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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 SkyVenture builds several new tunnels around the world?
posted: Jan 20th, 2005 Trevor Thompson, SkyVenture's Vice President Operations, provided the NSL News with an update of the new corporate developments under Alan Metni's guidance. The story was written by Keith Miller for the October 2004 issue of "FunWorld", as a preview for a trade show in Orlando: "Catching Air: SkyVenture Is Soaring": In early 1999, when former U.S. President George Bush, Sr., was considering adventurous ways that he could celebrate his upcoming birthday, the WWII veteran pilot settled upon something bold for a man about to turn 75: He would go skydiving. But how could he safely practice for the... (more)

Did you know that the 2005 Army team is the strongest one that John Hoover has ever been on?
posted: Jan 19th, 2005 The NSL News currently tries to introduce all the teams that will most likely be in contention for the top ranks of the AAA/Open Class in the upcoming 2005 season. DeLand Fire, the newly formed team with Natasha Montgomery, Gary Smith, Shannon Pilcher, Ian Bobo and Thomas Hughes was the first team in this series. Arizona Airspeed's Craig Girard then provided an update from the team's headquarters in Eloy, Arizona, while the NSL News was waiting for news from the Golden Knights and met with team Fastrax at SkyVenture Orlando. Golden Knights' team captain and multi world and national champion,... (more)

Did you know that the DeLand Majik project will continue?
posted: Jan 17th, 2005 The NSL News promised earlier that a DeLand Majik update was in the works. It has been quiet around the team after Majik won the world championship in September last year and also took the gold medals at the USPA Championship 2004 in October. The only news story touching DeLand Majik was posted when Gary Smith left the team to join the new team "DeLand Fire". The NSL audience has been waiting for news as of the team plans for the near future. The current 4-way world champions still do not have all the details together. However, Solly Williams offered some insights in an interview with NSL News... (more)

Did you know that the new round of NSL-TV comes with a new design?
posted: Jan 15th, 2005 The NSL-TV carefully prepares for an extension of the program. The vision of a more comprehensive and entertaining on-line NSL-TV program has been a long-term project for the NSL headquarters. Creating colorful and diversified video files is time consuming and requires additional staff. However, competition jumps, interviews, comments, stories and more will eventually be shown on NSL-TV. So far, NSL-TV included only the freefall footage of competition jumps. This time, the jumps are presented with more specific information of the event, the jump and the team. The size of the file has been reduced... (more)

Did you know that BJ Worth tries to help building the World Skydivers Village in Thailand?
posted: Jan 13th, 2005 Kaleidoscope Dives manager of SkyQuest Florida, World Team leader and former IPC President BJ Worth is leading an effort by skydivers to support the disaster relief after the tsunami damage in Thailand. Worth has a close connection to the "Land of the Smiles" where he has organised several skydiving events in the past. He explained the project in an e-mail that was sent to his following: "As you know, on 26 December a powerful earthquake and the resulting tsunamis caused widespread destruction to regions of South Asia, including Thailand. The people of Thailand and the Royal Thai Armed Forces... (more)