Did you know that the new and promising Airbus 4-way lineup compete at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Jan 16th, 2025 The NSL News recently covered the new lineup of the German national team in 4-way Open, Airbus 4 Illertissen. The first update on January 4th of the new year included the official team announcement and the personnel changes. The story on January 7th followed up with a related topic, as the German 4-way team has been a part of the competition for the unofficial title of the world's amateur champion in the past decade.
German 4-way teams have made the Top 10 at FAI Outdoor World Championships each time since 1989, including two 5th places in 1991 and 2004. The Airbus lineup of the last five years... (more)
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior rotate their five team members? posted: Jan 14th, 2025 The NSL News has followed the development of the Czech 4-way team Skywalkers Junior since the team members started with 4-way training and competition when they were junior students in Jan Klapka's 4-way school at the Hurricane Factory in Prague. The Skywalkers Junior members have grown to become the national indoor and outdoor team in 4-way Open, and they are aiming at the highest goals in the sport.
However, there are still a few goals on the national level on their way to the higher targets, which could be accomplished this coming weekend. Skywalkers are the national 4-way outdoor champions... (more)
Did you know that air-to-air video judging was introduced to formation skydiving competition in 1992? posted: Jan 13th, 2025 InTime's Claire King, who is also a highly experienced FAI Judge, recently went on a mission that she shared with the NSL News. She was trying to find out how long air-to-air video recordings have been used in Formation Skydiving competition, and when the transition from ground-to-air video judging took place.
The judging of Formation Skydiving competition jumps actually began with even less technology than ground-to-air video recordings. The previous and earliest judging technique of 4-way and 8-way competition jumps required only binoculars on tripods and three judges who communicated the... (more)
Did you know that the Czech Indoor Open expects 18 teams next week? posted: Jan 11th, 2025 The Czech 4-way teams completed their third event of the indoor winter season on Wednesday in Prague's Hurricane Factory. 4-way Women team Kiss My Grips from Slovakia joined the Czech teams once again on the AAA Class leaderboard, and young Slovakian 4-way competitor Patricia Herdicky filled an open slot for junior team Fenix.
Skywalkers Junior increased the distance to Cirkus 2.0 from 19 points in December to 27 points in their run-up to compete for the Czech Republic at the indoor world championship in April, even though Cirkus 2.0 performed on their familiar 22+ level. The 24.9 average of... (more)
Did you know that the Indoor Cloud League continues with slow recovery progress? posted: Jan 9th, 2025 The Indoor Cloud League scores and videos from the iFLY Fort Lauderdale team for the month of December have concluded the ICL 2024 season. The first six sequences for January of the new year have been available for a week and offer a fresh start into the fourth year after the impact of the corona virus crisis.
It has been a slow and consistent recovery for the Indoor Cloud League participants. The last year before the pandemic impact was the 2019 season when eight different teams posted scores. Four of the teams (Hurricane Factory, iFLY Seattle, iFLY Tampa, iFLY Dallas) submitted scores and... (more)
Did you know that the 20-average level is still the magic benchmark for amateur champions? posted: Jan 7th, 2025 The new lineup of the German national team in 4-way Open, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen, was covered by the NSL News a few days ago. The team announcement indicates that Germany will continue to have a team that contends for the unofficial amateur world championship title, as the Airbus 4-way team has done in the past years with the previous lineup.
The official team announcement mentioned that the new lineup will follow the same or similar goals that Airbus have pursued in the past years. On the list of goals were the position on the international leaderboards behind the full-time teams who... (more)
Did you know that the new and promising Airbus 4-way lineup compete at the Shamrock Showdown?
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior rotate their five team members?
Did you know that air-to-air video judging was introduced to formation skydiving competition in 1992?
Did you know that the Czech Indoor Open expects 18 teams next week?
Did you know that the Indoor Cloud League continues with slow recovery progress?
Did you know that the 20-average level is still the magic benchmark for amateur champions?