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News Article Did you know that Thomas Hughes visits the Northern Plains Skydiving League this year?
posted: May 5th, 2009 New meet dates have recently been added to the NSL Calendar of Events for the 2009 season. There are currently 90 4-way competitions posted, and the 2009 schedule is not even complete yet. Some of the latest meet dates came from the Northern Plains Skydiving League. While Nick "Junior" Grillet just completed his first meet with his new team Elsinore BTE at the season opener of the California Skydiving League in Elsinore, his father Sandy Grillet posted the 2009 schedule of the Northern Plains Skydiving League and invited the skydivers of the region to attend the meets. He had a serious reason... (more)
News Article Did you know that the competition in Finland was exciting even without the top teams?
posted: May 4th, 2009 The NSL News covered the Pro Team from Finland and its 3-year plan with the story on 15 March 2009. The story was posted before the World Challenge 2009, which would show where the Pro Team begins the 2009 season. This year will feature a new race with archrival Tigers in Finland. The latest scores on the NSL leaderboard came from Finland and were provided by Jukka Olkkonen, who judged the meet together with Raija Kosonen and Harry Latvala. The competition took place in Utti, a small town approx. 100 miles northeast of Helsinki. The teams jumped from a Cessna Caravan. Jukka Olkkonen reported... (more)
News Article Did you know that the national female lineups set up for the 2010 showdown?
posted: May 3rd, 2009 Spaceland Blue's recent move from hibernation into training action brings back memories of the World Meet 2008 in France where three of the team members left behind the French national team, Aerokart Deep Blue, and won the silver medals one single point behind the Bodyflight Storm world champions. Becky Brocato, Erin Murphy and Brianne Thompson, with Niklas Daniel on camera, surprised the French team with a very strong performance after a short training season and seriously challenged the Bodyflight Storm lineup of 2008. Alternate Christy Frikken had pushed the team to a new performance and... (more)
News Article Did you know that Skydive Dallas sponsors a new 8-way project?
posted: May 2nd, 2009 The NSL News story on 3 April 2009 mentioned that the Texas Skydiving League is back in the NSL Network. Texas is the only league that includes 8-way competition at the meets of the regular season and has its own separate 8-way championship event. Skydive Dallas has an 8-way tradition, and top competitors from different parts of the USA have now joined forces to form a new 8-way lineup for the 2009 season. Team member Ron Hill provided more details of the 8-way project. When John Kuczaj took over as the new Manager of Skydive Dallas, he wanted to continue Skydive Dallas’s history of supporting... (more)
News Article Did you know that Kaktus Hunter continues with the pursuit of the top level?
posted: May 1st, 2009 The NSL News has already covered a few exciting smaller races within the field of 47 teams at the World Challenge 2009. The trio of Satori (United Kingdom), Kaktus Hunter (Russia) and Aerokart Pamiers (France) follows Aerokart Deep Blue and Pussy Galore at each new round of NSL YouTube TV, in reverse order, according to the final rankings, and these three teams had their own little world meet going throughout the ten rounds at Bodyflight Bedford. Only two competitors of these three teams have really been at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving. Clement Martin-Saint-Leon and Emmanuel... (more)
News Article Did you know that Spaceland Blue joins Spaceland Force XP in Texas?
posted: Apr 30th, 2009 The NSL News reported on 12 December 2008 (Archives > 2008 > News > Search for: "Fastrax Blue") that former Arizona Divewerkz member Annie Peterson had joined the US national 4-way team in the female category, formerly known as Fastrax Blue. Becky Brocato, Brianne Thompson and Erin Murphy had won the silver medals at the World Meet 2008 in France with Perris Fury member Christy Frikken in the Point slot, one single point behind Bodyflight Storm. Annie Peterson filled the open slot when Christy Frikken went back to her Fury duties after the world meet. There have not been many activities for... (more)