Did you know that the seldom-used tie-breaking rules may need an update? posted: Nov 5th, 2026 The dramatic finish to the ten-round 4-way Open Class duel between Golden Knights and NMP PCH HayaBusa at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026 became one of the highlights of the event, while also exposing a weakness in the FAI/ISC rules.
The NSL News reported on October 24th that the FAI/ISC tie-breaking rules had been applied for the first time in the modern history of formation skydiving competition since 1985. In fact, an extra round in an outdoor 4-way Open Class competition had been necessary only once before, at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 1989 in Spain. However, the U.S. team... (more)
Did you know that Spaceland Dallas Pajama Party scored for iFLY Dallas before USPA Nationals? posted: Nov 5th, 2026 Spaceland Dallas' Pajama Party skipped a few Indoor Cloud League events in the run-up to the USPA Nationals 2026, where they won the USPA gold medals in the AA/Intermediate Class. However, they did not completely abandon indoor training and competition while preparing for the national outdoor championship.
Maintaining a healthy balance between indoor and outdoor 4-way training is actually quite common for teams, at least when weather conditions do not allow them to train outdoors. Only indoor competition usually takes a break when the outdoor season is in full swing. The Indoor Cloud League,... (more)
Did you know that Qatar 4-way is once again on the way up the rankings? posted: Nov 3rd, 2026 One of the exciting aspects of sports competition is that the final results often turn out very differently from what was expected and predicted. The FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026 confirmed this, at least in the 4-way Open competition, even though the teams in the three medal positions finished as expected. However, the drama surrounding the French situation in the run-up to the event, the happy ending with gold medals for Aethers Lille, and the jump-off between Golden Knights and NMP PCH HayaBusa for second place, ultimately decided by the application of the tie-breaking rules, went well... (more)
Did you know that the Thiele brothers still own the German 10-round highscores? posted: Nov 2nd, 2026 The NSL News has covered the fascinating family relationships in 4-way and 8-way teams extensively over many years. Probably the most remarkable story in the history of formation skydiving competition came from Canada, where father Michel Lemay included his three sons, Martin, Vincent, and Benoit, in his own 4-way team, sharing many years of training and competition with them.
Evolution started with a 9th-place finish at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2006, without Benoit Lemay, who was still too young to be eligible for FAI/ISC events. Evolution moved up to 6th place at Maubeuge 2008, when... (more)
Did you know that the Netunos compete on outdoor home turf next year? posted: Oct 31st, 2026 The Netunos 8-way team from Brazil and Canada's 8-way team added another duel to their ongoing internal competition for positions just behind the medal contenders at international FAI/ISC and other events. The NSL News reported on their previous battle at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 in an update on 21 May 2025.
The Brazilian 8-way team had won their most recent duel at that time, at Paraclete XP in April 2025, just a few months after their previous encounter at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2025. Team Canada performed at a higher level at the indoor world championship than... (more)
Did you know that Funky Falcon played an important role in Eloy? posted: Oct 30th, 2026 The 4-way Women competition at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026 was very similar to the 8-way event, where the teams did not challenge each other very closely. In fact, the gap between the winner, Nephtys Maubeuge from France, and the runner-up, Ranch TNT SDAZ (206 - 163), was even significantly larger than in 8-way, where the Qatar Falcons were only ten points behind Paraclete XP8 after Round 10 (196 - 186).
The spread in the total scores reflected this situation even more clearly. In 8-way Open, the difference between the winner and the last-placed team among the five teams was 107... (more)
Did you know that the seldom-used tie-breaking rules may need an update?
Did you know that Spaceland Dallas Pajama Party scored for iFLY Dallas before USPA Nationals?
Did you know that Qatar 4-way is once again on the way up the rankings?
Did you know that the Thiele brothers still own the German 10-round highscores?
Did you know that the Netunos compete on outdoor home turf next year?
Did you know that Funky Falcon played an important role in Eloy?