Did you know that Oceanside AtomiX reverse the previous team announcement? posted: Oct 20th, 2021 It was less than two week ago when the NSL News reported that the German 4-way champion team of 2019, Oceanside AtomiX, announced their continuation of the team project until at least the national championships next year.
Things have changed in the meantime, and team speaker Peter Ingenhaag now informed the team supporters and the public that the recent announcement had to be corrected. He posted that AtomiX withdraws from 4-way training and competition and that the team members may go their own ways from here on forward.
He provided an emotional overview of the nine years that the team needed... (more)
Did you know that 8-way scores were higher than ever with five female competitors? posted: Oct 19th, 2021 The 8-way competition at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 generated the extremely exciting situation that was expected and anticipated, even though it was matching the lowest participation in the history of Formation Skydiving competition since 1985. The total number of six 8-way teams was the same as in the first year after introducing the current dive pool and draw system in 1985.
The actual scoring numbers confirm the highest quality of 8-way competition this year in Tanay. The three teams in the medal positions (Airspeed XP8 - France - Tanay) combined for a 23.1 average after the seven completed... (more)
Did you know that the Swedish indoor competition videos feature Echochamber's previous lineup in action? posted: Oct 18th, 2021 The NSL News update after the Swedish indoor Nationals 2021 pointed out how the lineups of the three AAA Class teams went through their respective personnel changes. NSL-TV now follows up with the competition videos of the indoor event.
National team Echochamber Oceanside transitioned from outdoor to indoor training and competition with two different lineups. The video of the outdoor championship is featuring new member Ann-Marie Jarzebowski in her point slot that she is filling for original member Johan Edvall. The indoor videos are then featuring Johan Edvall back in the point slot that he... (more)
Did you know that Andre Van Heerden can still win USPA Advanced Class gold a decade later? posted: Oct 17th, 2021 The story of the USPA Advanced Class champion of 2011 was actually not complete, even though the amazing continuation of Spaceland Lite and the team's individual team members was covered quite comprehensively.
There was another missing piece in the interesting story of 2011, which was a part of the series that has explained the history of this USPA category and introduced the annual winners since 1998. The next USPA Advanced Class champions will win their 2021 medals in only a few weeks.
The missing piece was the situation of the U.S. team that had finished on top of the Advanced Class leaderboard,... (more)
Did you know that Spaceland Lite members are still active after winning USPA Advanced gold in 2011? posted: Oct 15th, 2021 The next USPA Advanced Class leaderboard after the one of 2010, where Doug Barron and Andrew Happick made their next step on their way to a unique USPA triple gold career (Intermediate Class in 2009 - Advanced Class in 2010 - Open Class in 2019), featured another unique situation in the history of USPA Advanced Class competition.
The teams in the first two places on the Advanced Class leaderboard were not eligible for USPA medals, and Spaceland Lite won the competition after a 10-round thriller with Start 4 and Fallout. The race for the USPA gold was so close that Start 4 and Fallout needed... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way lineups are in motion in Sweden? posted: Oct 15th, 2021 Sweden was the first European country transitioning from outdoor to indoor competition this year. The NSL News covered Sweden's national outdoor championship with the update on August 1st. The national team in 4-way Open, Echochamber Oceanside, had withdrawn from the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020, as the NSL News reported on June 22nd, and the national championship turned out to be Echochamber's only outdoor competition since the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019.
Echochamber has been going through personnel changes in the past years, which began when Martin Bäcklin stepped back from outdoor training and... (more)
Did you know that Oceanside AtomiX reverse the previous team announcement?
Did you know that 8-way scores were higher than ever with five female competitors?
Did you know that the Swedish indoor competition videos feature Echochamber's previous lineup in action?
Did you know that Andre Van Heerden can still win USPA Advanced Class gold a decade later?
Did you know that Spaceland Lite members are still active after winning USPA Advanced gold in 2011?
Did you know that the 4-way lineups are in motion in Sweden?