Did you know that Craig Girard and Eliana Rodriguez are building a solid foundation of local Formation Skydiving competitors in Dubai? posted: Oct 16th, 2012 The host of the record breaking Mondial 2012 is in the preparations for the event in many ways. Craig Girard reported recently that a 4way competition at Skydive Dubai this month was a part of the runup to the Mondial 2012, a test for the local and regional teams, and an opportunity for Formation Skydiving competitors to join the new Dubai FS community.
Formation Skydiving competition was not very well known and not very popular on the Arabian Peninsula until Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum became a skydiver and developed a serious passion for the sport. He built the unique dropzone... (more)
Did you know that the Florida Skydiving League raised the bar again at iFLY Orlando? posted: Oct 15th, 2012 The 4way fans of the Florida Skydiving League and new potential Formation Skydiving competitors of the future met once again at iFLY Orlando last week to sharpen their individual and team skills and put up some scores for the monthly showdown with the Northwest Skydiving League at iFLY Seattle.
Both groups have the opportunity to provide indoor videos for this month's sequences until October 31st. Then the points will be added up for each whole group. The NWSL group won the first showdown in July, and Florida fought back successfully in August. iFLY Orlando was closed for a while in September... (more)
Did you know that the Vibe members are not new to 4way competition at all? posted: Oct 13th, 2012 The NSL News is going back to the October meet of the Southern California Skydiving League in Elsinore. The last update included news of Perris Wicked, and the story mentioned that another team caught the attention of the NSL News.
Vibe finished with a 16.2 average after six rounds in the AAA Class, and it was not the first time that the team competed this year. The same lineup had also posted a 13.9 average at the SCSL August meet in Perris.
Christine Freiherr, Jane McGuire, Don Burnette and Mikhail Markin are not new to 4way competition at all and just put this lineup together for the 1012... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News followed Sky Panthers Barkli on a training day in DeLand? posted: Oct 12th, 2012 The NSL News reported on 2 October 2012 that Russia's national 8way team Sky Panthers Barkli will compete at the USPA Nationals 2012. The same story mentioned that Barkli plans to train in DeLand before attending the competition, then take a break for a short visit at home, followed by the trip to Eloy.
The Russian 8way team has almost completed the first training camp in DeLand, which is not the first visit this year. Barkli also came to DeLand in March to compete at the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2012 after a few days of training before the meet.
The NSL News visited the Russian... (more)
Did you know that Christie Blomster is back in action with Perris Wicked? posted: Oct 11th, 2012 The Southern California Skydiving League ran only two meets this year after Skydive Elsinore and Skydive Perris each have hosted two meets annually in the past. However, some of the last scores of the regular 2012 season were posted by teams and competitors who have caught the NSL News attention earlier.
Perris Wicked has been covered by the NSL News since Christy Frikken and Hannah Betts launched the female team project at the end of the 2011 season. Former team member Kristen Johnson was introduced on 9 February 2012. The NSL News followed up on 22 February 2012 when Christie Blomster was... (more)
Did you know that scores and participation went up at Denmark's Indoor Nationals? posted: Oct 10th, 2012 The Danish skydiving union held their annual Indoor Championships last weekend in Bottrop, Germany. The 4way scoring level was significantly higher than in 2011, and the number of participating teams also went up from nine to eleven. All seven AAA Class teams averaged above the double digit level.
Airplay's player coach Kjetil Nordin, former member of Norway's national 4way team at the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, said that his team's 16.1 average was not even good enough to win a medal. Last year's silver medalist Cute Me placed 2nd with a 15.1 average. Vivas won bronze this year with a 16.6... (more)