Did you know that Ireland's team Fast Air will give the Shamrock Showdown 2011 the real St. Patrick's touch? posted: Oct 29th, 2010 A 4-way team from Ireland caught the NSL News attention a few times this year. Team Fast Air was visiting DeLand for a training camp in April. It was too late to attend the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010, which would obviously make a perfect fit for a team from the home of the Guinness and the Smithwicks.
The NSL News story on 23 April 2010 introduced the team and provided some background information. The team name came back up when Fast Air competed at the June meet of the Coupe de France in LeBlanc:
"There was also a guest team competing in the Intermediate Class. The NSL News had introduced... (more)
Did you know that Mark Kirkby is one of the three most successful 4-way competitors in the history of the sport? posted: Oct 28th, 2010 Arizona Airspeed's Mark Kirkby recently caught special NSL News attention when he announced the new Airspeed lineup for the 2011 season. Several stories have followed up on the topic ever since the news broke on 18 October 2010.
The story on 19 October 2010 mentioned that a new NSL Profile of Mark Kirkby will soon be published. The profile work has been completed, and the audience now has the opportunity to learn more about Mark Kirkby's whole skydiving career, including the extraordinary Airspeed story.
The Airspeed story, which makes the largest part of the profile, begins with the original... (more)
Did you know that Petra van Overveld is ISB Air's new Point? posted: Oct 27th, 2010 The competition videos of the next two rounds of the female 4-way competition at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 have been uploaded and are now available for reviews. Once again, the NSL leaderboard also shows the point deductions in those two rounds.
The two top teams, Aerokart Deep Blue and Team Bodyflight, were also the cleanest teams. The UK team had no penalties at all until Round 6, and France lost only one point so far. Polaris from Norway and Sweden's female 4-way lineup also had only one point deduction.
The penalty situation was very different right behind the... (more)
Did you know that Doug Park looks back at his time with the Airspeed members in a live NSL Talk? posted: Oct 26th, 2010 The NSL News story on 18 October 2010 broke the news of a new Arizona Airspeed lineup, and the story on 19 October 2010 followed up with the background of the team's rear piece, Mark Kirkby and Niklas Hemlin.
The story on 20 October 2010 explained how Niklas Hemlin and Thomas Hughes connected with Team Fastrax. Last not least, the story on 22 October 2010 went further back to the time when Mark Kirkby and Thomas Hughes trained and competed together for Arizona Blade.
There is a former Fastrax member who trained and competed with all three Airspeed members of 2011 and knows them very well.... (more)
Did you know that ISB Air gave Spaceland Blue a good competition in Menzelinsk? posted: Oct 25th, 2010 NSL-TV continues with the review of the female 4-way competition at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010. The first two rounds of all teams were uploaded with the story on 17 October 2010. The competition videos of Rounds 3 and 4 are now available, as well.
The NSL leaderboard after Round 4 includes the point deductions for the latest two rounds. It also shows that there was actually only one serious competition going on at this point in time, which was still very early in the meet.
Aerokart Deep Blue had created a 10-point lead after Round 4, and Team Bodyflight was just that... (more)
Did you know that the Kaleidoscope 2010 dive designs are now available for previews? posted: Oct 23rd, 2010 The NSL News story on 27 September 2010 provided the first preview of SkyQuest 2010, which has annually featured the NSL Championship event and the Kaleidoscope Dives with BJ Worth and many of his World Team members since 2001. This year's event marks the 10-year anniversary.
BJ Worth recently completed the roster for this year's Kaleidoscope Dives:
Wladimir Abad, Alberto Alibrandi, Jim Alkek, Kathy Allen, Roger Allen, Mike Arzillo, Illya Balashov, Andrey Barabash, Vladimir Barsukov, Robyn Best, Antoine Bich, Dennis Brooks, Jose Brouwers, François Burgaud, Rambo Calledare, Tom Clayes,... (more)
Did you know that Ireland's team Fast Air will give the Shamrock Showdown 2011 the real St. Patrick's touch?
Did you know that Mark Kirkby is one of the three most successful 4-way competitors in the history of the sport?
Did you know that Petra van Overveld is ISB Air's new Point?
Did you know that Doug Park looks back at his time with the Airspeed members in a live NSL Talk?
Did you know that ISB Air gave Spaceland Blue a good competition in Menzelinsk?
Did you know that the Kaleidoscope 2010 dive designs are now available for previews?