Did you know that Norway's team Venom won $300 Monster cash? posted: Mar 25th, 2008 Round 7 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 saw Airspeed Odyssey coming back and posting a new highscore for a round after losing three points to France Maubeuge in the fast Round 6.
The Skins Game also had a new winner in this round. Monster Energy was the sponsor for Round 7. The energy drink has been supporting NSL events and the participating teams for a few years with product and now added $300 cash to the jackpot for this year's Shamrock Showdown.
The Norwegian team Venom won the Monster cash of $300 after handicap. The Venom lineup included two participants of the traditional Norwegian... (more)
Did you know that the public view has not changed? posted: Mar 23rd, 2008 The NSL once again invited the local media to participate in the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008. Press releases and invitations to the media representatives were sent out prior to the event. The result was once again very different to any expectations after the reporter of the Daytona Beach News-Journal visited live throughout the event weekend.
One of the press realeases provided the following information: (more)
Did you know that official and unofficial world record owners faced each other in Round 6? posted: Mar 22nd, 2008 The 4-way and skydiving community around the planet has been waiting for the videos of Round 6 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 to be uploaded. It is now time to be impressed by another unofficial 4-way world record for a single round.
The sequence of Round 6 surely was the fastest one of the competition draw with five random formations (G-C-J-D-B). However, Norway's national team in the female category, Fortitudo, had not drawn not the fastest record sequence at all. Many experts did not really expect a score that would beat previous world records - official or unoffical ones.
Especially... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury won the first round of the Skins Game? posted: Mar 20th, 2008 The videos of Round 3 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 have already been replaced by new videos of Round 4. Not to forget: the total number of point deductions in Round 3 was 23 for all teams. Perris Fury had the largest portion with six penalties, which reduced the score from 31 points in working time to 25 points on the scoreboard.
It was bad luck for the Perris team that videographer Niklas Daniels' ringsight of the camera was not perfectly set. Parts of the formations and maneuvers were not in the frame, and the judges had to deduct the points for the non-judgeable portions of the jump.
However,... (more)
Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and France Maubeuge each won half of the meet? posted: Mar 19th, 2008 Round 3 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 was the last round before the Skins Game would begin. The popular Skins Game for cash and prizes applies a handicap system, so each participating team has a chance to win.
The average after the first three rounds is the foundation for the calculation of each team's handicap. Event sponsors donate prize money for each following round. However, a large portion of the whole jackpot also goes to the winning teams of each competition class before handicap.
The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 had a new record jackpot of $4,500 total. The winning team of the... (more)
Did you know that scoring points were not given easily at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Mar 18th, 2008 The total number of penalties in Round 1 was 13, which indicates that every other team did not perform up to the required judging standards in this round. This was only the beginning, and Round 2 had already a total of 17 penalties on the DDC Scores System screen after the 27 teams were done.
However, there were hardly any complaints, as Eric Heinsheimer and Jukka Olkkonen treated all teams the same way and did not let any infringements slip through. The very sharp eyes of the former national and world champion of the Golden Knights detected the flaws.
Even the top teams did not get away... (more)
Did you know that Norway's team Venom won $300 Monster cash?
Did you know that the public view has not changed?
Did you know that official and unofficial world record owners faced each other in Round 6?
Did you know that Perris Fury won the first round of the Skins Game?
Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and France Maubeuge each won half of the meet?
Did you know that scoring points were not given easily at the Shamrock Showdown?