Did you know that HF Chameleons finished first time in 1st place on a AAA leaderboard? posted: Dec 24th, 2023 It has not happened often in the past that the HF Chameleons defeated the HF Flying Rebels/Skywalkers Junior in the past. The Chameleons won only once in the six meets when both teams competed in the A Class (2017/2018), never when both teams met in the AA Class (2019).
Flying Rebels and Chameleons moved up to AAA Class competition while they were still eligible for the 4-way Junior category (AA) and have faced each other 21 times directly on AAA leaderboards. The HF Chameleons won four of the 21 indoor duels, including the ones after HF Flying Rebels changed to Skywalkers Junior and began... (more)
Did you know that the Florida Skydiving League has a comeback in January? posted: Dec 22nd, 2023 The NSL News goes back in time until 1998, the year after the Florida Skydiving League initiated the start of the National Skydiving League. Several short articles and paragraphs of events in 1998 were recovered from other archives and copied into the NSL News database at SKYLEAGUE.COM. The currently oldest NSL News update covered 4-way activities in Florida and preparations of other new leagues joining the NSL Network.
Two of the early NSL News updates on 19 December 1998 reported the important athletic role that 4-way teams from Florida played in U.S. competition. One result of the popular... (more)
Did you know that Dennis Praet had to wait a long time for his NSL Profile? posted: Dec 21st, 2023 The most attentive visitors of the NSL website may have noticed that a new NSL Profile has been added to the NSL list of celebrities in the sport of Formation Skydiving competition. Dennis Praet is the fourth NMP PCH HayaBusa member with career information that goes beyond the usual NSL News coverage.
Brothers David and Andy Grauwels were the first HayaBusa members with their separate NSL Profiles. It was difficult enough to separate them by then, and they still had their own profiles since December 2015, a year after they won their first world championship title together.
The NSL News obviously... (more)
Did you know that Operation Adler and Airbus both could win more 8-way medals for Germany? posted: Dec 20th, 2023 The NSL News update from Germany on December 6th provided a summary of the events that are related to the country's interesting 8-way situation. There is still no official decision yet who will represent Germany in 8-way Open at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships 2024 in North Carolina.
Operation Adler, who won the national outdoor championship this year, would be qualified as the national 8-way team if at least six members of the team decided to compete for Germany at the outdoor world championship. The German qualification rules allow the replacement of two team members without... (more)
Did you know that December 2023 marks the 30-year anniversary of Arizona Airspeed? posted: Dec 19th, 2023 Recent NSL News updates covered the long team history of NMP PCH HayaBusa, which began in 2003 and peaked with four consecutive world championship titles, the last one in 2021. The competitive relationship with Julien Degen and his French team mates in the same long time period was a related topic.
Julien Degen and David Grauwels are still very active, as the update on December 16th pointed out, after they met directly again at the Belgian open indoor championship. Julien Degen is not competing for France and the country's national teams any longer, and David Grauwels has actually retired to... (more)
Did you know that Garudas completed the first AAA Class year on the Belgium podium? posted: Dec 17th, 2023 The recent updates from the Belgian open indoor championship included an overview of the competition time that Frenchman Julien Degen has spent together with NMP PCH HayaBusa members. He is only allowed to compete with one team per respective FAI/ISC category, and he has done this in 4-way and 8-way at indoor and outdoor world championships and world cups.
In fact, he has made a few double-gold attempts with the French national teams in both events at the same world championships, and the NSL News will cover this part of the double-duty history soon. So far, his former team mate and current... (more)