Did you know that the new AAA Class leaderboard includes an interesting mix of lineups? posted: Nov 30th, 2010 The scores of the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2010 were still not the last ones of the 2010 season. Another indoor competition took place last weekend in the Netherlands, Indoor Skydive Roosendaal was the host of the ISR Grand Prix 2010.
The AAA Class leaderboard shows team names that are very familiar in the Formation Skydiving competition world. Belgium's national 4-way team NMP-PCH Hayabusa won its first meet with the new Point, Dennis Praet.
The lineup for the next two years beat the previous lineup's 30.1 average at the World Challenge 2010 in April with the 32.9 average last weekend.... (more)
Did you know that Petra van Overveld competed with Skytrax and ISB Air within a week? posted: Nov 29th, 2010 The NSL News had introduced the third AAA Class team at the NSL Championship of SkyQuest 2010, Skytrax, on 29 January 2010 and followed up with stories on 27 October 2010 and 18 November 2010. The last update included a live NSL Talk with the team members and a clip with a few videos of the training jumps in DeLand.
The NSL News had promised to follow up with the team's meet videos at the NSL Championship, which have now been uploaded and are ready for reviews. One of the earlier stories mentioned that there was a good reason to take a closer look at the videos and that there would probably... (more)
Did you know that DeLand Shmeland may just need another year to catch Mass Defiance? posted: Nov 27th, 2010 The NSL News reported on 22 November 2010 that DeLand Shmeland won the NSL Shugar Cup this year, the AAA Class trophy of the NSL Championship.
It was a well deserved reward for Sally Hathaway (Tail), Rodney Cruce (Center Inside), Jim "Bu" Klinge (Center Outside) and Ari Perelman (Point) who have been the best unofficial US amateur team of the 2010 season.
Albert Berchtold was filming Shmeland at SkyQuest 2010, and his meet videos of all rounds can now be reviewed on NSL-TV.
Patrick Walker was the Shmeland videographer when the team posted the 18.1 average at the USPA Nationals 2010, which... (more)
Did you know that Teiwaz Falcon had a very colorful lineup at SkyQuest? posted: Nov 26th, 2010 The NSL News reported on 22 November 2010 that DeLand Shmeland won the NSL Shugar Cup this year. It was not a gift, even though the final leaderboard after seven rounds shows Shmeland 14 points ahead in 1st place.
Teiwaz had put together a colorful Falcon lineup to offer some resistance in the AAA Class competition, and it is worth taking a closer look at the team members. Teiwaz Falcon's first jump together was Round 1 in the meet, and it was surprising how close to Shmeland the pickup team managed to stay.
Falcon lost a lot of points due to video angles, as videographer Jose Melendez was... (more)
Did you know that a new live NSL Talk presents BJ Worth at SkyQuest? posted: Nov 25th, 2010 It was about time for this live NSL Talk. The NSL News has been working together with BJ Worth for many years, at least once per year in the last decade. That's whenever SkyQuest came up, the skydiving event that was launched as a parachuting air show at Fantasy of Flight in 2001.
However, BJ Worth has also been very active for many years in pushing and forming the future of Formation Skydiving competition, both as the President of the International Parachuting Commission (IPC) and also as a long-time member of the IPC Formation Skydiving Committee. The NSL News has received a lot of IPC updates... (more)
Did you know that Jérémie Rollett introduces the new French female lineup? posted: Nov 24th, 2010 The NSL News mentioned earlier that France has a new female 4-way lineup for the next two years. Two of the reigning world champions, Bérangère Duplouy and Françoise Simons-Hamouchi, who won their first gold medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 and set new standards for female 4-way competition, will not continue next year. Videographer Christophe Chekroun is also not coming back with the new lineup.
The two returning members, Sophie Deremaux and Amélie Tirman, will guide a new lineup for the next two years. The complete lineup of 2008 and 2010 still gets another... (more)