posted Feb 24th, 2015 - The Northern California Skydiving League had a successful comeback last year and has exciting plans for the 2015 season, as the Sun Path Products NSL News reported on 17 November 2014.

NCSL Director Lori Connor had begun with her preparations for the league's comeback in the summer of 2013, and the first update was posted on 24 July 2013.

It did not take very long until she also began to organize her own group of Northern Californian 4-way coaches and competitors for the monthly Indoor Cloud League events at iFLY SF Bay, and her group has not missed a single score for any of the six monthly sequences since November 2013. Lori Connor has become a shining 4-way star on the west coast.

She is not only highly motivated and engaged in moving 4-way competition and the Northern California Skydiving League in the right direction. She is also a very passionate 4-way competitor and has attended each of the six outdoor meets last year with her team Counterpoint FX, together with the love of her life, Pete Swan. Of course, she also attends and organizes all Indoor Cloud League events.

The Lori Connor story becomes even more amazing considering the fact that she was also the mother of two sons and a daughter and worked as the national legal systems manager for one of the largest law firms in the USA when she decided to start skydiving. That was in May 2012.

She must have thought that this was not enough yet, and a year later she began to put her additional efforts into the comeback of the Northern California Skydiving League.

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August 2014		AAA Class	AA Class	A Class	Rookie AAA	Rookie AA	Rookie A	Total
Rank	Teams	N,7,E,11	N,7,15	N,E,7	N,E,A	M,N,E	M,N	Total
1	SkyVenture Montreal (CA)	21	20	14	17	20	27	119
2	iFLY SF Bay (US)	20	8	15	16	28	27	114
3	Skydive Arena (CZ)	23	21	21	18	18	6	107
4	iFLY Orlando (US)	17	16	17	21	23	11	105
5	iFLY Seattle (US)	15	10	13	23	27	14	102
6	SkyVenture New Hampshire (US)	14	11	15	21	16	12	89
7	iFLY Dallas (US)	18	19	13(-1)	12	10	10	82

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She has 660 jumps from a plane by now and additional 13 hours of tunnel time. Her passion for 4-way competition connected her with experienced and highly skilled competitors like Rob Radez, Don Burnette, Julius and Deanna Frank, Josh Hall, Samer Haija, Mike and Christina Deglau, Keith Fenech, who supported her fast progression with coaching.

Her 45th jump was her first 4-way, and west coast skydiving legend Bill Dause was in the lineup. Then she won the Byron 4-way Scrambles on her birthday in April 2013. It was her first 4-way competition, and she got addicted right away. She attended the Bridge the Gap 4-way event in Elsinore in May 2013, where her coach Chuck Reilly talked about all of the 4-way instruction for newbies in Elsinore. She wanted the same in her home region and called the NSL headquarters just a few days later.

Outdoor plans were made for the NCSL, and a month later she discussed Indoor Cloud League activities at iFLY SF Bay with Trevor Thompson at the iFLY headquarters.

The first NCSL Tunnel Kicker followed in August 2013, and in November she had the first complete NCSL leaderboard. NCSL meets, Indoor Cloud League events, NCSL Tunnel Kickers and additional monthly indoor skills camps for novices have been providing a complete indoor/outdoor playground for the NCSL community.

Lori Connor's incredible efforts and achievements for the sport required special recognition.

It happened by coincidence that former Skydiving Magazine editor Sue Clifton decided earlier this year to donate the discontinued magazine's remaining Skydiver of the Year award trophies to the National Skydiving League.

She did not have any requirements for the future use of the awards and left the new purpose up to the NSL.

Skydiving Magazine founder Mike Truffer rewarded skydivers with the same trophies who contributed in special ways to the sport. The NSL decided to follow this tradition. Lori Connor is the Skydiver of the Year 2014.