Did you know that the new French national outdoor team competed at the Weembinamic 2021? posted: Feb 22nd, 2022 The NSL News reported on January 26th that French national coach Mathieu Bernier selected three former 4-way juniors of the Aerokart Ak'demie project (Tom Mattoni, Oscar Massier, Cameron Malié) for the national indoor lineup in 4-way Open, with Mathieu Quizy as the 4th member.
The story on February 10th followed up with the new lineup of the French national outdoor team, which includes two of the indoor competitors (Tom Mattoni, Mathieu Quizy) and two members of the previous lineup (Damien Glouriou, Alban Rumolo), with David Ricard on camera.
National coach Mathieu Bernier said that he has... (more)
Did you know that the Mattoni 4-way family will compete in three different teams at the indoor world cup? posted: Feb 21st, 2022 The recent NSL News updates from France introduced the new national indoor and outdoor 4-way lineups for the 2022 season and was completed with the lineup of the 4-way Open Class team. The three national indoor teams in 4-way Open, 4-way Women and 4-way Junior will compete for the French delegation at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, as the preview on February 17th was showing.
France has the second largest indoor delegation with six teams, behind Russia with seven teams. The three other French teams (St. Flow Weembi, Once Pakoi, Monaco Aerodyne) compete in 4-way Open. Julien Degen, 4-way and... (more)
Did you know that the complete Czech 4-way delegation for the indoor world cup competed earlier this month? posted: Feb 18th, 2022 The Czech 4-way delegation in 4-way Open, 4-way Women and 4-way Junior for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 completed their February competition of the Czech Tunnel League at the beginning of the month.
All four teams (HF Cubs, HF Flying Circus, HF Flying Rebels, HF Chameleons) used the ten rounds for more competition practice, even though the two junior teams (HF Flying Rebels, HF Chameleons) posted their scores once again on different leaderboards.
Both teams will compete in the 4-way Junior event at the indoor world cup, which is identical with the AA Class rules and dive pool. However, the... (more)
Did you know that 48 teams plan to compete at the indoor world cup in April? posted: Feb 17th, 2022 The 4-way indoor winter season has been in full swing, and several countries are running their national indoor championships before the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 takes place in April at Airspace in Charleroi, Belgium.
Most of the national indoor championships are not the qualification events for this year's indoor world cup, as there would not be much time between qualification and the FAI/ISC event in April. The indoor world meet of 2023 is the qualification goal for the recent events, just as last year's national outdoor championships were mostly the qualifiers for the FAI World Championship... (more)
Did you know that Pete Allum provided insights of the British Indoor Nationals 2022? posted: Feb 16th, 2022 The British Indoor Nationals used to be a part of the annual World Challenge in Bedford, the largest 4-way competition in the world and in history, first unofficially, later as a championship event for the British 4-way teams. The host eventually added an 8-way competition to the event, as well.
The last World Challenge, after a change of ownership, took place in April 2019, just a week before theFAI Indoor World Meet at Weembi Lille. There were still 71 teams from 20 different countries in Bedford in 2019 before the event was discontinued.
No indoor championships were scheduled in 2020 and... (more)
Did you know that there was a nice surprise at the USPA Nationals and in the Parachutist of February 2022? posted: Feb 15th, 2022 At its summer 2020 meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, the USPA Board of Directors voted to bestow Kurt Gaebel, D-18635, with the organization's Gold Medal for Meritorious Service. USPA presents this prestigious award to a maximum of three recipients per year who "by their efforts over a period of years, have made significant contributions to the skydiving community." As the founder and operator of the National Skydiving League - which has broadcast formation skydiving news and promoted regional competitions in the U.S. and around the globe since 1998 - Gaebel's positive contribution to the sport... (more)
Did you know that the new French national outdoor team competed at the Weembinamic 2021?
Did you know that the Mattoni 4-way family will compete in three different teams at the indoor world cup?
Did you know that the complete Czech 4-way delegation for the indoor world cup competed earlier this month?
Did you know that 48 teams plan to compete at the indoor world cup in April?
Did you know that Pete Allum provided insights of the British Indoor Nationals 2022?
Did you know that there was a nice surprise at the USPA Nationals and in the Parachutist of February 2022?