Did you know that there were six different ways for Block 5 in round four? posted: Apr 11th, 2005 Round four of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 finally brought the new Block 5 (Opal - Opal) into the 4-way game. Block 12 (Bundy - Bundy) was already drawn for the first competition of the 2005 season, the SSL Valentine's Meet 2005 at Skydive Arizona in February, as well as the Star (M) as a new Random Formation.
Block 5 missed its chance in Eloy and was actually hiding again in Richard Schachner's draw box, even after ten rounds were already drawn. The Shamrock management decided to make an adjustment of the competition draw to give teams and judges the opportunity to learn more about the overhauled... (more)
Did you know that the Glitter Pimps and Jamba kept Joey Jones busy at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Apr 6th, 2005 The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 was busier for some people than for others. Several top competitors were busy coaching while competing at the same time and working on a big formation camp in DeLand. One person was surely out of breath by the end of the first meet day after a challenging double duty.
Former DeLand Majik member Joey Jones had committed to jump with and coach two participating teams, "Jamba" in the AA Class and the "Glitter Pimps" in the AAA Class. Jones is used to jump a lot on one day, however, the situation at the Shamrock Showdown was more challenging than usual.
The weather... (more)
Did you know that Snapsi PD posted the highest score of round three at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005? posted: Apr 4th, 2005 The AAA Class competition of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 did not offer new surprises in round three. DeLand Fire confirmed the team's top position after surprising the field by taking the lead in round two. In fact, Fire added one point to the lead over the Golden Knights.
However, DeLand Fire's 24 points were not the highest score of the round this time. The Italian national 4-way team, Sinapsi PD, made its first 2005 statement in this third jump of the 10-round competition. The NSL News had introduced the Sinapsi PD plans with a complete story on January 28. NSL News stories in December... (more)
Did you know that the infringement was in the inter of the second Block 17? posted: Mar 31st, 2005 Yesterday's NSL News story mentioned that there would be a new judging quiz and case study coming up. DeLand Majik lost a point due to an infringement related to Block 17 (Danish T - Murphy) in round two. There has not been too much discussion of the topic in the NSL Forum yet. However, the "where and what" of the infringement has not been revealed yet.
It surely is not easy to find the flaw. It happens at the Block 17 maneuver on the second page. The first thing that probably caught the judge's attention is the fact that the grip sequence building the Danish T is different compared to the Danish... (more)
Did you know that round two was a very close race between the Golden Knights and DeLand Fire? posted: Mar 30th, 2005 The NSL-TV coverage of the SSL Valentine's Meet has been completed, it is time to move on with the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005. Round two of the DeLand meet has been uploaded and can now be viewed.
It was only the second out of ten rounds in the 2-day competition. However, the five top teams had already settled in the final rankings after the first round, and the second round only confirmed what would become the rankings after ten rounds. Only DeLand Majik and Team Fastrax were still tied in fourth place. Majik was actually already faster than Fastrax in round two but lost a point due to an infringement.... (more)
Did you know that the difference between 20 and 22 average are the mistakes you make? posted: Mar 29th, 2005 The Golden Knights competed at the SSL Valentine's Meet 2005 in February and then at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 in March. The NSL News story of March 22 included a first evaluation of the Army team's performance in DeLand and briefly compared the results of both meets.
The Golden Knights began a spring training camp of two weeks with the competition in DeLand. All team members visited at the NSL office a few days after the event when the weather did not allow any training activities at the drop zone around the corner. The NSL News used the opportunity to ask questions "on record". (more)
Did you know that there were six different ways for Block 5 in round four?
Did you know that the Glitter Pimps and Jamba kept Joey Jones busy at the Shamrock Showdown?
Did you know that Snapsi PD posted the highest score of round three at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005?
Did you know that the infringement was in the inter of the second Block 17?
Did you know that round two was a very close race between the Golden Knights and DeLand Fire?
Did you know that the difference between 20 and 22 average are the mistakes you make?