Did you know that Airspeed's Joey Marshall forgot something before Round 1? posted: Oct 26th, 2025 The infamous and exciting Round 1 brought a big surprise to the 4-way Open Class competition, and it was showing once again how challenging the meet opener can be. Arizona Airspeed started with the best round on home turf and even outscored the French national team in 4-way Open by a point, after a penalty deduction for Aethers Lille.
The Golden Knights became the biggest victim of the Round 1 pressure. The three top teams on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard actually all completed the same 24 points within working time, while the U.S. Army team lost three points, Aethers one point in the judging... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way Open Class teams launch the USPA Nationals on Sunday morning? posted: Oct 26th, 2025 At the end of another beautiful fall day at Skydive Arizona, teams and competitors were streaming to the place where meetings have been held for many years. It was time for the meet briefing and the competition draw after the last training day had come to an end.
Registration procedures and the last adjustments had their deadline at four o'clock in the afternoon. One of the last adjustments was probably the change of the video slot for AA/Intermediate Class medal contender Relentless from Florida who had to replace their team videographer in the last minute after an injury. The adjustment was... (more)
Did you know that the USPA Nationals are an Aethers Lille training camp with ten competition rounds? posted: Oct 25th, 2025 Saturday is the last training day at Skydive Arizona before Round 1 in all four 4-way events on Sunday morning will launch the horizontal formation skydiving competition of the USPA Nationals 2025. Meet briefing and competition draw will conclude the Saturday agenda at the end of the day. Teams were still warming up all day long to become familiar with the meet environment.
It was still neither a warming up situation nor a resting day for the French guest team, Aethers Lille, while Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed were not seen at the competition site. The two youngest Aethers team members,... (more)
Did you know that the original Arizona Airspeed lineup is back in 4-way action? posted: Oct 24th, 2025 There is motion on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard of the USPA Nationals 2025 even before the competition has started with Round 1 on Sunday. After the removal of Spaceland Lite, eight U.S. teams were on the first NSL Power Rankings behind the French national team in 4-way Open, Aethers Lille.
Two newly registered 4-way Open Class teams make it a total of eleven teams at the moment. Kim Hollander, Spaceland Lite member of 2016 - 2019, is leading Ranch TNT into a 4-way Women competition with XP Angels, which turns now into a serious qualification battle for the one and only slot in the U.S.... (more)
Did you know that the A/Beginner Class is the biggest winner at the USPA Nationals? posted: Oct 24th, 2025 The biggest winner of the USPA Nationals 2025 is the A/Beginner Class that USPA included first time in the event format for the national outdoor championships in 2021. The National Skydiving League introduced the A Class in 2000, dive pool and sequences are still the same that they were when the category was launched.
It was the next step to offer 4-way teams a gradual progression from the beginnings of a team career to the complete FAI/ISC dive pool, with currently 22 blocks and 16 random formations. The NSL followed up a few years later with the introduction of the RRR (Rookie) Class, which... (more)
Did you know that AA/Intermediate and A/Beginner Class teams combine for record numbers? posted: Oct 23rd, 2025 The participation numbers of currently registered teams for the 4-way competition at the USPA Nationals 2025 are more than promising. The negative progression since 2017 seems to be history, and this year's national outdoor championship seems to be on the way to beat the numbers of 2022 (Skydive Chicago), 2023 (Skydive Paraclete XP) and 2024 (Skydive Chicago). A total of 58 teams have signed up for the horizontal 4-way competition, and registration is still open until Saturday.
As usual, the 4-way AA/Intermediate Class teams contribute most to the total number, even though this category is facing... (more)