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Did you know that Arizona Airspeed and Shawn Hill are probably even more connected now? posted: Sep 21st, 2026 After capturing the USPA 16-way gold medals, Arizona Airspeed added the 10-way Speed gold medals to their haul, becoming the most successful USPA competitors at the USPA Nationals 2026. Michelle Karamon, Alisson de Vargas, Doug Hendrix, team captain Joey Marshall, and team videographer Alex Swindle won three of the four horizontal formation skydiving events (4-way Open, 16-way Open, and 10-way Speed). They also brought the 8-way silver medals back to Skydive Arizona.
The most valuable set of gold medals might be the 10-way Speed title, where the complete 4-way lineup surprised teams, competitors,... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed have another surprise waiting in 10-Way Speed? posted: Sep 19th, 2026 Arizona Airspeed’s 16-way lineup took the wake-up call in Round 2 seriously and followed up with four more highscores to win the 16-way competition. Michelle Karamon, Joey Marshall, Alisson de Vargas, Doug Hendrix, and Alex Swindle have now collected two USPA gold medals (4-way and 16-way), and they may add a third one in 10-way.
Paraclete XP’s current 8-way lineup did not allow the FS Sweep, taking the 8-way gold medals back to North Carolina. However, Airspeed and alumni will be just as happy with the results as the Hill family, who launched the Airspeed project in 1994. The 4-way Open... (more)
Did you know that Spaceland team steals 16-way highscore from Airspeed in Round 2? posted: Sep 18th, 2026 Last year, the complete Golden Knights lineup joined forces with Arizona Airspeed for the 8-way competition, including Michelle Karamon, who was not yet a member of the 4-way team. She replaced Chris Kuhlmann, who had committed to Craig Girard’s Mandatory Fun 8-way team. The complete GKAZ8 lineup then continued into 16-way, with Chris Kuhlmann reclaiming his Airspeed slot from Michelle Karamon.
The team also included several other Airspeed alumni—Jack Jefferies, Dan, BC, Josh Hall, Niklas Hemlin, and Brian Johnson—as well as three additional invitees: Brenn Richards, Keith Conner, and... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed was well prepared for Round 2? posted: Sep 18th, 2026 The Golden Knights left Skydive Perris after completing the 4-way competition at the USPA Nationals 2026. They had no plans to compete in any of the other formation skydiving events and intended to return to preparations for their next major event as quickly as possible: the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026.
Arizona Airspeed continued with the 8-way competition, while the other traditional events, 16-way and 10-way, are also regularly on Airspeed's agenda. This worked out well for the NSL News, as the complete lineup was available for an NSL Live Talk interview after the completion of the... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights posted the highest scores in each of the last six rounds consecutively? posted: Sep 17th, 2026 The entire formation skydiving competition world knows by now that Arizona Airspeed successfully defended its nine-point lead from Round 1 throughout the remainder of the 4-way Open Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2026. Three of those nine points remained after Round 10 (254–251), which was enough to claim the USPA gold medals.
It has now become one of the very rare occasions when the national 4-way Open team will not compete for the country at the outdoor world championship in the same year. The Golden Knights, however, won five of the last six rounds, allowing Airspeed to tie their... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News features the new Paraclete XP8 lineup? posted: Sep 16th, 2026 The number of 20 teams across the three 8-way categories matches last year's participation at Skydive Arizona. However, Skydive Perris has a different atmosphere after the completion of the 4-way competition, including the award ceremony yesterday evening. It is almost a recreational atmosphere, even though serious 8-way competition is now underway.
Last year's national outdoor championship was also the first and only outdoor competition for the new XP8 lineup. Only two reigning 8-way world champions, Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner, were back, together with Jennifer Davidson, the 2018 8-way... (more)