Did you know that Equinox posted a new outdoor team record in Round 1? posted: Jul 17th, 2012 Another team, the fifth one at the moment, has caught with the busiest teams of the 2012 season. Rookie Class team Exquinox from Lithuania attended the fourth meet last weekend and is now waiting for more Rookie Class scores to be posted. The video shows two of the five meet jumps, including the 17-pointer in Round 1, which is the new outdoor record score for Equinox.
FAI Judge Jurate Janusauskiene provided the scores, and the team's Center Inside, Algimantas Skuodis, reported that the weather did not allow the completion of six rounds: "As usually, the weekend weather was not good here, so... (more)
Did you know that the Qatar Tigers posted a 15.9 average in Germany? posted: Jul 17th, 2012 The latest additions to last weekend's leaderboard came from Germany where national coach Mathias "Mausi" Maushake organized the Aero Cup at his home DZ in Kassel-Calden. It was the last test for the two German teams for the national championships in August, while four lineups from Qatar finished up their training camp with the competition.
The NSL News had introduced Gamma Ray Kassel with the story on 3 June 2012. The German team now improved the meet average from 13.7 after nine rounds in June to 15.4 last weekend after seven rounds. Gamma Ray will probably need another push between now and... (more)
Did you know that the July meet in the Czech Republic was almost completely weathered out? posted: Jul 16th, 2012 No big news came from the Czech Republic where the July meet was on the agenda last weekend.
The bad weather forecast kept several teams from making the trip to PrĂbram, and the weather was indeed not very supportive. The three teams who showed up for the competition managed to complete one round and then had to give up. It was bad luck for Rookie Class team Best of Relative who were ready for their first meet this year.
League manager Jan Klapka obviously did not miss much this time. He is still recovering in bed from his ankle injury and waits for the next x-ray check next week. The national... (more)
Did you know that NPSL team Cosmic Debris is once again in the AA Class top spot? posted: Jul 16th, 2012 The July meet of the Northern Plains Skydiving League brought eight teams back to Skydive Twin Cities, together with event coach JaNette Lefkowitz.
Both AAA Class teams attended their second meet this year, and Acme finished in the middle of the overall leaderboard and the many French teams.
AA Class team Cosmic Debris took the top spot in the AA Class for the third time this year and now has to wait until the leaderboard will be complete. It was the first time that Cosmic Debris competed on the same weekend when the AA Class teams in France posted their scores as well, and the NPSL team... (more)
Did you know that the French national B-Teams attend their first outdoor competition this year? posted: Jul 14th, 2012 The first scores of this international meet weekend are coming from France where 35 teams compete at the second leg of the Coupe de France in Maubeuge. 15 teams are posting scores in the AAA Class and 20 in the AA Class, where the competition draw is now synchronized with the international NSL Network for the first year.
The three national teams who will represent France this year at the World Meet 2012 in Dubai, Aerodyne Aerokart and Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders in 4way, and Aerodyne Maubeuge in 8way, are not in Maubeuge for the competition. Only 8way world champion Bruno Perin fills an open... (more)
Did you know that Denmark's project teams will be challenged more than ever this year? posted: Jul 13th, 2012 It happened again - as it happens pretty much on any given meet weekend when the NSL front page displays a new competition draw and follows up with the scores of the according meets as soon as possible. Teams at many other locations on the planet use the same draw for their training purposes and compare their own scores with the posted ones.
This time, two teams from Denmark copied the indoor competition draw of the training meet at Bodyflight Bedford that the NSL News reported on 5 July 2012. Three teams from Denmark and Fire from Sweden had met in Bedford for a training camp that concluded... (more)