Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is making the next step in 2010? posted: Oct 23rd, 2009 The NSL News has covered the unofficial "amateur championship" at the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships quite a few times this year. The NSL Poll for this internal race in the AAA/Open Class competition suggested four teams in the hunt for the unofficial title of the best weekend team and Mass Defiance's 19.3 record average of 2007: SDC Rhythm XP, Sebastian Tempest, Spaceland Blue and Amphibious Attack Tigers. There was also the option to vote that no team would break the 19.3 average this year.
The 29% of the voters who did not see any of the teams get to this scoring level had it... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV features the Golden Knights in the middle of the 8-way battle? posted: Oct 22nd, 2009 The NSL News mentioned earlier that the "NSL Reality TV" camera followed the Golden Knights around the dropzone in the middle of the 8-way competition at the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships. The video has now been uploaded and can be reviewed. Along with this clip come the first five rounds of the US Army team's competition jumps.
It was a tight competition in 8-way at this point in time. All three top contenders lived up to the great expectations and were involved in a serious battle for the top spot. Arizona Airspeed was already in 1st place after five rounds, four points over the... (more)
Did you know that new videos show the 8-way award ceremony and the secret Airspeed chamber? posted: Oct 21st, 2009 Two more video clips of the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships wrap up the "NSL Reality TV" coverage. These clips were just randomly picked scenes of the activities at different times of the competition last week.
There are still a few more videos of NSL Talk to come, which were recorded after the events of Formation Skydiving competition were completed. The last clip that was captured with the NSL-TV camera will present the Golden Knights in the middle of the 8-way competition.
The first clip of today's story features the 8-way award ceremony. It begins with a Rock - Papers - Scissors... (more)
Did you know that the new Norwegian 4-way lineup is a Nexus/Frost combination? posted: Oct 20th, 2009 The NSL News will still go back to the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships quite a few times. However, other important events happened in the meantime and require some attention, as well.
The story on 16 September 2009 reported that Norway's selection of the new national 4-way team would come up soon. Norway's Sports Director and IPC Delegate Trude Sviggum now provided an update of the situation after the selection event.
All candidates met in Oslo, Norway's capitol city, on a weekend in late September and went through interviews and physical tests. The physical tests included running... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights won the 10-way competition in Texas? posted: Oct 19th, 2009 The NSL News will soon begin to follow up on the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships with plenty of footage of the competition jumps, provided by CamScore. It's footage of the 4-way and 8-way competition in all competition classes.
One Arizona Airspeed video of the 16-way competition was already shown with the story on 17 October 2009. The same story provided details of the Airspeed lineup. Airspeed won the 16-way competition easily this year.
In fact, Arizona Airspeed had won all four Formation Skydiving events (4-way, 8-way, 10-way, 16-way) in 2007 and 2008. It did not work out the... (more)
Did you know that another NSL Reality TV clip features the morning of a dramatic 8-way day? posted: Oct 18th, 2009 Another clip of "NSL Reality-TV" had not been uploaded so far. It was filmed on Friday morning, the last day of the 8-way competition.
The beginning of the day had all three 8-way top contenders still in contention. Then came Round 7, and Paraclete XP fell out of it.
The 11-pointer had a dramatic impact, as the following events would show. Paraclete wanted to win and compete for the USA at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving next year in Russia. It was not even necessary to win the gold medals at the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships, as Airspeed announced at the award... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is making the next step in 2010?
Did you know that NSL-TV features the Golden Knights in the middle of the 8-way battle?
Did you know that new videos show the 8-way award ceremony and the secret Airspeed chamber?
Did you know that the new Norwegian 4-way lineup is a Nexus/Frost combination?
Did you know that the Golden Knights won the 10-way competition in Texas?
Did you know that another NSL Reality TV clip features the morning of a dramatic 8-way day?