Did you know that Elsinore Gravity and Thunder were tied again after round five? posted: Apr 28th, 2006 NSL-TV is back after a short break and resumes with round five of the Southwest Skydiving League's April meet. The horse race between Elsinore Gravity and Thunder in the AAA/Open Class continued as seen before. This time, Thunder was one point behind after round four and managed to eliminate the deficit in round five.
The sequence was again on the faster side (J-P-C-3), however, these two AAA/Open Class teams were locked into each other and did not let go. As in the faster round three, none of the teams could gain more than a 1-point advantage. Thunder won round five by this one point, and the... (more)
Did you know that skydivers will "Jump for Children" in Germany this June? posted: Apr 27th, 2006 The management of the World Meet 2006 this summer in Germany has already started a PR campaign that will direct public attention to the event in Gera. The NSL News story on April 1 mentioned that the first efforts were on the way, supervised by a professional PR agency.
"Jump for Children 2006" is one part of this PR campaign and was initiated to use the momentum of the World Meet's media activities for a good purpose. The event management provided the NSL News with an official press release, which introduces the event. (more)
Did you know that the results from Carolina complete last weekend's scoreboard? posted: Apr 26th, 2006 The scoreboard of last weekend's events in Texas and Carolina is now complete.
16 teams competed in three competition classes, and the AA/Intermediate Class was the most popular one with a total of nine teams.
Three teams of the Texas Skydiving League had the whole AAA/Open Class for themselves, and Dallas Thunder won with a 15.5 meet average. (more)
Did you know that Skydive City showed ZT a Mal4mation in round four? posted: Apr 25th, 2006 Round four of the Florida Skydiving League April meet is now available on NSL-TV. This round had a few special aspects on its own. It was the only round of that weekend's competition draw where the sequences of AAA/Open Class and AA/Intermediate Class were identical. (more)
Did you know that Round 4 of the SSL April meet brings a new judging quiz? posted: Apr 24th, 2006 Round 4 of the Southwest Skydiving League April meet has been uploaded while the scores of the Texas Skydiving League's season opener have been posted this morning. The NSL News will follow up with more information from Texas as soon as possible and is waiting for the scores from the Carolina Skydiving League's first 2006 meet last weekend.
The NSL News story of round three mentioned that Elsinore Gravity and Thunder finally broke their tied scores in the fast sequence of round three, even though both teams had completed the same number of scoring formations within working time. Faster sequences... (more)
Did you know that VRW 4-way has now been integrated into the NSL network? posted: Apr 23rd, 2006 The NSL News on March 6 mentioned that 4-way Vertical Relative Work was presented at USPA's BOD winter meeting by Eric Deren. The VRW organizer had already suggested earlier that VRW becomes a part of the NSL network, as well.
The NSL News story on March 26 followed up with new information, and the update included the scores of the first VRW competition of the 2006 season, which was a part of the Georgia Skydiving League season opener at the Roaming DZ in Dublin, Georgia. (more)
Did you know that Elsinore Gravity and Thunder were tied again after round five?
Did you know that skydivers will "Jump for Children" in Germany this June?
Did you know that the results from Carolina complete last weekend's scoreboard?
Did you know that Skydive City showed ZT a Mal4mation in round four?
Did you know that Round 4 of the SSL April meet brings a new judging quiz?
Did you know that VRW 4-way has now been integrated into the NSL network?