Did you know that Arizona Frenzy's lineup included two 4-way top competitors? posted: Feb 25th, 2010 The Valentine's Meet 2010 was not only an Airspeed affair. It surely was a small meet, as indeed the lowest number of teams ever in the history of the event attended this year's competition. However, there were also three other teams at Skydive Arizona on the Valentine's weekend.
The NSL News had already introduced the Dutch/Belgian 4XTT combination with earlier stories. The other two teams appeared on the NSL leaderboard for the first time. There were still familiar names in those lineups.
Arizona Frenzy, the third team in the AAA Class competition, consisted of Jocelyn Bernatchez, Ian Mackenzie,... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP4 is expected to compete for the money at the World Challenge 2010? posted: Feb 24th, 2010 The last update of the field of teams at the World Challenge 2010 added several new names on the list.
Two more teams will follow the same spring tour that several top teams have been traveling in the past years. SDC Rhtythm XP will first compete at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 and then make the team's first trip to Bedford at the beginning of April. Rhythm will travel to the United Kingdom together with Paraclete XP4, the team with Rhythm coach Kirk Verner that they share most of the indoor and outdoor training time with.
Both meets will bring Rhythm into the real mix with the international... (more)
Did you know that a new NSL Talk with Airspeed followed a 16-way fun jump? posted: Feb 23rd, 2010 The NSL News is going back to the coverage of the Valentine's Meet 2010.
There is still more footage waiting to be processed and uploaded.
Today it is time for the latest NSL Talk with Arizona Airspeed, which took place in Eloy after the world champions had completed their 10-round meet on Sunday. The infamous Round 10 was one of the topics of the discussion, of course.
All ten competition jumps were already featured with the NSL News story on 14 February 2010, including the slowest sequence of Round 10 (4-21-20).
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Did you know that the French top teams posted impressive indoor scores last weekend? posted: Feb 22nd, 2010 The 4th annual Aerokart Indoor Championship took place last weekend in Paris, France. Many of the French top 4-way and 8-way competitors used the opportunity to either warm up for upcoming competitions or team up with other current or former members of the French national lineups.
The team in 1st place, Aerokart PCs, was just introduced by the NSL News with the story on 17 February 2010. Julien Olek, a new member of the French national 8-way lineup, had a very careful 2009 season, as he recovered from a broken leg. He won the 8-way gold medals at the World Cup 2009 in the Czech Republic. However,... (more)
Did you know that Germany's Chicas continue with new member Antje Prochnow? posted: Feb 20th, 2010 The NSL News reported on 4 January 2010, during the coverage of the Dubai Championship, that the German national team in the female 4-way category, Chicas, competed in Dubai with a new team member.
Antje Prochnow was already a member of the German national 4-way team in 2005/2006 but missed the World Meet on home turf due to an injury. She came back as a member of the German Open Class team Final Four in 2007 and continued with pick up teams on a lower commitment level. Finally, she became the alternate for the Chicas for the 2009 season without knowing that she would eventually have at least... (more)
Did you know that Mass Defiance has a reunion of the original lineup at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Feb 19th, 2010 The invitational 8-way competition at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 does not only bring the Golden Knights, Paraclete 8 and Dallas Rogue to DeLand. Rogue member Ben Liston recently informed the NSL News that the Shamrock will also feature a reunion of the original Mass Defiance lineup.
Brian Stephens, Jim Rees and Ben Liston have been training and competing with Dallas Rogue in 2009 and placed 4th at the USPA Nationals 2009 with a 13.9 average. John Silva now confirmed that he will also make the trip to DeLand and compete with the original lineup. This lineup even includes MD videographer Steve... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Frenzy's lineup included two 4-way top competitors?
Did you know that Paraclete XP4 is expected to compete for the money at the World Challenge 2010?
Did you know that a new NSL Talk with Airspeed followed a 16-way fun jump?
Did you know that the French top teams posted impressive indoor scores last weekend?
Did you know that Germany's Chicas continue with new member Antje Prochnow?
Did you know that Mass Defiance has a reunion of the original lineup at the Shamrock Showdown?