Did you know that more flexible engineering options could explain the scoring progression? posted: Jan 11th, 2021 The coverage of the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 included several NSL Live Talk conversations in the Coaches Corner with some of the most experienced 4-way and 8-way exports in the sport. The videos of the conversations found great interest in the audience.
Gary Smith, Joey Jones and David Grauwels discussed the competition videos and touched a multitude of different topics when the scores were posted. One of the many topics was related to the ever-increasing scoring averages, which is caused by many factors.
Wind-tunnel training, professional athleticism and cross-training, healthy diets, body... (more)
Did you know that Airbus Illertissen hope for participation at the new NSL Cloud Mondial in January? posted: Jan 11th, 2021 The German 4-way team Airbus Illertissen was in a very special situation last year, when the National Skydiving League offered the first NSL Cloud Mondial to compensate for the lack of outdoor competition in the time of the corona virus crisis.
The cancellation of all relevant and most of the smaller events, including the FAI Mondial 2020 in Tanay, Russia, gave the online connections of the international NSL Network a new meaning, and offered the same platform for outdoor and indoor competition.
Airbus used the opportunity of the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 in a very special way. The former German... (more)
Did you know that three teams moved from Rookie to A Class competition in Poland? posted: Jan 9th, 2021 The NSL News reported on 28 December 2020 that three Polish teams had used last year's three Flyspot Liga meets in October, November and December to make the last move in the progression of 4-way competition from the beginnings to the AAA Class dive pool.
MAD Team, Flyspot One2Three and Flyspot Omega all started in the Rookie Class (RRR) years ago and finally joined Flyspot Sky4Four all together on the AAA Class leaderboard of the December competition.
Three other Polish teams made their second step in the 4-way progression in the same three months last year. Crazy Donut, Air Feel and Star4s... (more)
Did you know that Russian Thunder challenged VDV for five rounds? posted: Jan 7th, 2021 The competition for the top spot at the Russian Indoor Nationals 2020 was not only a duel between IFS-Moscow and the VDV Air Force team, at least not for the first three rounds. The two top contenders battled throughout the whole 10-round meet, and 3rd placed team Russian Thunder was a part of this race in the three early rounds, as well.
In fact, Russian Thunder were still in 2nd place after Round 5. IFS-Moscow had created their winning margin over VDV in Round 4 and Round 5 when they created a 10-point lead just in these two rounds. IFS-Moscow and VDV both eventually pulled away from Russian... (more)
Did you know that the Moravian Flyers and Smaljlici families have tied only one of 24 rounds? posted: Jan 5th, 2021 NSL News updates from Poland and Czech Republic have regularly covered 4-way activities in both countries for years. Three indoor meets of the Flyspot Liga between October and December then connected teams from both countries recently.
One of the updates from the Flyspot events in Poland pointed out that two new teams from the Czech Republic, Moravia Flyers and Smaljlici, traveled to Poland for the same three league meets, together with 4-way junior team Rusalky. The story on 27 December 2020 provided details of the Rusalky trip to Flyspot Wroclaw.
HF Flying Circus member Martina Vavackova... (more)
Did you know that only one single U.S. competitor is coming back in the same event? posted: Jan 4th, 2021 The recent Indoor Cloud League update, with scores, videos and information coming from the ICL Midwest team, was also touching another interesting topic, which is not directly related to the Indoor Cloud League at all.
There have been international world-class competitors participating at the Indoor Cloud League events for many years, and they usually contribute their skills and experiences as player-coaches for the newcomers in the sport. Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League team often have world and national champions in their lineups, like Kirk Verner, Brian Krause, Andrew Starr, Jennifer and... (more)