Did you know that Rookie Class teams from the the Northwest and Carolina had a great battle last weekend? posted: Sep 21st, 2012 The 2012 season of the Northwest Skydiving League has also come to its end, even though the indoor showdown with the Florida Skydiving League (iFLY Seattle - iFLY Orlando) will still continue for the remainder of the year.
The two NWSL Rookie Class teams created an interesting overall leaderboard in this category last weekend, as there was a great race with the three Rookie Class teams of the Carolina Skydiving League. Blame Game (CASL) and Sloppy Joes (NWSL) both attended their third meet of the 2012 season and ended up tied in 1st place after the four rounds that both teams completed.
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Did you know that Airfix Fehrbellin had to work harder this year to win the Nord Cup? posted: Sep 20th, 2012 Last weekend's overall leaderboard also included new scores from Germany.
The German 4way teams who competed at the first part of the Nord Cup in May had shaken up the international leaderboard quite well and mixed up with teams from Texas and the Northern Plains. This time, the two teams from Carolina and the five teams from Germany finished in perfect order, and the US teams took the two top spots.
However, the German teams were not looking that much across the Atlantic last weekend. They completed the second part of the Nord Cup project, which took place at the same location where the... (more)
Did you know that Thunder is waiting for challengers at the ISR Grand Prix 2012? posted: Sep 19th, 2012 The NSL News reported on 1 September 2012 that Thunder would have to defend 2011 titles at the ESL Championship 2012 and then at the ISR Grand Prix 2012 after coming back from the 2nd place at the World Cup 2012.
Of course, the title defense at the ESL Championship seemed to be impossible since NMP-PCH Hayabusa was planning a comeback to the event this year after winning in 2005, 2006 and 2007. However, it turned out that Hayabusa's Tail Roy Janssen could not jump, and Thunder almost managed to defend the title successfully. Hayabusa needed a jump-off round to win by two points.
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Did you know that CTR Optimum won the Brazilian Nationals for the 10th time? posted: Sep 18th, 2012 The Brazilian Nationals 2012 did not bring any big surprises a few weeks ago. CTR Optimum won again and celebrated the team's 10th victory at the national championships. The current lineup (Daiton Ribeiro, Andre Ferraz, Fabio Diniz, Guillermo Gorg, Kalley Clementino on camera) won its second consecutive 4way title without any personnel changes.
It was the third meet for CTR Optimum this year. The Brazilian team had launched the 2012 season at the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2012. It was the first time that a team from Brazil competed at the spring event in DeLand.
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Did you know that Thunder, SportLoto and Satori competed the 3rd time for the top amateur spot? posted: Sep 17th, 2012 The World Cup 2012 did not offer the next exciting battle between the currently three best 4way teams in the world, Aerodyne Aerokart (FR), Arizona Airspeed (US) and NMP-PCH Hayabusa (BE). However, the NSL News reported several other highlights of the event during the live coverage from Prostejov and the aftermath.
The competition in the female 4way category caught a lot of attention, as the currently best three teams in this event (Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders, Golden Knights, Polaris) were all present and delivered up to and above expectations.
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Did you know that the CASL Championship 2012 represented the league history since 2004? posted: Sep 16th, 2012 The Carolina Skydiving League completed the 2012 season with the championship event in Raeford this weekend. Laura Dickmeyer, Golden Knights member and CASL Director, had just returned from her very successful trip to Prostejov in the Czech Republic where her team won the indirect competition with the Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders in a surprising upset.
The NSL News coverage of the World Cup included an interview with the Golden Knights after the completion of the meet. The conversation did not only include topics of the competition in Prostejov. Laura Dickmeyer also explained how much she was... (more)