Did you know that the Rookie Class scores are impressive at Paraclete XP? posted: Jun 14th, 2009 The Rookie Class leaderboard at the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009 shows some incredible scores, the highest ones that have ever been posted on any NSL leaderboard.
There is a reason for that, which relates to the rules for this specific indoor competition. There were only two competition classes, as of the rules for the dive pool and the sequences, where the teams could register for: the AAA/Open and the Rookie Class.
All three teams which have their scores on this weekend's Rookie Class leaderboard, VTSD, Carolina Windfall and Just In Time, competed already in a higher... (more)
Did you know that Airspeed is competing with Thomas Hughes and John Eagle at Paraclete XP? posted: Jun 13th, 2009 The scores of the first five rounds are official and on the leaderboard of the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009, and history seems to repeat itself once again.
Perris Fury has been doing extremely well whenever it was time for the fastest sequences possible. The 59-pointer at the World Challenge 2009 was the latest example where Fury outscored the whole field, including Airspeed. The 52-pointer in Round 1 of this weekend's competition was the next example and put a distance of five points between Fury and Airspeed.
Brian Krause confiremd that the Perris team looks very sharp... (more)
Did you know that Round 1 has the fastest sequence of the 10-round meet at Paraclete XP? posted: Jun 13th, 2009 Golden Knights member Brian "BK" Krause has provided the next updates of the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009. He is the new team captain of the Army's Formation Skydiving teams, the new 8-way lineup and the Golden Knights Black and Gold 4-way teams.
The two 4-way teams Black and Gold consist of the members of the 8-way lineup, with one exception. Kurt Isenbarger does not train and compete in 8-way, but he is a member of the Black 4-way lineup, together with Brian Krause, Matt Davison and Sean Sweeney. He does not compete this weekend though, Jason Harris fills his slot.
Former... (more)
Did you know that meet activities have already begun at Paraclete XP in Raeford? posted: Jun 12th, 2009 It is time to focus on the upcoming weekend, which will feature world class indoor and outdoor competition. The NSL News is on high alert to provide as much up-to-date information as possible.
The Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009 is the high-profile event of the weekend, as Airspeed and Perris Fury are entering their 4th showdown this year, the 2nd indoor competition after the World Challenge 2009. The Golden Knights, Paraclete XP and other top teams will add to the world class competition in Raeford.
The NSL News is not reporting live from the competition site and depends... (more)
Did you know that UK teams are looking at the World Cup 2009 participation? posted: Jun 12th, 2009 The NSL News announced the FAI World Cup 2009 and the NSL News/Camscore coverage for the first time on 3 June 2009.
The review of the leaderboard at the last World Cup 2007 in Russia shows that three of the 22 teams in the Open Class competed for the United Kingdom. Fusion, Damn Zebra and Inferno had their own UK race as a part of the international competition and placed right next to each other (17th, 18th, 19th).
None of the three best UK teams of 2007, Bodyflight Storm, Team Elan and Aardvark Zulu, traveled to Russia just two weeks before the UK Nationals 2007. Fusion, the official UK... (more)
Did you know that several FSL competitors could only observe the action at the May meet? posted: Jun 11th, 2009 The NSL News has to go back one more time to the May meet of the Florida Skydiving League at Skydive Sebastian, just a little over a week before the next FSL meet takes place at Skydive City in Z-Hills.
There were only four teams that actually signed up for the meet. However, a few other FSL competitors were also on site who did not manage to recruite a complete lineup for the meet in time.
Gary Hansen and Alex Kolb traveled together with the Miami delegation to Sebastian. Gary Hansen trained and competed for years with ZT Mal4mations. Alex Kolb was a Zero Tolerance member in 2008. She moved... (more)
Did you know that the Rookie Class scores are impressive at Paraclete XP?
Did you know that Airspeed is competing with Thomas Hughes and John Eagle at Paraclete XP?
Did you know that Round 1 has the fastest sequence of the 10-round meet at Paraclete XP?
Did you know that meet activities have already begun at Paraclete XP in Raeford?
Did you know that UK teams are looking at the World Cup 2009 participation?
Did you know that several FSL competitors could only observe the action at the May meet?