Did you know that more leagues sponsor their winning teams for the majors? posted: Jan 31st, 2005 The very beginning of the National Skydiving League offered a beautiful situation for the teams, which represented their leagues at the NSL Championship. The NSL was founded in 1998 when Florida, Georgia and Texas joined forces and formed the National Skydiving League. Each of these three leagues ran its own regular season. The league champion teams of 1998 were invited to compete for the first set of NSL gold medals at the inaugural NSL Championship on November 21 - 22 at Skydive DeLand.
It was a treat for Convergence (Texas), Mr. Pink (Georgia) and Genesis (Florida). SkyVenture Orlando had... (more)
Did you know that Sinapsi PD completed the first training camp with Pete Allum in DeLand? posted: Jan 28th, 2005 The NSL News reported Pete Allum's move from the British team XL to the Italian national 4-way team, Sinapsi PD, at the end of last year. The new Sinapsi line-up with Livio Piccolo (Point), Arianna DeBenedetti (Center Inside), Luca Marchioro (Center Outside), Peter Allum (Tail) and Luca Poretti (Video) did not need much time to complete the plans for the 2005 season. The Italian team already completed the first camp with the new line-up at Skydive DeLand and made 80 jumps in two weeks.
The NSL News used the opportunity to meet with the team and get some background information. The Sinapsi PD... (more)
Did you know that Indiana turns into the Mideast Skydiving League? posted: Jan 27th, 2005 Indiana Skydiving League Director, Randy Connell, recently announced that his league "has grown beyond the original boundaries". This gave him the reason to update the league's name, which is now the "Mideast Skydiving League". The NSL website has already made the necessary adjustments in the navigation bar.
Connell currently prepares the launching of the 2005 season, which includes a tunnel camp at SkyVenture Orlando in February and a Skills Camp in April in Greensburg. The NSL puts together the tunnel camp for Connell, while Team Fastrax helps to run the Skills Camp in April.
The exact... (more)
Did you know that Round 8 of the NSL Championship 2004 is now on NSL-TV? posted: Jan 25th, 2005 First of all, the NSL headquarters would like to thank all AOL users who recently responded to a special request. The NSL News had to clean up the mailing list for the NSL Newsletter. The server of Skyleague.com, QWK.net, had problems with AOL filters and was asking the NSL to separate the true audience from old and invalid addresses. The NSL News was impressed with the amount of replies received from only AOL users of the NSL audience confirming the continued interest in the NSL Newsletter. (more)
Did you know that Norway's national team Arcteryx works very much like a family? posted: Jan 24th, 2005 The NSL News mentioned in the news story of January 11 that an update on the Norwegian national 4-way team "Arcteryx" will follow soon. The NSL News met with team captain Ole Petter Hjelle at the end of the team's last winter camp at Skydive DeLand and got the information needed for this update.
The current line-up was formed in 2004 under the supervision of the Norwegian national coach and team manager by then, Lise Aune. Arcteryx consists of Tore Buer (Center Inside), Oyvind Buer (Tail), Ole Petter Hjelle (Center Outside) and Ditta Valsdottir (Point). Jan Terje Welkom is th new team videographer.... (more)
Did you know that Team Fastrax trains outside the box? posted: Jan 22nd, 2005 The NSL News series of the 2005 U.S. top contenders in 4-way concludes for now with the story of Team Fastrax. The group of teams that will most likely compete for the top ranks of the 2005 season and were covered by the NSL News includes DeLand Majik, DeLand Fire, the Golden Knights, two Arizona Airspeed line-ups and Fastrax.
The NSL News was invited by the team from Indiana to attend a training day of the Fastrax winter camp last week in Lake Wales. NSL News reporter Kurt Gaebel was already on the way from DeLand and past Orlando when Fastrax founder, member and sponsor, John Hart, called... (more)
Did you know that more leagues sponsor their winning teams for the majors?
Did you know that Sinapsi PD completed the first training camp with Pete Allum in DeLand?
Did you know that Indiana turns into the Mideast Skydiving League?
Did you know that Round 8 of the NSL Championship 2004 is now on NSL-TV?
Did you know that Norway's national team Arcteryx works very much like a family?
Did you know that Team Fastrax trains outside the box?