Did you know that three new teams have joined the Indoor Cloud League so far this year? posted: Apr 4th, 2017 Several new March scores and videos have been added to the Indoor Cloud League leaderboards, including the first ones in four of the six 12+ categories from iFLY Gold Coast in Australia.
SkyVenture Montreal's ICL team posted scores once again on both leaderboards. 4Astrophe had Parachute Montreal Fuzion member Valerie Bisson back in the family lineup, after her March visit to Florida for the Shamrock Showdown 2017.
Her younger brother Yannick competed for 4Astrophe and also for the Air Devils, the reigning FAI 4-way Junior world cup champions of 2016. 4Astrophe posted the scores for both... (more)
Did you know that iFLY SF Bay is two points ahead of iFLY Sacramento after two ICL 2017 months? posted: Mar 9th, 2017 iFLY SF Bay's Indoor Cloud League team spent February building their scores across three NCSL Tunnel Kicker events. Team organizer and NCSL Co-Director Maria Garcia-Sheets explained how her ICL team came to the final total of 107 points, which brought the 2nd place behind iFLY Sacramento last month:
"Faced with challenges, such as moving up in categories and flying aspirational sequences, fliers used focus, persistence, and humor to make their way through February's dive flows."
She also explained how important the player and assistant coaches are at the Tunnel Kicker events: "Participants... (more)
Did you know that two 4-way rookies have to move up in Northern California? posted: Feb 28th, 2017 Much fun was had by all when 10 teams came out to iFLY Sacramento for the Northern California Skydiving League's February Tunnel Kicker. Five of the teams flew two rounds of the R Class sequence during the practice flights from 8 PM to 9 PM for an internal competition in the R Class to secure the highscore for Sacramento on the ICL February leaderboard.
Scott Rainey and Keith Clayton, with player coaches Matt Stephens and Jason Russell, scored 22 points, which was not enough to beat last month's reigning Sacramento R Class champions Kristen Breaux and Justin Breaux.
Kristen and Justin, along... (more)
Did you know that Florida's ICL competitors celebrated farewell to the old iFLY Orlando tunnel? posted: Feb 13th, 2017 4-way fans and competitors of the Florida Skydiving League came together most likely for the last time at iFLY Orlando on Thursday to post scores and videos for the 12+ leaderboard of the Indoor Cloud League.
The Sun Path Products NSL News reported the first Indoor Cloud League event at iFLY Tampa on 28 January 2017, and the new ICL team posted a complete set of scores and videos on the 14+ leaderboard.
It is not only the new wind tunnel in Tampa that attracts mostly the 4-way fans from the west coast of Florida, especially the Skydive City community, to the Indoor Cloud League events.
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Did you know that iFLY SF Bay had the best 4-way rookies in January? posted: Feb 8th, 2017 The recent Indoor Cloud League update featured the video of all January highscores, and the iFLY SF Bay team had claimed two of them on the 12+ leaderboard. iFLY SF Bay also finished with the highest total of all ICL teams and took the lead for the 2017 season, after finishing on the top last year, as well.
iFLY SF Bay's 4-way rookies were a big part of the 2016 success and contributed heavily once again in January 2017. The total of 91 points for the three Rookie Class sequences (RRR - RR - R) stands for a 30.3 average for each of them. iFLY Sacramento (84) and iFLY Seattle (83) had the best... (more)
Did you know that iFLY Sacramento started the new Indoor Cloud League year with 139 points? posted: Feb 4th, 2017 The Indoor Cloud League teams performing the monthly sequences in 14+ flying chambers have been out-numbering the 12+ teams for a while. However, the competition is still as popular as ever and continues in the smaller wind tunnels with the smaller dive pool, even with ICL teams now posting scores on the additional and separate 14+ leaderboard.
In fact, some of the teams have performed both sets of the AAA - AA - A sequences for additional practice of the block techniques. The Canadian teams 4Astrophe (AAA) and Air Devils (AA - A) from SkyVenture Montreal recently posted scores on both leaderboards.
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