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Did you know that the James Bond mission was accomplished today?
posted: Nov 21st, 2008 The Kaleidoscope Divers continued with four more jumps today, while the 4-way teams showed up at the competition site to register and make a few training jumps before the competition draw at noon. SkyQuest organizers BJ Worth and Kurt Gaebel had a quick trip to Orlando early in the morning on Friday's agenda. The FOX 35 News channel had invited Mr. James Bond and the NSL founder to the morning show. BJ Worth had to explain what he has been doing for the movies and Kurt Gaebel what was going on this weekend in DeLand. The TV channel ran a nice clip of SkyQuest action during the live interview.... (more)

Did you know that the 2008 Kaleidoscope Divers had the best start ever?
posted: Nov 20th, 2008 The first day of SkyQuest 2008 is over, and it was a day without 4-way competition, as the NSL Championship always kicks off on Friday afternoon. However, there were surely several Formation Skydiving competitors involved in today's three Kaleidoscope Dives. Most beautiful fall weather provided almost perfect conditions in DeLand. The only flaw was the missing Skyvan, which had to be replaced by Skydive DeLand's Pac on the first day of the event. The size of the formations had to be limited to 102-ways. A few Kaleidoscope Divers volunteered to watch from the ground, including Skydive DeLand's... (more)

Did you know that many 4-way and 8-way competitors supported Germany's 200-way in Eloy?
posted: Nov 19th, 2008 There was recently another big-way event at Skydive Arizona with a lot of overlapping between recreational skydivers and Formation Skydiving competitors. Three members of the former German national 4-way team Daedalus (Dieter Kirsch, Christoph Aarns, Pitt Weber), who have successfully been running skydiving centers in Germany (Hoexter, Eisenach), organized a new record attempt for the largest national freefall formation. 200 German skydivers gathered last week in Eloy and completed the 200-way formation with the 13th jump from 18,000 feet. This record counts officially as the new German record... (more)

Did you know that 4-way teams and Kaleidoscope Divers have great things in common?
posted: Nov 18th, 2008 Wednesday is the last day before the Kaleidoscope Divers will launch SkyQuest 2008 with the first 100-way on Thursday morning. Several participants begin with their warm-up jumps on Wednesday, and the facilities at Skydive DeLand get their final touch, as well. The weather is promising, as the recent forecast shows, with a lot of needed sunshine and temperatures that invite to wear the SkyQuest 2008 T-shirts at least on one of the four event days. (more)

Did you know that Norway has two national teams in 2009?
posted: Nov 17th, 2008 The end of the World Meet 2008 was also the natural end of many teams' 2-year cycle of the status as the national team. Some national federations also structure their support for the national teams based on the 2-year time frame from world meet to world meet. Other national teams may have set the world meet as the final goal before new plans may possibly be discussed. The NSL News was interested in the future of the Norwegian national teams and asked the official manager of Norway's national project, Trude Sviggum, for an update. Arcteryx represented Norway in the 4-way Open Class this year... (more)

Did you know that Mass Defiance members organize the first 12-foot tunnel competition for 4-way teams?
posted: Nov 16th, 2008 The NSL News story on 11 November 2008, which covered New England Skydiving League team Mass Defiance, included a mention that team member Ben Liston is working on plans for a windtunnel competition in December. He now followed up with more detailed information of the event that is scheduled for December 13 at SkyVenture New Hampshire, a 12-foot tunnel. It will be a 10-round meet for 4-way teams. Ben Liston said that the goal is to have a fun meet and "give 4-way junkies in the North East something to hold them over until the snow melts". He encourages teams from other parts of the country and... (more)