petr Brož on camera.
They were actually the defending national champions of 2011 when they won with a 10.9... (more)
Did you know that that the National Skydiving League has its roots in Fussball? posted: Aug 20th, 2012 The same question has come up to the NSL News many times: "Where did the National Skydiving League actually come from?"
Blue Skies Mag asked the NSL News and founder Kurt Gaebel one more time, and the answer came with some more background information for the August issue of the monthly magazine.
It all started with the idea of copying what other sports have had in place for a long time. One of those team sports is Soccer, also called Fussball in Germany. The Fussball-Bundesliga was the first model for a format that turned out to become the National Skydiving League. It took a while before... (more)
Did you know that Satori helped 10 Academy teams while posting the 20.0 average at the UK Nationals 2012? posted: Aug 19th, 2012 The NSL News reported on 21 July 2012 that UK 4way champion Satori had seven Academy teams at the July meet in Hibaldstow and followed up with a review of Satori's performance at the same event on 27 July 2012.
Then the NSL News covered the UK Nationals 2012 with the first story on 13 August 2012, which was mostly related to the female 4way competition between Sweden's guest team Fire and UK's national team Bodyflight Aerodyne Langar.
It is about time to catch up with other parts of the record breaking event, as 72 teams competed in Hibaldstow and brought the number for the highest attendance... (more)
Did you know that the Paratec-Saar/EADS combination continues to win 4way and 8way in Germany? posted: Aug 18th, 2012 The German Nationals 2012 are over, at least in 4way. The last two rounds in 8way still need to be completed and will offer as little surprises as the 4way competition did. The only news, and that was not good news, was the absence of Germany's promising female 4way team ISB Air Remscheid, who had to cancel in the last minute, as the NSL News reported earlier.
Paratec-Saar walked away once again with the 4way title, even though their 8way partners of EADS were challenging the national team here and there. The German 8way lineup eventually captured the 8way title and took the first two places... (more)
Did you know that Equinox had Rookie Class company in Lithuania?
Did you know that weather and conditions are perfect for NSL News coverage from Magdeburg?
Did you know that Lize/Skyservice/Skywalkers added another Czech 4way title to the team's collection?
Did you know that that the National Skydiving League has its roots in Fussball?
Did you know that Satori helped 10 Academy teams while posting the 20.0 average at the UK Nationals 2012?
Did you know that the Paratec-Saar/EADS combination continues to win 4way and 8way in Germany?