Did you know that Perris Jimani's 17-pointer was a new team record score? posted: Oct 13th, 2008 The new week begins with new videos of the California Skydiving League's September meet in Perris. The complete Round 3 is now available on NSL-TV. Perris Fury's competition jump with the fastest sequence of the competition (F,P,G,O,4) was already featured with the story on 17 September 2008, which covered the team's comeback after Chris Farina's back injury earlier this year.
The NSL News will get back to Perris Fury's situation when Doug Park visits the NSL-TV studio tomorrow. The live interview will be a part of the preview of the USPA Nationals 2008. The NSL News mentioned earlier that new... (more)
Did you know that teams and competitors of the Florida Skydiving League get ready for the trip to Eloy? posted: Oct 10th, 2008 NSL-TV has uploaded the next complete round of meet videos and follows up on the previous coverage of the September meet of the Florida Skydiving League. The videos of Round 3 feature again all seven teams at Skydive City in Zephyrhills. (more)
Did you know that Stetson University's Back-to-School Boogie included a Rookie Class Scramble? posted: Oct 9th, 2008 The Stetson University Skydiving Club recently organized a "Back-to-School Boogie" at Skydive DeLand. Alex Bittner, President of the Stetson Club and passionate 4-way jumper, asked the NSL to help manage a Rookie Class Scramble event with the goal to attract students to 4-way competition.
The request found an open door since the NSL wants to connect to the colleges and universities across the country. In fact, plans are in the works to create a network that adopts the NSL structure and eventually connects the College/University Network with the NSL Network.
Stetson's Alex Bittner and NSL's... (more)
Did you know that Mass Defiance competitors and judges will meet again in Eloy? posted: Oct 8th, 2008 The New England Skydiving League completed its 2008 season on the NSL Playoffs weekend at Jumptown. Mass Defiance member Brian Stephens reported that the "NESL had an excellent weekend for the NSL Playoffs meet, and a number of teams came out to participate."
The meet was held at Jumptown where the first NESL meet of the 2008 season was scheduled and then completely weathered out. Brian Stephens said that the weather was beautiful this time and provided additional information of the event: (more)
Did you know that Larry Hill has great plans for the USPA Nationals 2008? posted: Oct 7th, 2008 The USPA Nationals 2008 are less than two weeks away, and the new direct link to the event pages on the front page indicates that it is time to get ready for the next exciting competition.
The NSL News is planning to add features to the traditional event coverage. Plans are in the works, and they include a daily news shows in front of the NSL-TV camera and a night show with "alternative" news, as well. More video clips will be uploaded frequently to bring the event atmosphere to the homes and offices of the audience. Blogs will be added to the traditional NSL News stories.
Plan is to run... (more)
Did you know that the freeze frame rule will be reversed? posted: Oct 6th, 2008 The World Meet 2008 included once again a meeting with representatives of IPC's Formation Skydiving committee, judges and competitors. It was held after the last competition jump and before the award ceremony. The committee's chair, Australian 8-way competitor Fiona McEachern, had scheduled the meeting and was heading it in Maubeuge.
Two major topics were on the agenda and dominated the discussion: the application of the freeze frame image at the end of the working time and how to use slower motion for judging in the future.
Both topics have already been discussed for quite a while in the... (more)