Did you know that 28 teams are registered for Ben Liston's 2nd tunnel meet? posted: Dec 4th, 2009 The NSL News reported on 4 November 2009 that Ben Liston and Brian Stephens, both former Mass Defiance members who competed with the Amphibious Attack Tigers and 8-way team Dallas Rogue at this year's USPA Nationals, were in the middle of organizing a new wind tunnel competition. The event is coming up this weekend, and Ben Liston updated the NSL News with more details.
A total of 28 teams have signed up, which brings the field close to the maximum capacity of 30 teams. Ben Liston also provided the lineups. Twelve teams will compete in the Rookie Class. 13 teams have signed up for a modified... (more)
Did you know that Nick Grillet pushed his father Sandy to his limits? posted: Dec 3rd, 2009 Last not least, there was also a AAA Class competition at the NSL Championship 2009. The PD Ninjas and a second Teiwaz lineup, Teiwaz Falcon, competed for the NSL Shugar Cup this year.
Both teams consisted of 4-way competitors who had already been in one or another Teiwaz lineup before this meet, with only one exception on Friday and Saturday, and a few more exceptions on Sunday.
The Teiwaz Falcon members (Jim "Bu" Klinge - Center Outside, Bob Byrne - Point, Rodney Cruce - Center Inside, Robert Chromy - Tail) have all attended several FSL meets in various lineups in the past years. The PD... (more)
Did you know that Christy Frikken held back Fury news from Las Vegas during a Jimani interview? posted: Dec 2nd, 2009 The NSL News mentioned with the story on 28 November 2009 that a live interview with Christy Frikken would be uploaded soon. The Perris Fury member competed with Perris Jimani at the NSL Championship 2009. She filled the Center Outside slot for Anders Mattson, and the first five rounds of the competition between Perris Jimani and Teiwaz Eagle at SkyQuest 2009 in DeLand were uploaded with the same story.
The interview took place after Round 6 of the 4-way competition. Teiwaz Eagle had just reduced the difference to one point after winning this round by two points. The interview started out with... (more)
Did you know that the World Challenge 2010 is now open for A Class teams? posted: Dec 1st, 2009 Paul Mayer, owner of Bodyflight Bedford and host of the annual World Challenge indoor competition, is a competitor himself. He is not on a 4-way team, and he does not compete in Freeflying at his events, however, he has a very competitve attitude in other important events.
The NSL News has always first been surprised and then impressed when he explained his goals for the next World Challenge and then followed up with the action. He had the vision to create the biggest indoor competition in the world when he launched the World Challenge in 2006. Twelve teams attended the inaugural event.
The... (more)
Did you know that Russia may have a new world class 8-way team? posted: Nov 30th, 2009 Exciting news came from Russia last week.
The NSL News had raised the question already earlier this year whether Russia would recruit a strong 8-way lineup for the 2010 season. Russian teams have focused on the 4-way event in the past years and ever since Evolution Pro disbanded at the end of the 2006 season.
There was not even a Russian 8-way team attending the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2008 in France. The 8-way team at the FAI World Cup 2009 was a pickup team for the event, as the NSL News reported from the Czech Republic. (more)
Did you know that the Eagle Team is now on NSL-TV? posted: Nov 30th, 2009 The next set of SkyQuest 2009 videos now shows the first three jumps of the Eagle Team on NSL-TV.
The NSL News mentioned already in earlier stories that the Falcon Team had the much better start and that the Eagle Team needed some clean up work on the first day. The videos show what was behind this commentary.
Once again, the new Eagle Team videos show the three jumps on Thursday from all availabe camera angles.
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