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Did you know that Finland's Pro Team opens an important season at the World Challenge 2009?
posted: Mar 15th, 2009 A team order of NSL Gloves from Finland brought the NSL News attention back to a team from the Scandinavian country that has been covered regularly in the past years. It was still far below freezing temperatures (-23 Celsius or -9 Fahrenheit) in Finland when Laura Miettinen asked for the gloves. She flies the Tail position for the Pro Team. Kimmo Pohjola (Center Outside), Outi Pohjola (Point), Eija Suvala (Center Inside) and Mikko Kajala (Camera) are the other team members. The NSL News had introduced the Pro Team in detail with the story on 3 June 2008 (Archives > 2008 > News > search for:... (more)

Did you know that Spaceland Force indoor videos of the February camp are now on NSL-TV?
posted: Mar 13th, 2009 The NSL News has a special appetizer for this weekend before the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009 comes up next weekend. The Spaceland lineup that the NSL News introduced already earlier had a windtunnel training camp in February, as the story on 10 March 2009 mentioned. It was the first time that the new world-class lineup flew together, and team member Thomas Hughes put together a video clip for the NSL-TV audience, which can be viewed by clicking here. The opening graphic could be confusing, as it shows a Ninja introducing the team's indoor performance. The NSL News recently learned that the... (more)

Did you know that Brazil has an international high-profile competition history?
posted: Mar 12th, 2009 The upcoming meet weekend is still not one of the busiest this year, as the 2009 season is still in the very beginnings. However, a new competition draw will be posted Friday evening, and teams in Brazil will put some scores on the NSL leaderboard. The NSL News reported on 12 February 2009 that the Brazilian national team CTR Optimum has a new lineup for the 2009 season and provided more details. André Ferraz and Fábio Diniz have been team mates since 2005 and also brought the Brazilian teams into the international NSL Network. Fábio Diniz has now stepped back, and Daiton Ribeiro has taken... (more)

Did you know that MD Fooza makes perfect sense?
posted: Mar 11th, 2009 Another interesting lineup has recently been added to the list of teams for the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009. Four top US competitors hide behind the team name MD Fooza, which indicates some of the names of the members. MD stands for Mass Defiance, and the New England Skydiving League team has been covered by the NSL News many times over the years. The last specific MD update was published after the USPA Nationals 2008, on 11 November 2008 (Archives > 2008 > News > Search for "Mass Defiance"), with the headline that Mass Defiance still holds the amateur record average in the USA. Later stories... (more)

Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown promises national and international drama?
posted: Mar 10th, 2009 The NSL News mentioned on 20 February 2009 that a new world class lineup has started with team training. There was not much information available at that time, except the names of the team members: Shannon Pilcher, Ian Bobo, Thomas Hughes and Gary Beyer. There still is not much more information available at the moment, however, bits trickle in, piece by piece. The NSL News has learned that the new lineup will represent Skydive Spaceland in Texas, the host of this year's USPA Nationals. Shannon Pilcher, former DeLand Fire 4-way world champion of 2006 and PD Factory Team member, sent the first... (more)

Did you know that new Airspeed videos bring more light to the same question?
posted: Mar 9th, 2009 The NSL News goes back again to the Valentine's Meet 2009 and the stories on 3 March 2009 and 5 March 2009. Both stories were related to the question how Airspeed Odyssey created an 18-point difference to Perris Fury after ten rounds. (more)