Did you know that Paradox Kassel is the busiest outdoor team in Germany this year? posted: Jul 29th, 2012 The first scores of the weekend are coming from Germany where the skydiving center AERO Fallschirmsport in Kassel-Calden hosted the regional championship of Hessen.
Usual Suspects was the only team in the AAA Class and attended the team's second outdoor competition this year after launching the 2012 season at the World Challenge 2012. More AAA Class scores will be arriving from Texas this weekend.
Usual Suspects and AA Class team Paradox are the only German teams who have attended three meets this year. The German Nationals 2012 are next in August. The Usual Suspects were on the way to break... (more)
Did you know that ISB Air Remscheid is back in outdoor action and ready for SkyQuest Germany 2012? posted: Jul 28th, 2012 NSL-TV had featured an ISB Air Remscheid video of the annual nationwide 2way competition in Germany with the story on 29 June 2012. The German top contender for medals in the female 4way category at the World Meet 2012 was still missing Center Outside Sarah Hajooze for outdoor training and competition at that point in time.
The wait is over now. ISB Air Remscheid has completed the first outoor training weekend successfully a few weeks ago and is getting ready for more. It was the first time since March 2011 that the current lineup jumped from a plane. ISB Air Remscheid was able to resume indoor... (more)
Did you know that Satori completed six rounds in two hours? posted: Jul 27th, 2012 The NSL News story on 21 July 2012 covered the recent competition at Hibaldstow in the UK, host of the national championships. Seven Satori Academy teams attended the competition, a very impressive number, and the story featured the A Class with three Satori lineups.
The story also mentioned that Satori's national team (Julia Foxwell, Aaron Faith, Ian Hodgkinson, John McIver, with Dave Head on camera) was planning to do the meet jumps after all teams werde done for the day, and the scores would be added later. The judges had a very long day, too, and the Satori scores were still posted on the... (more)
Did you know that NWSL Yeah Team won the Rookie Class showdown last weekend? posted: Jul 26th, 2012 The meets of the Carolina and MidAtlantic Skydiving League being weathered out left only teams from the Northwest and Florida Skydiving League on last weekend's leaderboard in the Unites States. The competition at Hibaldstow, UK, had a different draw.
This coincidence brought additional spice to the indoor competition project between the teams and competitors of both regions at iFLY Orlando and iFLY Seattle that the NSL News had introduced on 6 July 2012. Both leagues did not synchronize their 2012 schedules at the beginning of the season, and last weekend's meets just happened to be on the... (more)
Did you know that Power Play begins with 4way? posted: Jul 25th, 2012 Not only the Karp Cup of the MidAtlantic Skydiving League was weathered out last weekend. Golden Knight Laura Dickmeyer also reported that the Carolina Skydiving League fell victim to the weather situation on the east coast of the United States.
The Southern California Skydiving League has not been much luckier during the complete first half of the 2012 season. Neither Skydive Elsinore nor Skydive Perris were able to pull off a successful meet so far. However, two more events are scheduled, and Dan BC expects the next one in Perris to bring back the west coast 4way magic. He recently announced... (more)
Did you know that the NWSL teams were challenged by the exits? posted: Jul 24th, 2012 After getting weathered out of the meet that was scheduled in June, the Northwest Skydiving League held its first meet in years on July 21 at Skydive Snohomish.
NWSL Director Deb Coreia reported that the forecast was not looking favorable. However, several teams still showed up on Friday night to receive the draw and walk and creep the dives. The plan was not much different for Saturday morning, as Deb coreia explained: "We planned to meet at 9am, knowing that most likely we'd have a good opportunity to continue to walk and creep the dives, which turned out to be the case."
This time, the... (more)