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Did you know that Satori aims at the World Meet in 2010?
posted: May 2nd, 2008 The NSL News story on 23 April 2008 covered the friendly rivalry between two British teams that competed at the World Challenge 2008. UK's national 4-way team in the female category, Bodyflight Storm, and the newly formed team Satori will most likely battle it out for the British 4-way championship at the end of August this year. The NSL News article explained the status of the two teams and provided insights from Bodyflight Storm's perspective. This time, the NSL News takes a closer look from the Satori perspective. (more)

Did you know that Round 3 of the FSL April meet brings back videos of 2001?
posted: May 1st, 2008 The remaining Round 3 videos of the FSL April meet have now been uploaded, and the NSL-TV has some surprises after digging deep into the NSL-TV archives. The second 2008 showdown between Optic Nerve and Teiwaz was the reason for the NSL News to go back in time, to the April meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2001 season exactly. The Optic Nerve lineup in DeLand on 19 April 2008 was identical with the original lineup of 2000 and 2001: Dr. Joel Shugar (Tail), Scott Keeler (Point), Solly Williams (Center Inside), Gary Smith (Center Outside), Rickster Powell (Camera). It was almost exactly seven... (more)

Did you know that the Rookie Class is rocking in the Carolinas?
posted: Apr 30th, 2008 The Paraclete XP windtunnel competition in February already indicated that something exciting is going on in the Carolina Skydiving League area. Eight Rookie Class teams participated at the indoor competition in Raeford. Last weekend, CASL Director and judge Dan Winkelstein launched the CASL outdoor season with the first competition at Carolina Sky Sports, and six Rookie Class teams attended the meet. This is the highest number of Rookie Class teams attending the same meet in the 11-year history of the National Skydiving League. (more)

Did you know that X-Ray Remscheid has a new lineup in 2008?
posted: Apr 29th, 2008 The last comprehensive NSL News update from Germany was posted on 25 September 2007 (Archives > 2007 > News > search for: FSC Eisenach). The story covered the German Nationals 2007 where the five members of the German national 4-way team FSC Eisenach (Markus Bastuck, Dieter Schwarz, Dr. Jörn Thiele, Max Thiele and Alexander Hau on camera) won the 4-way and 8-way gold medals. The NSL News headline indicated already by then that the upcoming double duties in both events would be challenging for the FSC Eisenach members: "Did you know that Italy increases the distance to Germany in 8-way?" The... (more)

Did you know that the second round of 22-pointers is now on NSL-TV?
posted: Apr 28th, 2008 NSL-TV has moved on to the next round of the Florida Skydiving League's April meet. The videos of Round 3 of the four national teams have been uploaded, with their exits from the Pilatus Porter. The missing videos of Round 2 have been added, as well. The event page for this FSL meet now also offers a link to a page where the videos of the previous rounds can be found. (more)

Did you know that the Czech Republic held its first national indoor championship?
posted: Apr 26th, 2008 New scores have been added to the leaderboard of the April 19 meet weekend. The Czech Republic held its first national indoor championship at Bodyflight Bedford, host of the World Challenge 2008. Three teams competed in the AAA Class, additional three teams in the Rookie Class competition. It is the first time that outdoor and indoor scores appear on the same leaderboard, as the Florida Skydiving League held its second meet of the 2008 season in DeLand the same weekend. Teiwaz member Robert Chromy could not join the last lineup for the April meet since he was invited to Bedford for a coaching... (more)