Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT is the most improved U.S. 4-way team? posted: Apr 27th, 2022 The Czech Republic was the most successful nation at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, after the medal count in the three horizontal Formation Skydiving events (4-way Open - 4-way Women - 4-way Junior), as the NSL News pointed out on April 20th.
France collected three sets of silver medals at the indoor world cup events, and the 4-way Open Class team won additional gold for the 1st place on the European leaderboard. However, the Czech and French medal collections were heavily based on the success in the two newest FAI/ISC events, 4-way Women and 4-way Junior.
The 4-way Open Class competition... (more)
Did you know that Piteraq needed a new team record average to fend off Skynamite? posted: Apr 26th, 2022 The NSL News has covered the German 4-way Women indoor duel between Piteraq and Skynamite since both teams were facing each other for the first time at the German Indoor Nationals 2019.
Skynamite is the longest standing 4-way Women team in Germany, with Yasmin Schütte as one of the earliest team members. Skynamite appeared twice on AA Class leaderboards in 2012 and 2013 before the mixed-gender lineup of 2015 (Yasmin Schütte, Sandra Dederichs, Christian Margardt, Oliver Wagner, Thorsten Jung on camera, alternate Janina Jungen) entered the AAA Class competition.
The 2017 lineup (Yasmin Schütte,... (more)
Did you know that FAI Chief Judge Wolfgang Duller has followed the progression of competition for 30 years? posted: Apr 25th, 2022 The Chief Judge of horizontal and vertical Formation Skydiving competition at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 came from Austria this year. In fact, Wolfgang Duller attended his first competition as FAI Chief Judge at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August last year.
He replaced Rina Gallo, who was not able to travel from Canada to the postponed and rescheduled event in Russia last year, due to the corona virus restrictions. Wolfgang Duller had become an FAI Judge after the successful evaluation during the FAI World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia.
Ten years later, he would have been the FAI Chief... (more)
Did you know that Russian 4-way teams would have been in medal contention in Charleroi? posted: Apr 23rd, 2022 The first preview of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 on February 17th featured the 4-way delegations of all registered countries at this point in time. Russia was on the top of the list, with seven registered teams in the three horizontal Formation Skydiving events.
The first preview with NSL Power Rankings did not include the Russian teams any longer, after FAI/ISC had decided to "suspend the members of Russia and Belarus with immediate effect" from the event. The NSL News posted the according update on March 8th, together with the NSL Power Rankings in 4-way Women and 4-way Junior.
These... (more)
Did you know that the Top 10 teams came well prepared to Airspace Charleroi? posted: Apr 22nd, 2022 The three teams who lost their Top 10 positions on the combined leaderboard were already battling enough with each other to finish in the Top 10 on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard. SDC Rhythm XP, Out Of The Blue and Echochamber Oceanside were separated by one single point after all ten rounds.
The positioning was going up and down throughout the meet. Echochamber were tied with Meraki in 8th place at the end of the first day after Round 4, Rhythm tied with Bronteroc in 10th place, Out Of The Blue had the 12th place.
Echochamber dropped to 9th after Round 8 on Friday, while Out Of The Blue... (more)
Did you know that three teams lost their Top 10 positions on the combined leaderboard? posted: Apr 21st, 2022 The latest NSL Power Rankings before the start of the 4-way Open competition at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 had ISR FireFlash tied with NMP PCH HayaBusa in 3rd place. The placing was based on the results at the Belgian Indoor Nationals, which were completed just two weeks before the indoor world cup.
ISR FireFlash had finished only three points behind the still reigning indoor and outdoor world champions, which was close enough to expect another Belgian duel in Charleroi.
It did not happen, as ISR FireFlash staid five points below their previous meet average (28.1 - 27.6) while NMP PCH... (more)
Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT is the most improved U.S. 4-way team?
Did you know that Piteraq needed a new team record average to fend off Skynamite?
Did you know that FAI Chief Judge Wolfgang Duller has followed the progression of competition for 30 years?
Did you know that Russian 4-way teams would have been in medal contention in Charleroi?
Did you know that the Top 10 teams came well prepared to Airspace Charleroi?
Did you know that three teams lost their Top 10 positions on the combined leaderboard?