Did you know that France Maubeuge and Sinapsi PD completed their mini meet? posted: Mar 19th, 2009 The 6-round mini meet between France Maubeuge and Sinapsi PD was completed yesterday, and the missing scores have been added to the mini leaderboard. Sinapsi eventually won one round, the last one, and finished with a 21.7 average (more)
Did you know that that there is a connection between a dishwasher and a jump plane? posted: Mar 18th, 2009 The NSL News mentioned in yesterday's story that France Maubeuge and Sinapsi PD had scheduled a mini meet for Wednesday to test the teams' current performance level in the runup to the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009. It turned out to be a 6-round competition between the two world-class teams. (more)
Did you know that the Shamrock preparations are in full swing? posted: Mar 17th, 2009 The scores of the Aerokart Indoor Championship 2009 have now been replaced by the first scores from Brazil this year. Four AA Class teams competed, and three of them gave each other a good competition over the six rounds.
The AAA Class winner of the indoor competition in Paris, France, Hayabusa Defence, currently trains in Spain with coach Joey Jones and almost missed the registration deadline for the World Challenge 2009. The flaw was detected just in time and before the 50-team field was complete.
The preparations for the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009 are in full swing in the meantime. St.... (more)
Did you know that Spaceland Force indoor videos of the February camp are now on NSL-TV? posted: Mar 13th, 2009 The NSL News has a special appetizer for this weekend before the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009 comes up next weekend. The Spaceland lineup that the NSL News introduced already earlier had a windtunnel training camp in February, as the story on 10 March 2009 mentioned.
It was the first time that the new world-class lineup flew together, and team member Thomas Hughes put together a video clip for the NSL-TV audience, which can be viewed by clicking here.
The opening graphic could be confusing, as it shows a Ninja introducing the team's indoor performance. The NSL News recently learned that the... (more)
Did you know that MD Fooza makes perfect sense? posted: Mar 11th, 2009 Another interesting lineup has recently been added to the list of teams for the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009. Four top US competitors hide behind the team name MD Fooza, which indicates some of the names of the members.
MD stands for Mass Defiance, and the New England Skydiving League team has been covered by the NSL News many times over the years. The last specific MD update was published after the USPA Nationals 2008, on 11 November 2008 (Archives > 2008 > News > Search for "Mass Defiance"), with the headline that Mass Defiance still holds the amateur record average in the USA.
Later stories... (more)
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown promises national and international drama? posted: Mar 10th, 2009 The NSL News mentioned on 20 February 2009 that a new world class lineup has started with team training. There was not much information available at that time, except the names of the team members: Shannon Pilcher, Ian Bobo, Thomas Hughes and Gary Beyer.
There still is not much more information available at the moment, however, bits trickle in, piece by piece. The NSL News has learned that the new lineup will represent Skydive Spaceland in Texas, the host of this year's USPA Nationals.
Shannon Pilcher, former DeLand Fire 4-way world champion of 2006 and PD Factory Team member, sent the first... (more)
Did you know that France Maubeuge and Sinapsi PD completed their mini meet?
Did you know that that there is a connection between a dishwasher and a jump plane?
Did you know that the Shamrock preparations are in full swing?
Did you know that Spaceland Force indoor videos of the February camp are now on NSL-TV?
Did you know that MD Fooza makes perfect sense?
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown promises national and international drama?