Did you know that Qatar's formation skydiving delegation keeps growing? posted: Apr 29th, 2025 The NSL News has mentioned regularly in the past years how the small country of Qatar, with a population of barely three million people and only a few hundred thousand Qatari citizens, has consistently increased the participation in the formation skydiving competition community and in other skydiving disciplines.
The first medals at FAI events were evidence that Qatar can now be considered one of the powerhouses in formation skydiving competition. United States, France and Russia used to dominate this part of competitive skydiving since 1985 until Belgium entered the international stage with... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed left DeLand with confidence and $500 cash? posted: Apr 27th, 2025 The first two confrontations between the U.S. top contenders for the slot as the national team in 4-way Open at the next outdoor world championship are history, and they are now on the road to the USPA Nationals 2025, the qualification event.
It has been a duel between Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed so far, first at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship, followed by the Shamrock Showdown. SDC Rhythm XP, with the shortest preparation time for the new lineup before last year's national outdoor championship, still have a lot of work ahead to reduce the distance to the two top contenders.
Arizona... (more)
Did you know that Aethers could end a long 4-way drought for France? posted: Apr 24th, 2025 France was actually the dominating nation in 4-way Formation Skydiving competition between 1985 and 2003, with six world championship titles, three sets of silver medals and one 3rd place, even though the original Arizona Airspeed lineup (Jack Jefferies, Kirk Verner, Dan BC, Mark Kirkby, John Lemming on camera) won twice in 1995 and 1997. The U.S. 4-way teams took home the William H. Ottley Sword for the world champions, also known as the 4-way Excalibur, four times in the same time period, with five sets of silver medals and one 3rd place, as well.
In fact, the four consecutive world championship... (more)
Did you know that Thomas, Tim and Moritz Mack competed together for Airbus 4-way? posted: Apr 23rd, 2025 The NSL News has covered special family lineups in 4-way competition for many years, as it is a fascinating topic when parents, brothers and sisters jump from air planes together. The most recent story was the one of the Mattoni family (father Stephane, sons Tom and Noe) who visited Paraclete XP for the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025. NSL Live Talk with the Mattoni family was posted with the update on April 16th.
Germany had its own family story, as well, when Joern and Max Thiele dominated 4-way competition in Germany with Paratec-Saar for several years. They competed together for Germany... (more)
Did you know that five different teams won the five $200 skins at the Shamrock? posted: Apr 21st, 2025 The Shamrock Showdown 2025 was not over until the traditional Skins Game was completed. Skydive DeLand sponsored the event once again with a total of $2,000 cash for prize money. Half of it goes to the teams in the Top 3 positions ($500 - $300 - $200) according to the raw scores after Round 10.
French national team Aethers earned the $500 with a historic performance after ten rounds without any point deductions. The Golden Knights would have won the $300 for the 2nd place over Arizona Airspeed and donated the prize money back into the funds. It was forwarded to the only 8-way team in DeLand,... (more)
Did you know that world class competitors cheered for the A Class teams in DeLand? posted: Apr 21st, 2025 The Shamrock Showdown 2025 started once again with the introduction of the teams and the manual competition draw on Thursday evening. The new indoor world champions from France, Aethers, were introduced first and then pulled the sequence for Round 1 out of the hat, followed by ten other teams who created the complete competition draw.
Engineering and preparations for the first round on Friday morning were next, and the creeper pad was busy for a while before the last night and the start of the competition.
Aethers (FR), Arizona Airspeed (US), Cheetahs (QA) and Netunos (BR) had transitioned... (more)
Did you know that Qatar's formation skydiving delegation keeps growing?
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed left DeLand with confidence and $500 cash?
Did you know that Aethers could end a long 4-way drought for France?
Did you know that Thomas, Tim and Moritz Mack competed together for Airbus 4-way?
Did you know that five different teams won the five $200 skins at the Shamrock?
Did you know that world class competitors cheered for the A Class teams in DeLand?