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Did you know that you can come and have a go in the UK if you think you're hard enough...? posted: May 19th, 2008 Earlier NSL News articles mentioned an upswing in 4-way participation this year so far. Last weekend's numbers confirm this upswing once again. Florida Skydiving League teams in Sebastian moved the attendance number at a May meet up from three (2006) and four (2007) to eight last weekend.
The situation was the same in the United Kingdom. Seven teams competed at the May meet in 2007, seventeen at the June meet last year. Last weekend's event in Langar had a total number 22 teams competing in the four competition classes. Chris Hollis, Formation Skydiving representative for the British Parachute... (more)
Did you know that 4-way is as popular as ever in Great Britain? posted: Jun 9th, 2007 The actual meet story wraps up the coverage of the second UK Grand Prix competition of the 2007 season on June 2, while teams from New England, Northwest and Texas are already in full swing this weekend. It's the season opener in the Northwest and in Texas, the New England Skydiving League holds its second meet of the 2007 season. This time, Mass Defiance plans to put the team's own first 2007 scores on the leaderboard. The new scores will be posted as soon as possible, here is the meet story with more details from the last meet in Great Britain. (more)
Did you know that last weekend's first NSL-TV video features the AA Class winner Wingnutz? posted: Jun 6th, 2007 The coverage of last weekend's event in Great Britain is far from complete at this point. The second meet of UK's Grand Prix event series in 2007 had the best attendance of all nine competitions, at least in the synchronized competition classes, and it deserves special attention. (more)
Did you know that teams from Great Britain control three competition classes? posted: Jun 4th, 2007 Last weekend's leaderboard is not complete yet. The scores from France, Austria and Arizona are still missing. However, the current standings are already interesting enough and offer plenty of food for thoughts and discussion. Last weekend's leaderboard can be commented in the new NSL Forum, which is not busy enough yet anyway... (more)
Did you know that A Class teams battled in Great Britain last weekend? posted: May 10th, 2007 The Grand Prix competition series in Great Britain launched its first competition of the 2007 season last weekend. The 4-way meet was actually the third event that took place on May 5 - 6, together with the New England Skydiving League (NESL) and the Belgian Skydiving Trophy (BST).
Unfortunately, the competition draw was only synchronized between the teams in New England and Belgium due to a communication error with the Grand Prix management. The UK teams had their own competition draw this time, and they will be back within the network at the next meet on June 2.
Sonic 5 won the A Class... (more)
Did you know that British teams kick off the 2007 season this weekend? posted: May 3rd, 2007 The upcoming meet weekend includes the 2007 season openers for two European competition leagues, as well. The worldwide NSL network will connect the 4-way competitions as in the past years. The competition draws will be synchronized, and the scores will be posted on a combined leaderboard.
Great Britain's Grand Prix series of Formation Skydiving competitions has the first 4-way meet scheduled for the upcoming weekend. The NSL News had just visited the United Kingdom in April to report live from the World Challenge 2007 at the Bodyflight Bedford wind tunnel. (more)