Did you know that Perris Fury found Skins Game consolation in Round 9? posted: Mar 31st, 2010 Today's NSL News story is still coming from US soil, even though the transfer of the mobile office from DeLand to the United Kingdom has already begun.
The Round 9 videos of the Top 10 teams at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 have been uploaded and are available for reviews. The videos of Round 10 will follow tomorrow, together with the first live report from Bodyflight Bedford where the World Challenge 2010 will begin Saturday morning.
Two events in Round 9 caught the NSL News attention. The first one occured in the A Class competition where DeLand 5 and DeLand Dunamis fought an exciting... (more)
Did you know that Friday 13 added $500 cash to the team purse in Round 8? posted: Mar 30th, 2010 The NSL News is hardly done with the coverage of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010, and the next major event is already around the corner. In fact, the World Challenge 2010 begins this Friday at Bodyflight Bedford.
The reigning 4-way world champions, Arizona Airspeed, have already been in Bedford for a little while. They are taking their next and third competition this year very seriously, as they are the triple defending indoor champions of the World Challenge. This year's event will also most likely be the toughest challenge for the world champions in the history of the event and in the history... (more)
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)