Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa's Neal Willems does not have a twin brother? posted: Jan 16th, 2023 The latest HayaBusa story actually began at the ESL Championship 2022, while the Belgian team did not even compete at the event. The NSL News update on 23 September 2022 only explained how the newest and youngest NMP PCH HayaBusa member, Neal Willems, ended up in a team without any prior plans of participating.
It was a funny story, as the recruiters of the team, who were short of a 4th member, did not even know who he was when they asked him to join:
"The Camera Flyers were still one team member short, and they were asking local skydivers to join the team. They found a 'Neal' who was willing... (more)
Did you know that the Great Lakes Skydiving League has a comeback this year? posted: Jan 16th, 2023 The NSL News reported on 10 October 1999 that the Great Lakes Skydiving League would be launched in 2000: "The Great Lakes Skydiving League is preparing its inaugural season. The GLSL will run four meets in the 2000 season. The date for the first meet has been set for June 23-25, 2000. League sponsor Aerohio will host this meet. Other skydiving centers in the area are still welcome to join the league. Mark Belmont is the league's director. Sherry Butcher of Aerohio is supporting Belmont's efforts. He has already worked on putting things together for a while."
The NSL News update was posted more... (more)
Did you know that Echochamber will be back in Slovakia? posted: Jan 14th, 2023 The NSL News reported on 28 November 2022 that the Swedish team's original lineup was back in action and won the national indoor championships. The performance with a 25.1 average and the atmosphere were so inspiring that the original Echochamber members began thinking about the near team future shortly after.
Result of the Echochamber reunion aftermath were new plans for upcoming events. Echochamber will represent Sweden once again at the FAI Indoor World Championships 2023 in Slovakia, and there is even a chance that they may add the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 in Norway to the team schedule.
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Did you know that new FireFlash member Lena Clynhens can trust the team-building experiences? posted: Jan 12th, 2023 Original HayaBusa member and new Team Leader & Managing Director for VIGIL, Sven Ibens, introduced a new ISR FireFlash member during the NSL Live Talk on January 3rd.
The official announcement by the Belgian world-class team followed a few days later: "We are proud to announce that Lena Clynhens will join the ISR FireFlash family! Lena started skydiving 4.5 years ago at Skydive Flanders. She's a former member of Aquila, but will now complete our team after Wesley's retirement at the end of last summer. Indoor training with the new line-up has already started and we are very stoked to see where... (more)
Did you know that the Airbus 4-way team has started with the next two years? posted: Jan 11th, 2023 The NSL News aftermath of the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022 included the performance of the German national team in 4-way Open, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen, with the update on 21 November 2022.
The story mentioned that Airbus had plans until 2024 before the current lineup competed for the first time at a world championship last October in Eloy. It was also the first time for team members Felix Pfeiffer and Alexander Prendinger, who competed only with the Airbus 8-way team in Australia 2018.
The preparations for the next major goal began with the first outdoor training camp at Skydive... (more)
Did you know that XPG4 has a new lineup for 2023? posted: Jan 10th, 2023 The U.S. national indoor and outdoor team in 4-way Women, XPG4, recently announced their next change in the lineup for the near future:
"Happy New Year from XPG4! The new year finds us with a new lineup. We are extremely excited to announce Shannon Catalano and Joss Martin (video) as our new teammates! Shannon is the 2021 Advanced FS Champion, and Joss has extensive video and demo experience, being a current member of Team Fastrax. We feel confident they will rise up to the challenge and be awesome teammates as well as role models to the community. After four years, Jeana Billings has stepped... (more)