Did you know that 1998 and 2010 were meaningful 8-way years in the USA? posted: Nov 4th, 2010 The recent stories covering the new Arizona Airspeed lineup and Mark Kirkby's competition career brought the NSL News and the audience back to the original Airspeed lineup. NSL-TV uploaded competition jumps of the original lineup with the story on 28 October 2010.
The Airspeed coverage included the 8-way event, which Airspeed gave full attention beginning in 1996. Craig Girard had left the Golden Knights after winning three World Meet 8-way gold medals and took charge of forming and guiding the new Airspeed 8-way lineup.
Three years later, Airspeed defeated the Golden Knights for the first... (more)
Did you know that Solly Williams brought the Golden Knights into the 4-way picture? posted: Nov 3rd, 2010 Former DeLand Majik 4-way world champion and Team Fastrax member Doug Park provided the NSL News with his take on the new Arizona Airspeed lineup during the live NSL Talk on 26 October 2010. Original plan was to have his Majik team mate Solly Williams join the conversation, which did not materialize that day.
Solly Williams took the time yesterday to visit the NSL office for his own NSL Talk session. He added quite a few new perspectives to the 4-way picture of the top teams in the USA and in the world.
Doug Park mainly provided his insights about the time that he spent with the members of... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury is again looking for a future world champion? posted: Nov 2nd, 2010 The new Arizona Airspeed lineup has been looked at from several different angles, and a new live NSL Talk with Solly Williams will soon add more thoughts to the new situation in the USA.
It has been quiet around Perris Fury since Airspeed announced that Fury's original Point, Josh Hall, would move from California to Arizona.
However, it is a fact that Perris Fury will continue. Chris Farina confirmed for the NSL News that his team is actively looking for a new team member.
It was in September 2005 when the NSL News had a very similar headline for the story on September 17 (Archive > 2005... (more)
Did you know that the Mega Tunnel 4-way Meet may still have a few open slots? posted: Nov 1st, 2010 National Skydiving League and Aerodyne are supporting an upcoming wind tunnel event at Paraclete XP called the "Mega Tunnel 4-way meet". The event is a part of the Advance Skydive Project that was launched by Aerodyne earlier this year. The program aims at adding quality to events and helping to develop and improve individual skills.
The NSL News story on 1 September 2010 provided more details of the project and reported some of the activities. Event organizer Cherie Schuch now informed the NSL News that the participation is close to maximum capacity. However, a few slots may still be available.
She... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP4 could become Airspeed's toughest challenger next year? posted: Oct 31st, 2010 The NSL News has recently covered the new Arizona Airspeed lineup with several stories, including Mark Kirkby's new NSL Profile and a live NSL Talk with former DeLand Majik 4-way world champion and Fastrax member Doug Park. One of the topics was the fact that the new Airspeed lineup also has an impact on two other top teams of 2009 and 2010.
Josh Hall left Perris Fury, Airspeed's toughest challenger of the last two years and potential top contender in 2011. Thomas Hughes won USPA silver medals at the USPA Nationals 2009 with Spaceland Force and was not a member of any other US top team this... (more)
Did you know that the three lineups of the Danish 4-way project are complete? posted: Oct 30th, 2010 The NSL News story on 12 October 2010 reported that Denmark's national 4-way team Bodyflight Voluntas continues with a new lineup in 2011. The same story provided additional information of Denmark's team project, including the new lineup of the B-Team.
The information was not complete at that time, as the video slots for the B-Team and the C-Team were still open, and the lineup of the C-Team was not finalized at all. The names of the two other project teams were also still missing.
Project speaker and Voluntas Tail Flemming Borup Andersen now followed up with the missing information. The... (more)