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News Associated With This Event

Did you know that Dennis Praet evaluated NMP PCH HayaBusa at Crystal Coast?
posted: Nov 12th, 2024 It has not happened very often that the NSL News leaves the competition site of a major event without asking the best 4-way and 8-way teams and competitors in the world to share their knowledge, experiences... (more)

Did you know that Gary Smith followed up with world meet aftermath and foresight?
posted: Nov 5th, 2024 Gary Smith is not only a 4-way world champion of 2004 (DeLand Majik) and 2006 (DeLand Fire), after his previous career with South African teams, including 1997 bronze medalists DeLand Equanimity. He... (more)

Did you know that the road to new FAI medals began after Round 10 at Crystal Coast?
posted: Nov 4th, 2024 It had never happened in the history of Formation Skydiving competition that the three 4-way Open Class medal winners finished in the same order in consecutive outdoor world championships since 1985 -... (more)

Did you know that Out Of The Blue were the over-achiever at Crystal Coast?
posted: Oct 25th, 2024 The tightest part of the 4-way Open Class competition at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships actually took place in the lower half of the leaderboard. British 4-way team Apex and Dutch... (more)

Did you know that the pressure is now on the French Aethers?
posted: Oct 22nd, 2024 The situation of Arizona Airspeed after winning the 4-way Open Class gold medals at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships was well explained during the NSL Live Talk conversation with the... (more)

Did you know that Jeroen "Bob" Nollet wants more HayaBusa names on Excalibur?
posted: Oct 21st, 2024 It was 14 years ago when NMP PCH HayaBusa left an outdoor world championship without a medal for Belgium in 4-way Open. As a recreational civilian 4-way team, the original lineup (Sven Ibens, Roy Janssen,... (more)

Did you know that teams from China and Australia had the longest travel distances?
posted: Oct 18th, 2024 Two teams at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships in North Carolina competed for the longest travel distance to make it to Crystal Coast Skydiving, and both teams won easily in their respective... (more)

Did you know that Arizona Airspeed explained successful group dynamics?
posted: Oct 12th, 2024 The NSL News update on October 10th featured the Arizona Airspeed story of the new world champion lineup in the last five years. It was actually the second 4-way outdoor title that the same lineup won... (more)

Did you know that Echochamber have plans for the next decade?
posted: Oct 11th, 2024 Swedish 4-way Open Class team Echochamber won the unofficial amateur world championship title at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships. It is not new that Scandinavians enjoy celebrations,... (more)

Did you know that Arizona Airspeed won 19 meets consecutively since November 2020?
posted: Oct 10th, 2024 Five years is the time that the current Arizona Airspeed lineup have spent together in 4-way competition and training, and they lost only two competitions, the very first one in January 2020 at the Wind... (more)

Did you know that double duties begin this afternoon?
posted: Oct 6th, 2024 The event machine of Skydive Paraclete XP and Skydive Chicago at Crystal Coast Skydiving is running as smoothly as can be, and the weather continues to cooperate, as well. Four rounds in 4-way will be... (more)

Did you know that Sweden's Echochamber is ready to re-claim the unofficial amateur world champion title?
posted: Oct 2nd, 2024 Six national 4-way teams visited Skydive DeLand in the run-up to the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024, and the last training before the major event began with Thyra's arrival last weekend. The Norwegian... (more)

Did you know that recent events changed the NSL Power Rankings?
posted: Sep 9th, 2024 The NSL News is now turning back to international events, after comprehensive live coverage of and from the German Outdoor Nationals, which was published mostly on the website of the German Skydiving Federation... (more)

Did you know that the first NSL Power Rankings promise very exciting competition at Crystal Coast?
posted: Aug 23rd, 2024 The unofficial list of currently registered teams for the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024 allowed the NSL News to generate the first NSL Power Rankings for the 4-way Open Class competition at Crystal... (more)

Did you know that Echochamber Oceanside will be ready for the outdoor world championship?
posted: Aug 8th, 2024 Swedish 4-way teams did not keep up with last year's participation at the national outdoor championship, as Denmark and Austria did. There was still progression, as the three teams in July competed in... (more)

