Did you know that France, Great Britain and Italy compete this weekend? posted: Aug 25th, 2022 The stage is set for an exciting and very interesting meet weekend. The competition draws for the national outdoor championships in France, Great Britain and Italy are posted, and the teams in three of the world's Formation Skydiving powerhouses are prepared for Round 1 on Friday morning.
There are three different sets of competition draws, and scores will only be comparable indirectly and based on the meet averages. The sequences at national championships are usually not synchronized with other events and mostly drawn manually and publicly at the event sites.
The national teams of the respective... (more)
Did you know that competition videos from the Czech Republic feature the Dream Team in action? posted: Aug 24th, 2022 The NSL News reported earlier this week that two more Czech 4-way juniors posted their first outdoor scores. Reigning FAI 4-way Junior World Cup champion Martin Stransky, Inside Center for the HF Flying Rebels, and bronze medalist Filip Lukavec (HF Chameleons) competed with the Czech Dream Team at the Czech Open Outdoor Championship last week.
The OmniSkore!HD competition videos from Prostejov are now showing the two youngest Czech outdoor competitors in action, Martin Stransky in the Inside Center slot, Filip Lukavec in the Point slot. The same videos are also showing how the teams and their... (more)
Did you know that 49 1/2 Finger Death Punch and CSC Constellation had their last test before the USPA Nationals? posted: Aug 23rd, 2022 CSC Constellation was one of the busiest U.S. teams in 2021. The original lineup competed at four different A Class events before attending their first national championships in USPA's new 4-way Beginner category. They increased the scoring and performance level at each of the events and ended up in a jump-off extra round for the bronze medals at the USPA Nationals 2021.
The lineup changed when CSC Constellation made plans for the 2022 season. The Midwest team would still be eligible for USPA medals in the A/Beginner Class, however, as most of the other A Class teams they decided to step up... (more)
Did you know that two more Czech 4-way juniors posted their first outdoor scores? posted: Aug 22nd, 2022 The Czech Open Outdoor Nationals 2022 brought together teams from three neighboring countries, the hosting nation, Slovakia and Hungary. The event took place in Prostejov, the skydiving center where NMP PCH HayaBusa won their first FAI world championship title in 2014.
Prostejov had also hosted the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2009 and the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2012. None of the same three countries had participating teams at the same three FAI events.
HF Flying Circus had just launched their team career at the Czech Rookie Class indoor events in 2014 when the Belgian 4-way world champions won for... (more)
Did you know that four SDC Rhythm XP members ran the MWSL August meet? posted: Aug 22nd, 2022 The NSL News update on August 19th was mostly a preview of the AA/Intermediate Class competition at the upcoming USPA Nationals 2022. It was based on the results at the August meet of the Midwest Skydiving League.
USPA medal contender SDC Rhebellion XP was a major part of the preview, after completing all ten rounds on the MWSL weekend. League director Keith Conner followed up with the videos of the August meet, which allow a closer look at the participating teams, and especially at the current SDC Rhebellion XP performance a few weeks before Round 1 of the national championships.
The timing... (more)
Did you know that the French Tanay delegation deserved more credit for the double-silver? posted: Aug 19th, 2022 The recent NSL Live Talk with four members of the Paraclete XP8 team (Jeana Billings, Michelle Karamon, Kirk Verner, Craig Girard) was exclusively covering the upcoming 4-way/8-way double-duty challenge at this year's FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving.
It is needless to point out once again how difficult it is to master this challenge, as the reigning XP8 world champions and other world class competitors in the past have tried to explain the enormous pressure that has to be dealt with at the same event.
The conversation went naturally back to the double-gold challenges in the... (more)
Did you know that France, Great Britain and Italy compete this weekend?
Did you know that competition videos from the Czech Republic feature the Dream Team in action?
Did you know that 49 1/2 Finger Death Punch and CSC Constellation had their last test before the USPA Nationals?
Did you know that two more Czech 4-way juniors posted their first outdoor scores?
Did you know that four SDC Rhythm XP members ran the MWSL August meet?
Did you know that the French Tanay delegation deserved more credit for the double-silver?