Did you know that the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 was finally approved by IOC/WADA? posted: May 6th, 2021 Good news were shared with the skydiving competition world today by Gillian Rayner, President of the International Skydiving Commission (ISC), skydiving's part in the world air sports federation (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale - FAI).
The final confirmation of the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August this year was still depending on the outcome of the legal implications after the doping affairs that Russian sports were dealing with in the past.
In 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had banned Russia from all major sporting events for four years, due to allegedly widespread doping... (more)
Did you know that the Arizona Skydiving League had international participation last weekend? posted: May 5th, 2021 The Arizona Skydiving League completed its 4th competition of the 2021 season last weekend at Skydivine Arizona. It turned out to be the busiest meet this year, as seven teams attended the meet. In fact, the participation matched the highest number of teams since Michelle Karamon and Eliana Rodriguez restarted the league in January 2019.
The ASL teams used all four NSL categories, with the A Class leaderboard as the winner of the weekend. Eliana Rodriguez was not available to run the event together with Michelle Karamon, and Niklas Hemlin was once again present to support his AZXP8 team mate... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP and ICL Midwest are the most successful 4-way recruiting projects? posted: May 5th, 2021 Lauren Byrd and her Skydive Midwest NEXT team mates organized their latest Indoor Cloud League event successfully at iFLY Rosemont. Lauren Byrd said that the four NEXT player-coaches welcomed a total of 15 participants this time.
Four lineups, with seven of the 15 participants, generated the six highscores for the ICL Midwest team. The two Rookie Class lineups with the highscores for the RR and R sequences included two new 4-way competitors, and both teams scored above the 25-point limit with all four NEXT members as the player-coaches in the two different lineups.
The complete Skydive Midwest... (more)
Did you know that France is back on the top of an 8-way leaderboard since Round 2 in Dubai 2012? posted: May 4th, 2021 It took a little while, however, the 8-way leaderboard of the Shamrock Showdown Cloud is finally complete with scores and videos for the first four rounds. In fact, there is one scoring number missing, as the Sandbaggers were done after three rounds at the live part of the event at Skydive City.
The pickup 8-way team was not expected to continue with the cloud part of the Shamrock Showdown. The idea to keep the leaderboard in both events open until the completion of the 10-round meet in the NSL cloud format was developed when it became obvious that the weather would not allow more than the four... (more)
Did you know that Savolo defended their 4-way title successfully in South Africa? posted: May 3rd, 2021 The completion of the Shamrock Showdown Cloud's 8-way leaderboard after Round 4 was delayed for a week, after the preview of the Tanay 8 videos became available on April 25th. The complete judging panel was not available at the same time, as InTime's Claire King and Dirk Venter had to take a care of another event first.
The South African Nationals 2021 was a live event, 120 kilometers away from the InTime headquarters in Johannesburg. They spent the whole week at the dropzone of the Johannesburg Skydiving Club in Carletonville and are now ready to resume the judging of the exciting 8-way competition... (more)
Did you know that Scott Latinis wrapped up the Texas season opener? posted: May 1st, 2021 The Texas Skydiving League 2021 season is off to a tremendous start. Meet #1 was hosted by Spaceland San Marcos. Due to the corona virus crisis, last year's event was postponed from April to August. Having the event in April this year was just another step back towards "normal".
Eleven teams, spread across all four NSL divisions, were in attendance. This was the highest participation at any TSL meet since 2015.
The days prior to the meet saw rain, rain, and more rain. Yet, Saturday was beautiful as if Mother Nature decided that she would reward such a great attendance with almost perfect... (more)
Did you know that the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 was finally approved by IOC/WADA?
Did you know that the Arizona Skydiving League had international participation last weekend?
Did you know that Paraclete XP and ICL Midwest are the most successful 4-way recruiting projects?
Did you know that France is back on the top of an 8-way leaderboard since Round 2 in Dubai 2012?
Did you know that Savolo defended their 4-way title successfully in South Africa?
Did you know that Scott Latinis wrapped up the Texas season opener?