Did you know that Sequenz won in Denmark after a last-minute substitution?
posted: Aug 5th, 2024 Denmark's national outdoor championship attracted 12 teams to this year's event, four in each of the three NSL categories (AAA/AA/A). This increased the 4-way participation in Denmark by two teams from... (more)

Did you know that five seconds can make a CISM difference?
posted: Jul 18th, 2024 The NSL Live Talk conversation with NMP PCH HayaBusa on July 10th, after the completion of the CISM World Championship in Hungary, included the topic of the exit rules and procedures, which are significantly... (more)

Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa shared their CISM experiences with NSL Live Talk?
posted: Jul 10th, 2024 NMP PCH HayaBusa were still in Hungary after the dramatic finish at the CISM World Championship that the NSL News reported yesterday. The official award ceremony was scheduled for the day after the last... (more)

Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa turned the CISM leaderboard with three consecutive highscores?
posted: Jul 9th, 2024 All is said and done in Hungary, and NMP PCH HayaBusa won the 16th consecutive CISM World Championship title for Belgium, with probably the team's best performance of the 8-round competition. InTime's... (more)

Did you know that the 30-average level is the next outdoor benchmark?
posted: May 15th, 2024 The recent scores at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 initiated a closer look by the NSL News at the history of indoor events. Result was a Top 10 ranking of 4-way indoor competition with the update on May... (more)

Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa's Jeroen Nollet performs all four slots every day?
posted: May 2nd, 2024 The NSL News update on April 30th included NSL Live Talk with Qatar coaches Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen. The story hinted that there was another conversation with the complete current NMP PCH HayaBusa... (more)

Did you know that Arizona Airspeed will have a new lineup next year?
posted: Apr 16th, 2024 Block 10 of the AAA Class dive pool (Diamond - Bunyip) was supposed to be the main topic of the NSL Live Talk conversation with Arizona Airspeed's Niklas Hemlin on April 11th. However, he also provided... (more)

Did you know that Airbus Illertissen Oceanside have high goals after a 120-jump camp?
posted: Apr 14th, 2024 Germany's national team in 4-way Open, Airbus Illertissen Oceanside, are going into their 5th year with the current lineup, Sarah Mertes (Point), Thomas Mack (Outside Center), Alexander Prendinger (Inside... (more)

Did you know that Arizona Airspeed have lost three of their last 107 competition rounds?
posted: Feb 24th, 2024 The 4-way teams at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2024 started the first day of the competition before the sunrise in Raeford. Kirk Verner launched the 4-way competition with a roll call for the... (more)

Did you know that Norway is back on world championship leaderboards after a missed decade?
posted: Jan 19th, 2024 The recent NSL News coverage of the medal count in 4-way Formation Skydiving competition since 1985 pointed out that all 20 sets of gold and silver medals went either to the national teams from the United... (more)

Did you know that Out Of The Blue keep the Dutch 4-way continuity going?
posted: Jan 2nd, 2024 The overview of participation in 4-way Open at outdoor world championships since 1985 that the NSL News posted on December 28th was showing that only four countries in the world have never missed one of... (more)

Did you know that four countries have never missed an outdoor world championship since 1985?
posted: Dec 28th, 2023 The NSL News coverage of Arizona Airspeed's, NMP PCH HayaBusa's and Qatar's lineups over the years turned to the consistency of French national teams in 4-way Open, which completed the overview of the... (more)

Did you know that France has had a special format to select the 4-way Open Class lineups?
posted: Dec 27th, 2023 The recent NSL News coverage of the strongest 4-way countries in the world and the development of national teams' lineups continues with one missing major piece of the 4-way puzzle. France has been the... (more)

Did you know that it's a long way to FAI medal level?
posted: Dec 25th, 2023 The recent NSL News updates that covered the world's best 4-way teams, and their history included the development of the lineups over the years. Arizona Airspeed's 30-year anniversary followed the review... (more)

Did you know that Skydive Paraclete and Skydive Chicago are hosting the world meet together at the Outer Banks?
posted: Dec 2nd, 2023 It was a long and complicated road to the next FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving competition, the 26th edition of the most relevant event in the sport. In fact, nothing has been easy since... (more)