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Did you know that it's an Airspeed wrap in Eloy?
posted: Feb 15th, 2009 The four AAA Class teams completed their missing three rounds of the Valentine's Meet 2009 today, and nothing changed between Airspeed Odyssey and Perris Fury. Fury won the first round of the day by a point, but it was once again only caused by three Airspeed penalties in Round 8. The Perris team lost its own two points in Round 10, which reduced the score for the slowest sequence of the competition draw from 14 to 12 points. The NSL News will follow up with more information and videos of the competition jumps later. (more)

Did you know that the 2009 race between Airspeed Odyssey and Perris Fury begins this weekend?
posted: Feb 13th, 2009 The long wait is over, the first scores of the 2009 season will be posted this weekend. It's time again for the Valentine's Meet, which has been the season opener for many years. It is also the first meet of the Arizona Skydiving League 2009, as Arizona Divewerkz speaker Blane Boynton mentioned in the AZDW update on 3 February 2009. As usual, Skydive Arizona in Eloy is hosting the competition. Meet Director veteran Bryan Burke manages the event, and chief judge Judy Celaya travels from California to Arizona to take care of the business in the judging room. The Valentine's Meet 2009 will feature... (more)

Did you know that Brazil's national team has a new lineup?
posted: Feb 12th, 2009 The 2009 meet schedule from Brazil came with additional news related to the national team of the past years, CTR Optimum. Two members of the lineup of the past years, André Ferraz and Fábio Diniz, had brought Brazil into the international NSL Network in 2005. At the same time, CTR Optimum also lifted the top level of 4-way competition in Brazil to new heights. Brazil's last scores at a World Championship of Formation Skydiving were posted in 2001 before CTR Optimum attended the World Meet 2006 in Germany. (more)

Did you know that Perris Moxie has open slots for the 2009 season?
posted: Feb 12th, 2009 Perris Moxie, the all female 8-way team lead by Perris Fury member Christy Frikken as part of the Fury8 project, has been together for three years. The line up has changed slightly every year but again sees six out of the eight team members returning for the 2009 season. Perris Moxie was formed in 2006 and finished in 6th place with a 7.4 average at the USPA Nationals that year. Moxie lifted the scoring level to 10.2 a year later and posted the team's highest average of 10.4 at the USPA Nationals 2008. (more)

Did you know that the West Point Parachute Team has a new and eager lineup for two years?
posted: Feb 11th, 2009 The NSL News recently received the scores of USPA's Collegiates Championships 2008. Competition draw and dive pool of this event are identical with the A Class rules. The two teams on the top of the leaderboard appeared already on NSL leaderboards during the 2008 season, as well, Air Force Encore and the West Point Autobots. The Air Force team (James Hickerson, Brandon McCutcheon, Jimmy Miltenberg, Addison Schenk and Mike Kendrick on camera) competed at the May meet of the Colorado Skydiving League (11.7) and then at the USPA Nationals 2008 where they won the Intermediate Class silver medals... (more)

Did you know that the Bad Boys are a mirror of the Czech Republic progression?
posted: Feb 10th, 2009 Bad Boys recently visited DeLand for a winter training camp and accepted an invitation by the NSL News for a live interview. The team from the Czech Republic had booked one week with coach Pete Allum to prepare for the 2009 season. The Bad Boys lineup of five (Tomáš Beroušek, Jan Klapka, Václav Prokeš, Jaroslav Smitka, Juraj Sonlajtner) includes the founder of the Czech Republic Skydiving League, Jan Klapka, who was one of the four Bad Boys training in DeLand this time. The NSL News has covered the progression of the Czech Republic Skydiving League ever since it was launched in 2005.... (more)