Did you know that Chimera completed 22 competition rounds in June? posted: Jul 8th, 2021 It was at the beginning of June when the British skydiving federation (British Skydiving) canceled the participation of the whole delegation at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020, as the NSL News reported on June 11th.
The cancellation came just a few days after 4-way competition had its comeback with the first 2021 meet of the United Kingdom Skydiving League. The British national team in 4-way Open, Chimera, had attended the first UKSL meet as a part of the outdoor preparations for the world meet in August.
It was the first outdoor competition with new Chimera member Will Cooke in the lineup, and... (more)
Did you know that Paranodon Futura 3 aim at the German A Class title in September? posted: Jul 6th, 2021 The leader of this year's current A Class Rankings, Paranodon Futura 3, posted their 11.4 average at the Paranodon Cup in June, as the NSL News reported on June 22nd. The meet report from Germany pointed out that Paranodon Futura 3 outscored all AA Class teams in Round 1.
Both categories had the same sequence for Round 1 (A,P,7) as the NSL competition draw allows this to happen in the drawing procedure, and the German A Class team posted the highscore of the nine teams that performed the same Round 1.RankTeams Outdoor A ClassAverage1Paranodon Futura 3DE11.42BellasAU8.02Where's Gabby?US8.04Flat... (more)
Did you know that the Dream Team was back with HF Cubs member Sabina Cioleková? posted: Jul 5th, 2021 The latest 4-way scores and videos arrived from the Czech Republic where Jan Klapka had his outdoor restart at the skydiving center in Most.
It was almost exactly a year ago when the same three Czech 4-way teams quickly squeezed in two meets in July to use the short summer window that the Czech Republic had in the middle of the corona virus crisis. A whole year had gone by at that time without any outdoor competition in the country.
The national championships in August 2019 were the last event in the Czech Republic before the corona virus pandemic shut down the country at the beginning of... (more)
Did you know that Mass Defiance continued for three years in the Open Class after winning in Advanced? posted: Jul 4th, 2021 The approach in the transition from USPA's Advanced Class competition to 4-way Open happened when Mass Defiance set a new example in 2005. With the series of earlier Advanced Class stories, the NSL News has pointed out that most of the Advanced Class winners did not step up into the 4-way Open Class.
Mass Defiance registered twice for the Advanced Class competition with the original lineup (Ben Liston, Jim Rees, John Silva, Brian Stephens, Richard Smith and Steve "Scuba" Feldman on camera). They witnessed the Elsinore medal sweep in 2004 and missed their own bronze medal by one single point.
The... (more)
Did you know that the HF Cubs are back in Indoor Cloud League 4-way action? posted: Jul 2nd, 2021 It was a long break for the still reigning 4-way Junior world champions, the HF Cubs from the Czech Republic. They were one of the busiest indoor teams in the world, with ten completed 10-round meets in 2019, and three more in January and February 2020.
Then the corona virus pandemic also brought an end to 4-way training and competition of the HF Cubs, who were already in the transition to becoming an outdoor team, as well. They quickly posted another 26.0 average in June 2020 when the Hurricane Factory was opened up for a few weeks.
The restart attempt in the Czech Republic lasted for five... (more)
Did you know that three U.S. teams are in the A Class Top 10 rankings? posted: Jul 2nd, 2021 The A Class has received special attention by the NSL News since its inclusion in the USPA Nationals as the Beginners Class test event this year. Several stories explained the history of the category and the reasons for USPA's decision to give it a place at the national championships.
RankTeams Outdoor A ClassAverage1Paranodon Futura 3DE11.42BellasAU8.02Where's Gabby?US8.04Flat CurveAU7.94EggplantUS7.96Spinny ThingsAU7.17The John Denver ExperienceAU7.08Airborne ContagionAU6.99Toxic LeadUS6.810Defence Cunji SlamsAU6.7
The athletic part of the new USPA category has naturally been a part of... (more)
Did you know that Chimera completed 22 competition rounds in June?
Did you know that Paranodon Futura 3 aim at the German A Class title in September?
Did you know that the Dream Team was back with HF Cubs member Sabina Cioleková?
Did you know that Mass Defiance continued for three years in the Open Class after winning in Advanced?
Did you know that the HF Cubs are back in Indoor Cloud League 4-way action?
Did you know that three U.S. teams are in the A Class Top 10 rankings?