posted Sep 13th, 2026 - The NSL News transition from the numerous European national outdoor championships has been completed, and coverage of the USPA Nationals 2026 has begun. Sunday was the final training day before Round 1 gets underway on Monday morning. The meet briefing and competition draw are scheduled for Sunday at the end of the day's jumping activities.

The first NSL TV Unfiltered video was recorded on Sunday at Skydive Perris, where the first USPA Nationals since 2017 are taking place. Arizona Airspeed won the 4-way Open Class gold medals in 2017, while guest team NMP PCH HayaBusa topped the same leaderboard. It was also the year when the complete HayaBusa lineup—Andy Grauwels, David Grauwels, Jeroen Nollet, Dennis Praet, and Luc Van Britsom on camera—competed in 8-way with Fly-In Machine 44 and finished in 2nd place behind the Golden Knights.

Arizona Airspeed and the Golden Knights won the qualification spots for the next outdoor world championship at Australia 2018, where the U.S. Army team won the 8-way gold medals. Meanwhile, Arizona Airspeed erased the 12-point deficit from Perris (270–258) in a two-point thriller at Gold Coast 2018. This year's USPA Nationals will qualify four teams in each of the three horizontal formation skydiving categories for the next FAI Outdoor World Cup in Brazil in 2027.

USPA Nationals 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		O,4,9	G,21,A,H	N,D,J,14	L,16,12	K,19,6	E,2,10	P,11,15	17,3,22	F,7,1	Q,5,M,20	Total	Avg
G	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	31	33	28	23	25	23	23	22	31	31	270	27.0
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	27	32	29	22	24	22	21	23	29	29	258	25.8
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	29	31	28	23	22	20	23	19	28	29	252	25.2
3	Golden Knights	US	24	26	28	22	18	19	20	19	24	23	223	22.3
4	Airspeed Odyssey	US	25	23	27	19	22	19	19	17	23	23	217	21.7
5	Defiance	US	24	24	26	18	19	17	19	16	24	22	209	20.9
6	GKBC	US	24	19	24	15	17	17	18	16	23	20	193	19.3
7	Dallas 350	US	18	23	24	16	16	16	16	11	22	19	181	18.1
G	ISR FireFlash	BE	21	22	19	14	17	16	14	16	20	19	178	17.8
8	SDMW NEXT XP	US	15	25	17	17	15	16	16	15	23	14	173	17.3
9	Spaceland Lite	US	19	22	19	12	17	14	13	8	19	17	160	16.0
10	Phoenix XP	US	16	18	19	13	13	13	14	14	15	17	152	15.2
11	Long Shot	US	16	14	15	13	13	14	12	12	16	17	142	14.2
12	Arizona Alpha	US	17	17	11	12	14	13	12	13	17	12	138	13.8
13	Perris Quicksilver	US	15	17	12	11	11	13	12	10	16	13	130	13.0

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Airspeed Odyssey - Ranch 2nd Generation at the USPA Nationals 2017

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Arizona Airspeed's Odyssey lineup reunited in 2017, and Ranch 2nd Generation, featuring current Airspeed members Michelle Karamon and Joey Marshall, won USPA's 4-way Advanced Class gold medals with a 16.4 average. Vega XP, featuring current Paraclete XP8 member James Hall, won the 4-way Intermediate Class competition among 37 teams with a 14.0 average. James Hall will try to defend the U.S. 8-way gold medals next month at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026.

Arizona Airspeed's current lineup—Michelle Karamon, Joey Marshall, Alisson de Vargas, Doug Hendrix, and Alex Swindle on camera—will try to win their first USPA gold medals in 4-way Open. They will first have to defeat the Golden Knights, who will represent the U.S. delegation next month in Eloy.

Other former Airspeed members will celebrate another alumni reunion this week. Original Airspeed member Jack Jefferies joins forces with Craig Girard (1999–2010), Brian Johnson (2006), and Matt Davidson (2019), with Taylor Buffington on camera (2020–2021). Jack Jefferies' original teammate Kirk Verner will guide an Advanced Class team as player-coach, while Dan BC is helping to run the event on his home turf. He also plans to compete at the same time. Original Airspeed member Mark Kirkby is cheering from home for the team he has coached over the past few months, Ranch TNT SDAZ.

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USPA Nationals 2026 - NSL TV Unfiltered on Sunday, September 13th

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