Did you know that Kirk Verner and Brian Krause worked together in the judging room? posted: Jul 4th, 2025 Paraclete XP's Summer Classic 2025 was comprehensively covered by the NSL News from the competition site in Raeford, North Carolina. It was a rematch for Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed after the first direct outdoor confrontation of the two U.S. teams with their complete current lineups at the Shamrock Showdown 2025.
It was a duel for the 1st place at the Summer Classic, while they were facing the French Aethers at Skydive DeLand, who traveled from North Carolina to Florida after winning the gold medals at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025. Neither Golden Knights nor Arizona Airspeed... (more)
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior launch their outdoor competition season this weekend? posted: Jul 3rd, 2025 The upcoming meet weekend includes the second competition of the Czech Republic Skydiving League 2025. It will feature the first outdoor competition of Skywalkers Junior this year, who did not attend the first event in Prostejov. The second event takes place on their home turf in Most, where they turned from indoor juniors to outdoor seniors, as the NSL News reported on 26 May 2023.
In the meantime, Skywalkers Junior have become a world-class team in 4-way indoor competition, as they were proving with the 4th place at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 at Paraclete XP. In fact, the Czech... (more)
Did you know that the Falcons could win the first FAI gold medals for Qatar in Teuge? posted: Jul 2nd, 2025 The most recent NSL Live Talk conversation with Gary Smith was mostly related to the upcoming 4-way competition at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 in Teuge, Netherlands. The coach of the Qatar 4-way delegation, together with Luc Verstrepen, had some thoughts of the 8-way competition, as well, which will be well attended.
He agreed with the NSL News that a battle for the FAI gold medals could be possible this time, as it was indicated in the first NSL Power Rankings for the 8-way competition. The recent changes in Paraclete's XP8 lineup and the continuity and consistency of the Qatar Falcons might... (more)
Did you know that input from Gary Smith changed the first version of the NSL Power Rankings? posted: Jul 1st, 2025 The first unofficial NSL Power Rankings of the horizontal formation skydiving events at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 were a part of the update on 12 January 2025. The unofficial rankings are showing the registered teams according to their scoring history and any available information. Newly registered teams will be added until registration closes on July 13th. 19 of the 20 teams in 4-way AAA/Open had this scoring history that can be used to create preview power rankings. Only Austria has a registered team without any more detailed information at this point in time.
The NSL News discussed the... (more)
Did you know that SDD Intravenous had a promising start into AA Class competition? posted: Jun 30th, 2025 The NSL News has covered the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2025 with two duels so far, the battle for the U.S. top position between Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed, followed by Platinum XP versus XP Angels. Both exciting duels took place on the AAA/Open Class leaderboard.
There were still two more teams at Paraclete XP who competed in the AA/Intermediate Class, and they were just as competitive in their duel as the AAA Class teams were. Unfortunately, this duel lasted only for the first four rounds, as one of the Brazilian team members injured his shoulder during the exit of Round 5, and the... (more)
Did you know that Perris 4ever and XP Furies/Angels get their re-match at Skydive Teuge? posted: Jun 27th, 2025 The number of pre-registered teams for the 4-way Women competition at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 is also identical with the participation in 4-way Open a decade ago at Skydive Teuge in the Netherlands. However, registration deadline is July 13th, and the number of teams may still increase.
The current leaderboard of the unofficial NSL Power Rankings is indicating that the new version of the French Nephtys will walk away with a set of gold medals and may not even look at the scores in 4-way Women. They will probably keep their eyes more on the 4-way AAA/Open Class leaderboard, where they... (more)