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Did you know that the Aerodyne Rookie Cup in Norway featured special awards?
posted: Jul 11th, 2010 More future Rookie Class competitors got together in Norway at the end of June. Aerodyne sponsored the Norwegian Rookie Cup 2010, which consisted of two events. It is a 2-way Formation Skydiving competition for the lower experience level. X3M4S member Kjetil "Rookie" Nordin organized the meet and explained the rules: "The competition applies rules like for the world cup of soccer. First there is group jumping, then semi finals and a final. Focus is on happy skydives, participation for all and large glass trophies. Additional random prizes are awarded in the form of chocolate or similar..." The... (more)

Did you know that the Rookie Class teams dominated the July 3 meet weekend?
posted: Jul 10th, 2010 The new meet weekend is in full swing, and the first scores will be posted very soon. The NSL News goes back to the last weekend one more time, as it featured a special and unusual occasion. It was a weekend where the Rookie Class teams had the strongest participation of all four competition classes. In fact, the number of Rookie Class teams was identical with the number of total teams in the three other categories. Teams from the MidAtlantic Skydiving League, the Virginia Parachute Council and from Finland combined for a total of 16 teams, eight teams competed in the Rookie Class. All eight... (more)

Did you know that Midway 8-way videos show a very strong US Army team?
posted: Jul 9th, 2010 The videos of the Midway Battle, provided by Skydive Chicago and Camscore, also included the two competition jumps of the Golden Knights in 8-way. The NSL News story on 12 June 2010 covered the Golden Knights scores and the situation of the French national 8-way team, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, after the meet weekend on June 11. Both 8-way teams had agreed to jump the same competition draw, France at LeBlanc, host of the second Coupe de France 2010 event, the US Army team at Skydive Chicago during the Midway Battle. The same story reported that the Knights had to cancel the meet after two... (more)

Did you know that Canada Evolution is not that far away from the very top?
posted: Jul 8th, 2010 The NSL News story on 28 June 2010 brought back to mind the situation of the Canadian national 4-way team Evolution. The LeMay family team is getting ready to compete at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 and post the team's best meet average ever. The 23.2 average after the five rounds at the Midway Battle, which would most likely still stand after all ten rounds, is the highest average that the Canadian team has ever posted. The 23.0 average after five rounds at the World Games 2009 came the closest, but the draw included a fast round with only Random Formations where Evolution... (more)

Did you know that NSL-TV features the Arizona Airspeed videos of the Midway Battle?
posted: Jul 7th, 2010 The new meet videos of the Midway Battle include the latest competition jumps of the reigning 4-way world champions, Arizona Airspeed. Airspeed had direct competition at Skydive Chicago, as Perris Fury and Canada's national 4-way team Evolution made the trip to Illinois, as well. However, Fury was troubled by several point deductions and could not get numbers posted on the scoreboard that would put serious pressure on Airspeed. Evolution posted the team's best meet average ever. It was still not good enough yet to keep up with the world champions from Arizona. Evolution plans to show the... (more)

Did you know that Jimani member Jim Earman got his Perris Fury Experience?
posted: Jul 6th, 2010 The NSL News has a good reason to go back to Skydive Chicago's Midway Battle since the meet videos are now available, thanks to Skydive Chicago. The NSL-TV coverage begins with Perris Fury's five competition jumps. The NSL News story on 29 June 2010 had provided the penalty information of all teams, and Fury had the biggest damage with a total of six point deductions. The audience can now compare the information with the videos. The same story also provided feedback from Perris Fury. Center Inside Chris Farina told the NSL News how his team went through the latest competition, Fury's third... (more)