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Did you know that Spaceland Force indoor videos of the February camp are now on NSL-TV?
posted: Mar 13th, 2009 The NSL News has a special appetizer for this weekend before the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009 comes up next weekend. The Spaceland lineup that the NSL News introduced already earlier had a windtunnel training camp in February, as the story on 10 March 2009 mentioned. It was the first time that the new world-class lineup flew together, and team member Thomas Hughes put together a video clip for the NSL-TV audience, which can be viewed by clicking here. The opening graphic could be confusing, as it shows a Ninja introducing the team's indoor performance. The NSL News recently learned that the... (more)

Did you know that Brazil has an international high-profile competition history?
posted: Mar 12th, 2009 The upcoming meet weekend is still not one of the busiest this year, as the 2009 season is still in the very beginnings. However, a new competition draw will be posted Friday evening, and teams in Brazil will put some scores on the NSL leaderboard. The NSL News reported on 12 February 2009 that the Brazilian national team CTR Optimum has a new lineup for the 2009 season and provided more details. André Ferraz and Fábio Diniz have been team mates since 2005 and also brought the Brazilian teams into the international NSL Network. Fábio Diniz has now stepped back, and Daiton Ribeiro has taken... (more)

Did you know that MD Fooza makes perfect sense?
posted: Mar 11th, 2009 Another interesting lineup has recently been added to the list of teams for the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009. Four top US competitors hide behind the team name MD Fooza, which indicates some of the names of the members. MD stands for Mass Defiance, and the New England Skydiving League team has been covered by the NSL News many times over the years. The last specific MD update was published after the USPA Nationals 2008, on 11 November 2008 (Archives > 2008 > News > Search for "Mass Defiance"), with the headline that Mass Defiance still holds the amateur record average in the USA. Later stories... (more)

Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown promises national and international drama?
posted: Mar 10th, 2009 The NSL News mentioned on 20 February 2009 that a new world class lineup has started with team training. There was not much information available at that time, except the names of the team members: Shannon Pilcher, Ian Bobo, Thomas Hughes and Gary Beyer. There still is not much more information available at the moment, however, bits trickle in, piece by piece. The NSL News has learned that the new lineup will represent Skydive Spaceland in Texas, the host of this year's USPA Nationals. Shannon Pilcher, former DeLand Fire 4-way world champion of 2006 and PD Factory Team member, sent the first... (more)

Did you know that new Airspeed videos bring more light to the same question?
posted: Mar 9th, 2009 The NSL News goes back again to the Valentine's Meet 2009 and the stories on 3 March 2009 and 5 March 2009. Both stories were related to the question how Airspeed Odyssey created an 18-point difference to Perris Fury after ten rounds. (more)

Did you know that Arcteryx will compete with a French point in Bedford?
posted: Mar 7th, 2009 The last World Challenge 2009 update on 17 February 2009 reported a new record participation for the indoor competition at Bodyflight Bedford of 44 teams. This number has also become old news. Bodyflight's owner Paul Meyer mentioned already in 2007 that he could see a total number of 50 teams at future events in Bedford. In fact, he said that he has the potential to accommodate up to 50 teams. Well, that's now coming up for him and his staff at this year's event, the list of registered teams has come to the total number of 50. New names on the list include the Norwegian national 4-way team... (more)