Did you know that if you build it, he will come? posted: Jun 7th, 2021 The NSL News reported great news for the U.S. Formation Skydiving competition community first time on March 13th. NSL Live Talk with Kirk Verner and Steve Hubbard in the middle of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2021 confirmed that USPA was planning to introduce a new competition category at this year's national championships, the "Beginners Class", which is identical with the A Class.
The A Class was introduced by the National Skydiving League at the Shamrock Showdown 2002, and it became popular in the international NSL Network very quickly. Even this year, when 4-way Formation Skydiving... (more)
Did you know that Lucas King has also joined Dallas Dynasty's indoor lineup? posted: Jun 7th, 2021 Kyle Hermberg's Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Dallas submitted the complete set of the May scores and videos for a flawless record this year. In fact, his iFLY Dallas team missed only six months of Indoor Cloud League competition in the middle of the corona virus crisis in Texas, between April and September 2019.
Only Paraclete XP had a better record with a 3-month gap in the same time period (April - June 2019). The iFLY Dallas team has temporarily taken the 2nd place on the 2021 leaderboard, until the Paraclete XP data for May will be added very soon.
Kyle Hermberg has continued to offer... (more)
Did you know that the Nemesis Advanced Class story had a happy ending in 2002? posted: Jun 5th, 2021 Georgia Skydiving League team Nemesis were the next USPA Advanced Class champions in 2002. They were also the next winners in this category who did not continue in the USPA Open Class after investing three years into their successful team project with the goal to win Advanced Class gold medals.
Nemesis members Kimberly Brandt and Douglas Glover actually started with Nemesis in the Missouri Skydiving League of 1999 before switching to the Georgia Skydiving League with their new lineup a year later. The first Nemesis lineup (Steven Graves, Steven Johnson, Larry Miyasaka on camera) placed 4th in... (more)
Did you know that the Hurricane Factory is back on the Indoor Cloud League leaderboard? posted: Jun 4th, 2021 The recent Indoor Cloud League update on May 19th mentioned that the Czech Republic's Hurricane Factory in Prague is opening doors again for 4-way indoor training and other activities.
Organizer Jan Klapka was hopeful that there would be at least enough time to perform the May sequences before the situation could change once again. The corona virus crisis had made it difficult before to predict a schedule for wind-tunnel training in face of the pandemic rules and regulations.
Jan Klapka and his Czech 4-way teams eventually succeeded in completing the whole set of ICL May sequences at the... (more)
Did you know that three ICL Midwest lineups posted scores and videos for the six May sequences? posted: Jun 3rd, 2021 The Indoor Cloud League team of the Midwest region posted new scores and videos for the May sequences. Skydive Midwest NEXT members Lauren Byrd and Greg Oldendick had four different lineups at their May event who competed for the highscores in the six ICL categories.
SDMW NEXT took care once again of the two Open Class sequences (AAA/AA), and two of the other four lineups made it onto the May leaderboard. SDMW NEXT member Greg Oldendick guided Nathan Handegan, Ken Serrine and Brennan Smith to the two highscores for the A and RRR sequences. His NEXT teammate Lauren Byrd player-coached Katherine... (more)
Did you know that if you build it, he will come?
Did you know that Lucas King has also joined Dallas Dynasty's indoor lineup?
Did you know that the Nemesis Advanced Class story had a happy ending in 2002?
Did you know that the Hurricane Factory is back on the Indoor Cloud League leaderboard?
Did you know that three ICL Midwest lineups posted scores and videos for the six May sequences?
Did you know that CTR Optimum won the new lineup's first indoor meet with 23.8?