Did you know that Gary Smith, Joey Jones and Solly Williams predicted the 2-round drama in 4-way Open? posted: Oct 26th, 2022 Arizona Airspeed dominated the 4-way Open Class competition just as much as Paraclete XP8 did in 8-way. Neither the Airspeed gold medals nor the 1st place for XP8 was a surprise, not even the winning margin. In fact, the results at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 were more or less just a copy of the top of the leaderboard at the USPA Nationals 2022, where NMP PCH HayaBusa performed the same competition draw at the Belgian outdoor championships.
NMP PCH HayaBusa and Qatar Tigers now followed up with their next ten rounds, and the ranking order of the same three teams was the same. Even the distance... (more)
Did you know that Eliana Rodriguez and Tim D'Annunzio were the XP8 alternates? posted: Oct 26th, 2022 The 8-way competition was concluded first, while Gary Smith, Joey Jones and Solly Williams discussed the last two rounds of the 4-way competition. The 8-way competition was the easiest event to overview, as all five participating teams did not get too close to each other.
The closest distance between two 8-way teams next to each other on this leaderboard was the 12-point difference between MicroClim8 (Great Britain) and Mojo Annecy-Clermont (France). Paraclete XP8 did not give away a round and did not allow the Qatar Falcons to get closer than one point once in Round 4.
The 2nd place for... (more)
Did you know that the Majik Coaches Corner experts expected changes in the last two rounds? posted: Oct 25th, 2022 The same three 4-way experts came back together for a new Majik Coaches Corner on Tuesday, even though Solly Williams joined the conversation a little bit delayed. The previous NSL Live Talk with the three DeLand Majik 4-way world champions of 2004 took place after the completion of Round 4 on Saturday last week.
The last NSL News update after Round 8 was then the foundation for the three coaches on Tuesday morning to evaluate and explain the new situation before the last two 4-way rounds would be completed in the afternoon.
It was perfect weather again, and the 8-way teams concluded their... (more)
Did you know that the Top 10 rankings of the combined 4-way leaderboard have changed? posted: Oct 25th, 2022 The next four rounds in 4-way competition at the FAI Outdoor World Meet brought a few changes to the combined leaderboard of 4-way Open and 4-way Women. The jump order was adjusted after the first day with the first four rounds by meet director Randy Connell, and the next four rounds took a lot longer to be completed.
The scores of Rounds 1 - 4 were posted on Friday last week. It took three more days until the scores of the next four rounds were eventually added by the end of the day on Monday. However, all four Formation Skydiving events, including 4-way VFS, had complete leaderboards for eight... (more)
Did you know that Andy Grauwels may win his next FAI gold medal as a coach? posted: Oct 24th, 2022 NFTO fell out of the 2-team lead of totally clean scoresheets on the cold and windy Monday morning at the FAI Outdoor World Meet in Eloy. It was the sequence of Round 6 that ended the streak of five consecutive rounds without any penalties. The 2-point deduction also allowed XPG4 to claim the first sole highscore.
Germany's national team in 4-way Women, Meltemi Oceanside, lasted two more rounds and finally suffered two point deductions in Round 8. There is no team left in Formation Skydiving competition that has not lost any points in the judging room.
It was in 4-way Open at the FAI Tanay... (more)
Did you know that the Fun Flag is once again in French possession? posted: Oct 24th, 2022 The Fun Flag has become a topic at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 since the NSL News mentioned the precious subject again for the first time since 2019, and the interest has grown.
The Fun Flag was probably infected by the corona virus crisis, as well, since there has been only silence since the previous appearance at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019. However, she seems to have recovered well, as the current hunt of the Fun Flag at Skydive Arizona generated evidence with photos of her in French possession, as the NSL News reported on October 20th.
It is surely not the first time that the Fun... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith, Joey Jones and Solly Williams predicted the 2-round drama in 4-way Open?
Did you know that Eliana Rodriguez and Tim D'Annunzio were the XP8 alternates?
Did you know that the Majik Coaches Corner experts expected changes in the last two rounds?
Did you know that the Top 10 rankings of the combined 4-way leaderboard have changed?
Did you know that Andy Grauwels may win his next FAI gold medal as a coach?
Did you know that the Fun Flag is once again in French possession?