Did you know that the Northwest Skydiving League is currently up by one single point at iFLY Seattle? posted: Oct 26th, 2012 The virtual indoor competition between the Florida Skydiving League at iFLY Orlando and the Northwest Skydiving League at iFLY Seattle is coming to the last days of the third stage, the October showdown.
It is an extremely tight race so far. Deb Correia has posted all of her scores and videos except for the AAA Class, while the first scores and videos of the Florida Skydiving League have been available for a while. The Northwest Skydiving League is currently up by one single point (96 - 95) before the missing AAA Class number. Both groups still have six days to improve their scores.
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Did you know that Sunny Wind is a new Russian combination of Wild Wind and Sunny Heaven? posted: Oct 25th, 2012 The NSL News recently mentioned that several teams are making plans for the 2013 season that include the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2013. Thunder is one of the confirmed teams, and a new Russian team also told the NSL News that the event is on its 2013 schedule.
Sunny Wind is a combination of two teams who have appeared on previous NSL leaderboards, and the team recently came to DeLand for a fall training camp. Team members Valentin Ilin (Center Outside) and Vladimir Ostanin (Center Inside) competed for Sunny Heaven at a small season opener in Kolomna in May.
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Did you know that Thunder has a new commitment for the 2013 season? posted: Oct 24th, 2012 The NSL News reported yesterday that UK team Eclipse is planning for the 4th season with the same lineup. That's a long time period in 4way competition. There is another team who recently renewed the commitment for the 2013 season, and this team is even going into the 5th year with the same lineup.
It was a difficult and slow start for Thunder in 2009. Paul Hofstee was still competing with Dynamic Fource for the Netherlands, while Sven Ibens, Wesley Claessens and Jacco van Eerden did not have any team commitments any longer. They all had something in common though: They wanted to jump more and... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News followed Polaris on a training day? posted: Oct 23rd, 2012 It was not too long ago that the NSL News met with Polaris, Norway's national team in the female 4way category. The World Cup 2012 had brought Polaris and the NSL News both to Prostejov in the Czech Republic.
Polaris competed with the two best teams in the world in this category, Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders and Golden Knights, even though the reigning world champions from France competed in the Open Class, due to the absence of Aerodyne Aerokart, the Open Class winners of 2010.
The adjusted final NSL leaderboard of the World Cup in the female 4way category might mirror quite accurately how... (more)
Did you know that UK team Eclipse goes into the 4th season with the same lineup? posted: Oct 23rd, 2012 The NSL format with the four different categories has worked out well for many teams in the United Kingdom, as the NSL News reported after the new record number of 72 teams at the UK Nationals 2012. Team after team has joined the 4way fun in one of the lower competition classes and moved up into the next category after a year or two.
Eclipse is one of the teams who entered the chain of 4way addiction in the A Class competition of 2010. Jenny Buckle, Martin Cressey, Jonny Flowers, Ben Lawford and Simon Chittick (Camera) have been together ever since and eventually entered the AAA Class competition... (more)
Did you know that Germany and Switzerland will repeat their 1993 and 2011 battle in Dubai? posted: Oct 22nd, 2012 The NSL News has published updates from Germany on a regular basis, and the last ones were not the best ones. ISB Air Remscheid had missed the German Nationals 2012 and will not compete at the Mondial 2012. Then the German 8way team EADS recently lost Thomas Spielvogel due to a serious work injury.
Germany's national coach Mathias "Mausi" Maushake was on a Florida vacation with his family this month, and the NSL News used the opportunity to get additional information of the German situation just about a month before the start of the competition in Dubai.
The live NSL Talk with Mathias Maushake... (more)