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.
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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 the 4-way videos of Round 2 come along with a Deep Blue interview? posted: Mar 23rd, 2010 The NSL News used the opportunity of an early 4-way finish at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 to spend some time with the French national 4-way team in the female category, Aerokart Deep Blue. The NSL Talk with the team on Sunday morning took place after a few additional training jumps.
The Deep Blue members said that they like to train, and they use any opportunity to get in the air. The weather was good enough to jump on Sunday morning, while the 8-way teams completed more competition rounds.
Previews of the event had already mentioned a few times that the Shamrock Showdown 2010 would also... (more)
Did you know that Shamrock Showdown aftermath begins with videos of Round 1? posted: Mar 22nd, 2010 The review of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 begins with the videos of Round 1. The NSL News features the Top 10 teams of the AAA Class competition. The videos of other teams will be shown with related stories to come.
The scores of Round 1 put at least the Top 3 teams already in the positions where they would end up after ten rounds. Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, the French national 4-way team, posted the highscore of the round and took the early lead with the 21-pointer.
Paraclete XP4 and Genesis both outscored Aerokart Deep Blue in Round 1 by one point. However, the French national team in... (more)
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown 2010 is over? posted: Mar 21st, 2010 The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 is over, and it was most successful in many ways.
The highest number of teams competed on the highest level of current 4-way and 8-way competition in the world. All teams had a great time, especially when the ten rounds were already completed on Saturday. Only a few rounds were left to do for AweZomeness in the A Class.
Skydive DeLand had the highest number of loads and jumps made on one single day in the history of the skydiving center that was opened from scratch by Bob Hallett approx. 30 years ago. The combination of seven rounds of 4-way and the POPS record... (more)
Did you know that 4-way videos complete the first day of the Shamrock Showdown 2010? posted: Mar 19th, 2010 The NSL News could not finish the day without uploading a few videos of the 4-way competition.
The first video features the three top teams of the AAA/Open Class that were expected to be in those top spots. The French national team, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, is on the way to another 10-round meet with only scores of 20 points and higher.
France is already the only team that can accomplish this mission at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010.
Round 3 was already the end of this project for all other teams. The sequence of this round (L-3-22) may have been slower than expected. The sequence of... (more)