Did you know that AA Class teams performed five AAA Class sequences in January? posted: Feb 1st, 2022 The new competition draw for events in February is posted and can be used for competition practice and for joining the monthly NSL indoor and outdoor leaderboards. The draw for the new month is once again randomly drawn for the AAA Class sequences and then trickles down into the other three categories.
The National Skydiving League has been applying this application of the competition draw for many years and with a purpose. The four categories overlap each other in certain ways, which is caused by the fact that the traditional FAI/ISC rules for the dive pool and the competition sequences have... (more)
Did you know that Russia's outdoor world champions are also defining the indoor top level in 4-way Women? posted: Jan 31st, 2022 The recent updates from France covered the plans that national coach Mathieu Bernier has for his indoor delegation at the FAI Indoor World Cup in Charleroi, Belgium, this April. The former and current 4-way juniors of the Aerokart Monaco Ak'demie project are playing a major role in his planning.
The members of new national indoor team in 4-way Open are also jumping from planes by now, as the NSL News reported on January 26th. In fact, they won the national AA Class championship title in 2020 and added the AAA Class bronze medals last year. However, Mathieu Bernier has different plans for outdoor... (more)
Did you know that France also has a new 4-way Junior lineup? posted: Jan 28th, 2022 The updates from France were still not complete after the introduction of the new national indoor team in 4-way Open on January 26th. National coach Mathieu Bernier also informed the NSL News that he has a new 4-way Junior team for the indoor world cup in April.
It's a new and young lineup (Chloé Massier, Eliot Rigazio, Logann Troussier, Noé Mattoni) who have one year of training behind them. They won last year's national indoor championships in the AA Class, which is the official 4-way Junior category at international FAI/ISC events. Aerokart Monaco Ak'demie's junior lineup outscored all... (more)
Did you know that Aerokart Ak'demie and HF Cubs will have a re-match in Charleroi? posted: Jan 26th, 2022 The NSL News introduced the new French national team in 4-way Women with the update on January 23rd. National coach Mathieu Bernier had even more news related to his rebuilding of the French national teams for this year and the near future.
It has not become easier for countries to organize and manage their national teams with qualifications and selections for world meets and world cups ever since FAI/ISC decided to include indoor competition in their event portfolio.
Teams, coaches and managers have to find the right balance between indoor and outdoor training and create schedules that accommodate... (more)
Did you know that Polish and Czech 4-way teams use the four NSL categories in different ways? posted: Jan 25th, 2022 The NSL News has covered the events of the Polish Tunnel League regularly since it was launched several years ago. The indoor league offered 4-way teams in Poland regular 4-way competition opportunities, which went beyond the national outdoor championships.
Flyspot Warszawa, one of the three Flyspot windtunnels in Poland, eventually even hosted the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016, attended by a total of 48 teams in the four FAI 4-way indoor categories (4-way Open, 4-way Women, 4-way Junior, 4-way VFS).
The Czech Republic is a neighboring country and served as a model project after Jan Klapka launched... (more)
Did you know that the Czech Open Indoor Nationals had record participation? posted: Jan 24th, 2022 The latest scores from the Czech Republic fit perfectly into the story line of the recent NSL News updates, which were related to the developments in the 4-way Women event. The story on January 21st covered the new lineup of the U.S. national team XPG4, and the new French 4-way Women lineup was introduced yesterday.
The update from France pointed out that 4-way Women teams from the United States and France are usually medal contenders at world championships and world cups by default. The same surely does not apply to teams from the Czech Republic, even though the HF Chicks won a set of bronze... (more)