Did you know that the DaneZ just made it home for the Danish national championship 2004? posted: Jul 16th, 2004 The Danish national 4-way team did not know for quite a while whether they would be able to make it to the Malevsky Cup 2004 or not. The country's national championship was scheduled for the weekend right after the end of the competition in Russia. The Danez have obligations to their association, which supports the team financially and with other resources, as well. The association expects the national team to at least attend the national championship and provide the other Danish teams with advise. (more)
Did you know that Hammer - Hammer can be confusing? posted: Jul 15th, 2004 The Omniskore transmission in Stupino got even worse when round six of the IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial World Cup 2004 was on the way. The NSL-TV missed the whole round, except one jump by Norway Arcteryx. It is almost a tragedy since round six was the turning point in the competition for the gold medal. (more)
Did you know that the Grand Prix of Formation Skydiving in the UK moves closer to the European Skydiving League? posted: Jul 15th, 2004 The European Skydiving League (ESL) has been growing consistently in the past years. ESL founder Willy Boeykens, Director of the Belgian Skydiving Trophy (BST), still continues with efforts to include more European countries. The United Kingdom already has its own "BPA Formation Skydiving Grand Prix" going. Boeykens and UK organizer Andrew Scott discussed plans to synchronize some of their events this year. Finally, the UK Grand Prix applied the same competition draw as ESL and NSL on the July 10/11 meet weekend.
Unfortunately, it was not a very busy weekend in the core parts of the ESL and... (more)
Did you know that round five of the Malevsky Cup created more strong B12 waves in Russia? posted: Jul 14th, 2004 The NSL News gave round five already a lot of attention during the event in Stupino, Russia. The June 30 story covered the technical part and the judging calls on Block 12 (Zipper - Star). Pete Allum commented the events at the Malevsky Cup and the Block 12 trouble in the July 3 story. Further back and not too far away, the June 28 NSL News story of the last Texas Skydiving League competition had already brought up the same topic and the same complications. (more)
Did you know that the Florida Skydiving League had a mini meet in Sebastian? posted: Jul 14th, 2004 It is not unusual and new that the hot Florida summer has never been the peak of the 4-way season. However, the fifth competition of the Florida Skydiving League last weekend was the one with the lowest attendance in the history of one of the oldest leagues in the country. FSL Director Kurt Gaebel was not really surprised with the low attendance. He has experienced the difference between winter and summer season in Florida for many years. He also knew that several of the FSL 2004 teams would not be able to compete at Skydive Sebastian.
DeLand Majik is still in Russia for a training camp from... (more)
Did you know that round four of the Malevsky Cup had many different Diamonds? posted: Jul 13th, 2004 The two top contenders, DeLand Majik and France Maubeuge, did not change anything in round three. It seemed as if Majik had settled at the identical pace that France was going after a slightly slower start. Both teams scored 24 points in time for a sequence on the faster side (7-16-H) and were once again far ahead of Sinapsi PD and the Sky Panthers with 22 points each. The Italian team had apparently shaken off the terrible start into the competition and at least tied the Russian national team for the first time. However, Sinapsi PD and the Sky Panthers completed Block 7 (Side Buddies - Side Buddies),... (more)