Did you know that the transition from USPA's Advanced to the Open Class leaderboard is much more challenging? posted: May 21st, 2021 The NSL News covered the transition from AA/Intermediate Class to AAA/Advanced Class competition at the USPA Nationals in a series of stories at the beginning of the year. SDC Rhythm XP members Doug Barron and Andrew Happick, James "Bu" Klinge, Ranch 2nd Generation and SDMW NEXT played major roles in the topic.
There will be a new transition this year, as USPA introduces the A Class as a test event for the 2021 and 2022 championships. This new transition will probably become just as interesting as the one that became the topic for the NSL News previously. There is also the additional step that... (more)
Did you know that Hurricane Factory and iFLY Tampa may be back on the ICL leaderboard for May? posted: May 19th, 2021 Good news came from the Czech Republic this week. Jan Klapka informed the NSL News that the Hurricane Factory in Prague has reopened, and the Czech 4-way teams can resume their indoor action. He hopes that there will not be a new lockdown any time soon. There will be Czech scores and videos at least on the May leaderboard.
The 2020 season of the Indoor Cloud League was already difficult enough, due to the implications of the corona virus crisis. There was not one single team with scores for each month of the year. However, the Hurricane Factory team had collected enough ICL points (1202) in... (more)
Did you know that the Texas Skydiving League was launched in 1997? posted: May 18th, 2021 Yesterday's Spaceland Toxix update, which covered the 2021 season opener of the Texas Skydiving League, reached quite far back in time, as far as Demo McDonnell and Rich Delgado at the beginnings of their 4-way careers.
The same update also mentioned TSL Director Scott Latinis who was already quite far ahead with his own 4-way training and competition by then. He witnessed the start of the Texas Skydiving League by Joe Hazel in 1997, in the summer after the Florida Skydiving League was launched in 1996/1997.
TSL team Convergence then represented their league at the first NSL Championship... (more)
Did you know that Demo McDonnell and Rich Delgado have joined forces for Spaceland Toxic? posted: May 17th, 2021 John "Demo" McDonnell's 4-way career story goes far back in the NSL News records. He is currently running the Spaceland Toxic 4-way project that he launched in 2012. He is still a member of the AA/Intermediate Class lineup, and Toxic won the most recent AA Class competition with eight teams from four different NSL league regions in the United States.
His name appeared for the first time in the NSL News records when Team America competed for the Texas Skydiving League at the NSL Championship event of SkyQuest 2005. Team America had attended four meets of the TSL Rookie Class in 2005 before traveling... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith coaching began in 1998? posted: May 16th, 2021 Gary Smith has been a part of NSL News coverage in many ways for a very long time. He is currently best known for his coaching jobs with NMP PCH HayaBusa, Qatar Tigers and Qatar Falcons, and he joins NSL Live Talk regularly to share his wealth of knowledge and experiences with the audience. Many people are also familiar with his athletic success and his two 4-way world championship titles, one with DeLand Majik in 2004, followed by the successful title defense with DeLand Fire in 2006.
Everybody who has also taken a closer look at his NSL Profile knows that his career as a Formation Skydiving... (more)
Did you know that AA Class team Qatar Cheetahs outscored two AAA Class teams on the Shamrock leaderboard? posted: May 14th, 2021 The NSL News updates related to Qatar's Formation Skydiving delegation do not end with the current situation of the Falcons in 8-way and the Tigers in 4-way, even though both teams have progressed from just joining the international Formation Skydiving competition community to becoming medal contenders in both events.
The beginnings of Qatar's Formation Skydiving competition project were a part of yesterday's NSL News update. Forming two competitive teams, one for each traditional event, was the main goal at that time, and DeLand Majik 4-way world champion of 2004, Solly Williams, was working... (more)
Did you know that the transition from USPA's Advanced to the Open Class leaderboard is much more challenging?
Did you know that Hurricane Factory and iFLY Tampa may be back on the ICL leaderboard for May?
Did you know that the Texas Skydiving League was launched in 1997?
Did you know that Demo McDonnell and Rich Delgado have joined forces for Spaceland Toxic?
Did you know that Gary Smith coaching began in 1998?
Did you know that AA Class team Qatar Cheetahs outscored two AAA Class teams on the Shamrock leaderboard?