Did you know that something was even more important for Carolina Turbo XP than the $400 for Round 7? posted: Mar 29th, 2010 The NSL News reported on 9 February 2010 that Carolina Turbo XP, formerly knows as USPA Intermediate Class champion of 2009 VTSD, had changed the team name and made plans for the 2010 season.
The story on 27 February 2010 followed up with the announcement that Turbo would attend the team's first competition in the AAA Class at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010.
The Virginia Tech team from Carolina made true on the spring plan and showed up in DeLand for the first competition of the 2010 seaason. Doug Barron, Joey Coffineau, Andrew Happick, Ben Worrall and James Sides (Camera) were already the... (more)
Did you know that Friday 13 won the first round of the Shamrock Skins Game? posted: Mar 28th, 2010 The French national team Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge added another sole highscore to the records of the FSL Shamrock Showdown with the 21-pointer in Round 6. In fact, France gave away only two rounds (2 and 4), and Round 2 only due to the 3-point video deduction
It is also a fact that France missed the 20-pointer series over ten rounds after joining this elite club at the World Cup 2009. However, the 19-pointer in Round 4 was the only score below 20. Further than that, it was the only score below 21 points.
French national coach Jerome David noticed this first and mentioned it jokingly when... (more)
Did you know that the Hayabusa members kept the NSL Talk promise? posted: Mar 27th, 2010 The NMP-PCH Hayabusa members promised NSL News and audience during the NSL Talk on 18 March 2010 that the Belgian national 4-way team would be back with a new round of NSL Talk after the conclusion of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010.
Today's NSL News story features the videos of the Top 10 teams with Round 5 and the Hayabusa interview. This time, the NSL News visited the Belgian team at Skydive DeLand. Hayabusa was still training for a few days after the competition.
The evaluation of the Shamrock Showdown was already completed when the NSL Talk took place. The Hayabusa members had a very... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights are ahead of France at the moment? posted: Mar 26th, 2010 It's time to wrap up the NSL-TV coverage of the 8-way competition at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010. The videos of the remaining Rounds 6,7 and 8 have now been uploaded and are available for reviews.
The NSL News had explained the background of the first 8-way competition in the Shamrock Showdown history already with earlier stories. Basically, the Golden Knights were looking for serious competition practice with the new linup before the US Army team will represent the USA at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Russia.
There are not many 8-way meets, while 4-way teams can... (more)
Did you know that the video story of Round 4 provides a penalty update? posted: Mar 25th, 2010 The Top 10 videos of Round 4 at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 have now been uploaded. The NSL News still has to go back to the earlier rounds, as only the penalty information of Round 1 has been available so far.
NMP-PCH Hayabusa had a clean jump in Round 2 and the official highscore of 33 points for the fastest sequence of the meet. However, the French national team, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, was actually the team that completed the highest number of points within working time. France lost three points on the hill due to the camera angle and ended up with 32 points on the scoreboard.
Olivier... (more)
Did you know that eight teams travel from DeLand to Bedford? posted: Mar 24th, 2010 The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 is over, and the next highlight of the young 2010 season is already around the corner, the World Challenge 2010.
The competition of the best 4-way teams in the world will continue at Bodyflight Bedford, beginning on April 3rd.
In fact, the Top 5 teams at the Shamrock Showdown will compete again with each other, this time in the 16-foot flying chamber in Bedford.
Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, NMP-PCH Hayabusa, Perris Fury, Aerokart Deep Blue and Paraclete XP4 have all signed up for the world's largest indoor competition and will face even tougher competition than... (more)
Did you know that something was even more important for Carolina Turbo XP than the $400 for Round 7?
Did you know that Friday 13 won the first round of the Shamrock Skins Game?
Did you know that the Hayabusa members kept the NSL Talk promise?
Did you know that the Golden Knights are ahead of France at the moment?
Did you know that the video story of Round 4 provides a penalty update?
Did you know that eight teams travel from DeLand to Bedford?