Did you know that Bardagi and Blue Spirits battled again last week in Sweden? posted: Aug 23rd, 2010 The NSL News mentioned earlier that the 2010 competition season is not over yet for several teams that competed at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia.
The UK Nationals 2010 was one of the national championship events that followed the World Meet in Russia. The NSL News is now trying to catch up with other national championships that were also recently completed.
Some of those events still serve as qualifiers for the next year. The winning teams become the national teams for the 2011 season, as it was the case in Sweden. In addition to the status as the... (more)
Did you know that the scores of Round 3 ultimately locked the semi finalists in their positions? posted: Aug 22nd, 2010 The aftermath of the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 continues with the teams that were the top contenders for the title of the best unofficial "amateur team" in the world.
This unofficial category is quite accurately defined by the cut after Round 8 (ten teams) for the "semifinals" and the cut after Round 9 for the "finals" (six teams). The result of these two cuts is a 4-team group after Round 8 that has one more round to either push one of the Top 6 teams out of the finals and proceed with Round 10 or use the last scoring opportunity to win the unofficial amateur title.
Two... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV features Rounds 1 and 2 of the Top 6 in Menzelinsk? posted: Aug 21st, 2010 Many new scores have been posted since the conclusion of the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia. However, the aftermath of the most relevant international competition in the sport is far from being complete, and many more videos are to come.
The NSL News will go through the complete field of teams in all categories, step by step, as there are so many stories and profiles to cover. The review begins with the first two rounds of the Top 6 teams on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard. The audience has the opportunity to follow the progress of the competition round... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV presents the complete UK battle for the gold medals? posted: Aug 20th, 2010 The UK Nationals 2010 found special attention by the NSL News this year, and there were several good reasons for it. The story on 16 August 2010 mentioned that there was a record participation, while the scores were uploaded throughout the weekend, with the help of Camscore's Jo Bell and Andrew Mansfield.
The actual meet story followed on 18 August 2010, provided by Kaizen's eye witness Jo Hawley.
A special preview on 12 August 2010 focused on the new battle between UK's two national 4-way teams, Satori in the Open Class and Team Bodyflight in the female category. Both teams had just finished... (more)
Did you know that DeLand celebrated Kittinger's 50-year anniversary last weekend? posted: Aug 19th, 2010 Skydive DeLand hosted an event last weekend that was related to the new Skydiving Museum that the Unites States Parachute Association (USPA) is building in Virginia. The event was celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the unique high-altitude jump that Joseph Kittinger did in 1960.
The high-altitude jump from 102,800 feet still stands as the world record, 50 years later. Joseph Kittinger made the record jump from hot-air ballon called Excelsior on August 16, 1960. He fell for four minutes and 36 seconds and reached a maximum speed of 614 mph before opening his parachute at 18,000 feet.
The... (more)
Did you know that the UK Nationals might now be the biggest in the world? posted: Aug 18th, 2010 The NSL News published a preview of the UK Nationals 2010 with the story on 12 August 2010. The story focused mostly on the re-match between Satori and Team Bodyflight after the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010.
Satori won the national 4-way title with a significantly larger difference to Team Bodyflight in 2nd place. Only one single point had separated both teams at the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, Satori was now 19 points ahead after last weekend's ten rounds.
However, much more was going on in Hibaldstow, and Kaizen member Jo Hawley was an eye witness at the competition... (more)