Did you know that original HayaBusa member Andy Grauwels is leaving the team? posted: Nov 25th, 2021 Very surprising news came from Qatar and spread around the skydiving world quickly, just a day after NMP PCH HayaBusa won their 14th consecutive CISM military world championship title. It was not new world class scores, competition videos or NSL Live Talk with the Belgian team. It was once again related to the lineup.
The last HayaBusa updates covered mostly the integration of newest member Michele Silvi and David Grauwels' move from inside center to the camera slot. Both changes happened before the successful title defense at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020, which was the 4th consecutive victory... (more)
Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa added their 14th CISM title to their gold medal collection? posted: Nov 24th, 2021 NMP PCH HayaBusa has not been seen much at event sites or on any leaderboards since Michele Silvi joined the lineup in 2019. In fact, the complete team, or members of the current lineup, have appeared more on NSL News computer screens than at indoor or outdoor events.
The Belgian 4-way world champions took the 1st place at the USPA Nationals 2019. Then they won the last Wind Games in January 2020, which was the team's previous live event before the pandemic began to interfere with everything.
The new HayaBusa lineup used the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 for the first test with inside center Michele... (more)
Did you know that six Czech 4-way teams swept the Flyspot Open in Poland? posted: Nov 24th, 2021 The NSL News reported on November 19th that Jan Klapka would take four Czech 4-way teams on a new field trip to Poland last week and compete at the Flyspot Open indoor competition. The preview provided some details of the Czech teams' history and the results at the previous Flyspot Open in 2019.
It turned out that the Czech delegation in Poland was even larger and consisted of a total of six teams, which actually matched the number of Polish teams.
It became even better for Jan Klapka when four of the six teams won their respective categories, which made it a complete Czech sweep in Poland.
It... (more)
Did you know that the new 4-way Beginner competition featured the tightest USPA leaderboard? posted: Nov 22nd, 2021 The 4-way Beginner Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2021 was almost a copy of the exciting finish in the Intermediate Class. Two teams were in a duel for the two top spots, while two other teams were tied in 3rd place after Round 3 and needed an extra jump-off round for the last medal position.
In fact, all four teams together created the tightest top of any leaderboards in Formation Skydiving competition at this year's national championships. It was a 7-point difference between winning the USPA gold medals and ending up in 4th place without any of the medal sets, and that even after... (more)
Did you know that Swiss 4-way teams were back after a long break? posted: Nov 20th, 2021 Switzerland had a comeback into Formation Skydiving competition this month, as well. The corona virus pandemic had brought training and competition for most of the teams to a complete halt. The strongest Swiss 4-way team, Airheads, did not even have any plans for a comeback and decided to join the small field of teams at the national indoor championships without much preparation.
Airheads have been the Swiss national indoor and outdoor team in the past years, and they competed for the Swiss Army at the military CISM world championships, as well. The new Swiss CISM team was on the same leaderboard... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed's USPA 4-way gold medals were only a step on the way to NMP PCH HayaBusa? posted: Nov 19th, 2021 The NSL News pointed out earlier that Arizona Airspeed won back the 4-way Open Class title at the USPA Nationals 2021 without too much trouble, after recovering quickly from a devastating meet opener. The NSL Live Talk conversation with the team provided insights after the completion of the meet.
The new Airspeed lineup had set their eyes on winning back the FAI world championship title from the moment when the long-term commitment was in place. The gold medals at the USPA Nationals and qualification for the next world meet in 2022 were only a step on the way to the main goal.
Airspeed's... (more)