Did you know that the Indoor Cloud League leaderboards become as strong as in 2017? posted: May 25th, 2025 The first three months of the Indoor Cloud League 2025 have generated the most promising leaderboard since the impact of the corona virus crisis. In fact, the comeback is as strong as the years were before the pandemic, when five ICL teams participated consistently between 2017 and 2019 (Hurricane Factory, Paraclete XP, iFLY Seattle, iFLY Dallas, iFLY Tampa), and additional ICL teams joined the leaderboards here and there.
Hurricane Factory, Paraclete XP and iFLY Dallas have been back in the first three months of this year, while ICL Midwest and iFLY Fort Lauderdale have become new and strong... (more)
Did you know that Mikhail Markine re-visited NCSL host SkyDance a decade later? posted: May 23rd, 2025 The Northern California Skydiving League is resuming 4-way outdoor competition next month at SkyDance SkyDiving. NCSL Director Lori Connor invites skydivers in the area and visitors once again to enjoy a day of casual 4-way competition and the opportunity of collecting meet experiences.
Lori Connor has also been running popular events of the Indoor Cloud League and the World Tunnel League at iFLY SF Bay and iFLY Sacramento in the past, and she is very familiar with all related indoor and outdoor rules and regulations.
She has been considering for a while the inclusion of the same six categories... (more)
Did you know that Canada and Brazil continued with their 8-way duels at Paraclete XP? posted: May 21st, 2025 The 8-way competition between Netunos from Brazil and Team Canada at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 was actually an 8-way re-match for three of the six teams, as GKXP8 won both events, while Brazil and Canada tried to stay away from the bottom of the world championship leaderboard.
Guest teams Netunos and Team Canada both were able to outscore three U.S. 8-way teams at their national indoor championship at Paraclete XP in February, and both also increased their scoring level until the next event at the same place, the indoor world championship in April.
Netunos returned to North America... (more)
Did you know that D'Arc8 (FR) and Falcons (QA) were tied before penalties at Paraclete XP? posted: May 19th, 2025 The members of the Qatar Falcons 8-way team have become used to climbing onto the podium during award ceremonies at FAI indoor and outdoor world championships and world cups. They finished even in silver medal positions at the last three outdoor events in Eloy 2022, Norway 2023, and Crystal Coast 2024.
It is different at indoor world championships, which are more rare for 8-way teams naturally. Only 16-foot flying chambers have enough space to accommodate an 8-way competition, and only two FAI world championships included 8-way leaderboards in the past, the first one at Weembi Lille 2019, the... (more)
Did you know that China had 4-way and 8-way double duties at Paraclete XP? posted: May 18th, 2025 The performance level of the 4-way Women team from China is well known by now., after the 1st place at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 and the 30.5 average that would have taken the bronze medal position in 4-way Open at the same event. Then they confirmed their world-class performance at outdoor competition, as well, with the 2nd place at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships.
They came to the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 as the top favorite in 4-way Women and lived up to the expectations, despite the record number of 25 point deductions that kept them from taking the 2nd... (more)
Did you know that Out Of The Blue (OOTB) maintains the FS powerhouse of the Netherlands? posted: May 17th, 2025 The Netherlands is one of the powerhouses in formation skydiving competition in a different and at least equally important way than just winning medals at FAI world championships and world cups. The small European country is one of the four that have never missed an outdoor world championship since 1985.
The same counts almost for indoor world championships, as well, where a Dutch team missed only the event in Montreal 2017. The Netherlands were represented at the indoor events in 2015, 2019, 2023 and 2025. Out Of The Blue (OOTB) have carried the Dutch flag since 2017, and only the fact that... (more)
Did you know that the Indoor Cloud League leaderboards become as strong as in 2017?
Did you know that Mikhail Markine re-visited NCSL host SkyDance a decade later?
Did you know that Canada and Brazil continued with their 8-way duels at Paraclete XP?
Did you know that D'Arc8 (FR) and Falcons (QA) were tied before penalties at Paraclete XP?
Did you know that China had 4-way and 8-way double duties at Paraclete XP?
Did you know that Out Of The Blue (OOTB) maintains the FS powerhouse of the Netherlands?