Did you know that NFTO took the 4-way Women lead without any penalties? posted: Oct 21st, 2022 The jump order that meet director Randy Connell came up with at the briefing and competition draw on Thursday evening turned out to fit well for the total number of teams in Formation Skydiving competition at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022, including the five 4-way VFS teams.
Four VFS teams boarded the first load at 7.00 am in the morning, and the fifth team in this event was a part of the next load for the first round in 4-way Women. The fourth team in this category then joined the first load in 4-way Open, and NMP PCH HayaBusa and Arizona Airspeed finally ended up together alone in the last... (more)
Did you know that Guatemala's La Playa is the newest 4-way team at a world meet? posted: Oct 20th, 2022 Opening ceremony and competition draw have taken place, and competition reality begins tomorrow morning with Round 1 in 4-way VFS, 4-way Women and 4-way Open. The 8-way teams will come to the dropzone at noon, and meet director Randy Connell plans to complete up to four rounds in 4-way if possible.
He created a very interesting jump order out of the situation that he was facing with 21 teams in 4-way Open. Starting the day with 4-way VFS, followed by 4-way Women, did not allow him to have the Top 4 teams of the FAI Tanay Mondial in the same load. However, at least NMP PCH HayaBusa will not be... (more)
Did you know that Fun Flag and starting order boost up the level of excitement? posted: Oct 20th, 2022 Day by day, and now hour by hour, Round 1 of the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 is coming closer. The meet briefing, with opening ceremony and competition draw, is scheduled for 17.30 pm at Skydive Arizona. As usual, there will be a lot of action on the ground as soon as the competition draw is released, and the NSL News will record as much of it as possible.
There is also great news coming from the French delegation. It was already encouraging that national coach Mathieu Bernier eventually decided with the French federation to sanction an 8-way team for the world meet and arrived with a larger... (more)
Did you know that the a battle for bronze can be expected in 8-way? posted: Oct 20th, 2022 The 8-way preview of the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 with the first NSL Power Rankings on October 13th included an overview of the history in this event at FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving.
The chart was showing that all FAI medals since 1985 went to the three 8-way powerhouses, United States, France and Russia, with three exceptions. Canada's 8-way team won bronze medals in 1985, Italy in 2008, Qatar in 2018. Everything was back to the usual situation at the FAI Tanay Mondial, where the same three 8-way powerhouses won once again the three sets of FAI medals.
Things changed... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP8 could become the first team to defend a world championship title a year later? posted: Oct 19th, 2022 On Wednesday, the NSL News was on the mission to find the teams that were mentioned in the preview on October 16th. Tigers (Qatar), Papea Masculino (Spain), Out Of The Blue (Netherlands) and Adventure Flyers (Paraguay) had represented their countries with the same lineups at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 and have the rare opportunity to attend a second FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving a year later.
The same situation has occurred only once before in the history of the sport since 1985. FAI/ISC decided 20 years ago to change the rotation of world meets and world cups on even and odd... (more)
Did you know that Tuesday featured double-duty practice at Skydive Arizona? posted: Oct 18th, 2022 The three top contenders for the FAI silver medals in 4-way Open continued with their training on Tuesday, three days before Round 1 of the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022. All four teams in 4-way Women were also in action at the same time.
Three 4-way Women competitors (Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon, Linda Koeb) are the only participants at the outdoor world meet who take on double-duties in 4-way and 8-way this time. Their teams had to organize their training in a way that allows them to warm up in both events and simulates the meet situation realistically.
It is a procedure and a format... (more)
Did you know that NFTO took the 4-way Women lead without any penalties?
Did you know that Guatemala's La Playa is the newest 4-way team at a world meet?
Did you know that Fun Flag and starting order boost up the level of excitement?
Did you know that the a battle for bronze can be expected in 8-way?
Did you know that Paraclete XP8 could become the first team to defend a world championship title a year later?
Did you know that Tuesday featured double-duty practice at Skydive Arizona?