Did you know that Gary Smith and Luc Vertrepen discussed Lions, Cheetahs and Power Rankings? posted: Sep 26th, 2024 Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen have updated the NSL News on a regular basis in the Coaches Corner regarding the progression of Qatar's Formation Skydiving competition project, last time on April 30th, after the completion of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 in China, where Tigers, Lions and Cheetahs all competed at the same place and the same time.
The Tigers, Qatar's national team in 4-way Open, had finished in 3rd place, Lions 8th, Cheetahs 13th. They separated again after the event, and Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen continued their work with outdoor training for Lions and Cheetahs, while the... (more)
Did you know that SOAR won British Nationals with 80 training jumps? posted: Sep 26th, 2024 The NSL Power Rankings in the previews of the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024 needed adjustments when new and more current results of national championship and other events became available. The latest update on the 4-way Open leaderboard was posted on September 9th, after the completion of the British and the German national outdoor championships.
Not much had changed for the German team, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen, who confirmed their strong position in the race for the unofficial amateur world championship title behind the four medal contenders from the United States (Arizona Airspeed),... (more)
Did you know that The German delegation won the ESL Spirit 2024 with 36 points? posted: Sep 24th, 2024 The German 4-way delegation at the ESL Championship 2024 could celebrate the comeback victory of the event on home turf at the Fallschirmsportzentrum Saar (FSZ Saar) last weekend and took back the ESL Spirit trophy. Germany had won the ESL Spirit only twice so far, in 2016 and 2017 on the same home turf in Saarlouis.
The Belgian 4-way teams are still the all-time leaders since 2004 with six ESL Championship titles, followed by the Netherlands with five and Great Britain and Germany, now with three each. The British ESL delegation won the last event before the corona virus break, and Belgium... (more)
Did you know that the Texas delegation took home two sets of bronze medals? posted: Sep 24th, 2024 The iFLY Dallas team of the Indoor Cloud League continued with 4-way training and introduction throughout the summer, even when Texas teams and competitors were in the middle of outdoor preparations for the USPA Nationals, where the U.S. Lone Star State always has a strong presence.
ICL organizer Kyle Hermberg has focused only on indoor training and competition and outdoor coaching in the past years, while participants of his indoor events are often active in both environments. There were still five different lineups at iFLY Dallas in August who joined forces to put the total of 127 points on... (more)
Did you know that the USPA Intermediate Class offered great competition at Skydive Chicago? posted: Sep 23rd, 2024 The AA/Intermediate Class teams at the USPA National Championship 2024 lived up once again to the expected tight competition that the event has shown year by year. This year's results have created one of the most interesting leaderboards of the past years, as five teams finished on and above the 10-average level, separated by only 14 points from 5th to 1st place.
The depth of the field is best shown by the fact that highscores for any of the ten rounds went down to the 10th place. Spaceland Toxic won the bronze medals with only two of the ten highscores, and the two teams behind the Texas teams,... (more)
Did you know that the ESL Championship was completed on Saturday? posted: Sep 21st, 2024 The ESL Championship 2024 was already concluded on Saturday, after perfect weather conditions on Friday and Saturday allowed meet director Mike Pennock to complete all ten rounds for all 16 teams at the end of Saturday and open up the evening for the award ceremony and event party at the Fallschirmsportzentrum Saar (FSZ Saar).
The final leaderboard matched the NSL Power Rankings of the preview quite accurately. The new team record average of Airbus Oceanside Illertissen was still not enough to hold off the Qatar Lions, who had shown their current 20-average potential earlier this month at the... (more)