Did you know that the Zhills CitiZens could be back in medal contention at the USPA Nationals? posted: Jun 10th, 2023 The 4-way Beginner Class, which is identical with the A Class of the National Skydiving League, was added to the format of the USPA National Championship for the first time at the 2021 event. Air Force Academy team Zorry won after the six scheduled rounds, Anion Flux XP won the new set of USPA silver medals. Air Force team Fury and CSC Constellation needed an extra round to break their tie for the bronze medals.
The new 4-way category attracted ten teams and was obviously very competitive right away. USPA decided to keep it as a part of the national championship after the test event and after... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way Women lineup situation for Norway is very different? posted: Jun 9th, 2023 The preliminary NSL Power Rankings in the 4-way Open Class competition at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 were showing the same four teams on the top of the leaderboard who competed for the same three spots at the last three major events, and the national teams in 4-way Women are creating the same situation.
Great Britain (NFTO), France (Nephtys), United States (XPG4) won the three sets of medals at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022, and Germany (Meltemi Oceanside) finished in 4th place. The same four countries have registered their national teams for the event in Voss, Norway.
The situation... (more)
Did you know that two Great Lakes 4-way teams joined the British Rookie Class leaderboard? posted: Jun 7th, 2023 The Rookie Class actually won last weekend's competition on the combined leaderboard with a total of five teams. The comeback event of the Great Lakes Skydiving League took place at the same time when the British 4-way teams competed in Langar.
The NSL News had announced the comeback of one of the earliest NSL 4-way leagues in the United States with the story on January 16th, and Cleveland Skydiving Center became the host of the first competition this year.
Kaleidoscope won the Rookie Class competition for the United Kingdom Skydiving League, and the two U.S. teams placed behind in 2nd and... (more)
Did you know that the United Kingdom Skydiving League's June meet featured three potential A Class medal contenders? posted: Jun 7th, 2023 British 4-way teams followed up on their outdoor season opener in May with the second meet of the United Kingdom Skydiving League at Skydive Langar. Nine participating teams increased the number of teams by two, after the seven teams at the first event in Sibson.
Volt4ge of the British Army and Vantage repeated their duel that they had in May with the same outcome, even though the point difference changed from 28 points at the season opener to six points at the beginning of this month.
Both teams have a multi-year competition history, which began for Vantage in the AA Class of 2017. British... (more)
Did you know that the next Top 4 showdown in Voss promises a much closer finish? posted: Jun 6th, 2023 The list of currently registered teams for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 in Voss, Norway, is far from completion at this point in time. The deadline for official entry is July 8th, and late registration is possible until August 1st. Round 1 in Formation Skydiving competition is scheduled for August 22nd.
Several teams have confirmed their participation in this year's second FAI/ISC event, and the first preview with NSL Power Rankings is showing the same four 4-way Open medal contenders in the latest ranking order after the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023.
However, indoor and outdoor competition... (more)
Did you know that Flying Rebels and Chameleons came back together for Indoor Cloud League May sequences? posted: Jun 2nd, 2023 The members of the two former Czech junior teams, HF Flying Rebels and HF Chameleons, have known each other and trained together for a long time. Both teams still have original members in their current lineups who started in Jan Klapka's 4-way junior school of 2017.
Denisa Jeziakova and Krystof Rulf have trained and competed together with the Flying Rebels ever since and now won the world's 4-way junior championship title at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023. Krystyna Cejkova and Filip Lukavec started with the Chameleons in 2017 and are probably the second best 4-way junior team in the... (more)