Did you know that teams from China and Australia had the longest travel distances? posted: Oct 18th, 2024 Two teams at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships in North Carolina competed for the longest travel distance to make it to Crystal Coast Skydiving, and both teams won easily in their respective events. China's 4-way Women team traveled from eastern Asia to the U.S. east coast, and 4-way Open Class team Havoc came from Australia.
China won silver medals in 4-way Women, while Havoc won the duel with Netunos from Brazil to stay away from the bottom of the leaderboard. Havoc versus Netunos was one of the many internal battles at international FAI/ISC events between teams who are... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way gender-mix has changed since Eloy 2022? posted: Oct 18th, 2024 The combined AAA Class leaderboard has been a consistent part of the NSL News aftermath whenever there is a separate leaderboard for the 4-way Women event. Teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women use exactly the same competition draw, and the competitors themselves are usually peaking at the other leaderboard, too.
The NSL News coverage of the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships at Crystal Coast featured the combined AAA Class leaderboard during the event and in the aftermath both, last time with the update on October 14th, after the conclusion of all events.
In the past years, the... (more)
Did you know that Kirk Verner is one gold medal behind Craig Girard? posted: Oct 16th, 2024 Three "Olden Knights" members of GKXP8 (Andrew Starr, Matt Davidson, Jesse Stahler) shared their impressions and experiences with the NSL News after scoring a new 8-way world record for a single round (37) and matching the highest average in the history (23.9) of Formation Skydiving competition at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships last week.
Their team mate John D'Annunzio added to his feedback from a different perspective during the NSL Live Talk conversation with Rook Nelson on October 10th. Skydive Paraclete XP and Skydive Chicago had joined forces to host the outdoor world... (more)
Did you know that three 4-way Women teams finished in the combined Top 7? posted: Oct 14th, 2024 The NSL News presented the first combined AAA Class leaderboard (4-way Open/4-way Women) after four rounds at the end of the first competition day. One of the main reasons to feature the combined leaderboard early was the fact that U.S. 4-way Women team XPG4 was tied with Qatar Tigers in 3rd place after Round 4, as the NSL News reported on October 7th.
The 4-way Women teams had a strong presence on the combined AAA Class leaderboard at that time, placing in three of the seven highest ranking positions. They maintained this strong showing of female 4-way power until the end of the 10-round competition.... (more)
Did you know that XPG4 completed the U.S. Formation Skydiving Sweep with Jeana Billings' double gold? posted: Oct 13th, 2024 The NSL News reported on April 26th that the performance of China's 4-way Women team had created a question mark behind a potential U.S. Sweep in Formation Skydiving at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships. It was the leaderboard in 4-way Woman at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 that was shocking to the Formation Skydiving competition world at that time.
China's 4-way Women team had not only won their category, they also finished in 3rd place on the combined AAA Class leaderboard (4-way Open/4-way Women) with a 30.5 average. Only Arizona Airspeed and French Aethers were ahead of... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed explained successful group dynamics? posted: Oct 12th, 2024 The NSL News update on October 10th featured the Arizona Airspeed story of the new world champion lineup in the last five years. It was actually the second 4-way outdoor title that the same lineup won after Eloy 2022. Only videographer Alex Swindle won his first one.
Christopher Kuhlmann and Joey Marshall will continue with Alex Swindle on camera, and the complete lineup of 2020 - 2024 met once again with the NSL News for the final conversation. The next one will most likely be with the two new team members who will be selected in the coming weeks.
Yesterday's NSL Live Talk with Arizona Airspeed... (more)
Did you know that teams from China and Australia had the longest travel distances?
Did you know that the 4-way gender-mix has changed since Eloy 2022?
Did you know that Kirk Verner is one gold medal behind Craig Girard?
Did you know that three 4-way Women teams finished in the combined Top 7?
Did you know that XPG4 completed the U.S. Formation Skydiving Sweep with Jeana Billings' double gold?
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed explained successful group dynamics?