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Did you know that Hayabusa's new lineup won a CISM meet with a 30.5 average?
posted: Oct 4th, 2008 Belgium's national 4-way team Hayabusa Defence, bronze medalist at this year's World Meet in France, completed the 2008 season with a 30.5 average at an 8-round CISM competition in Switzerland. The event took place in Locarno (29th of September to 2nd of October), at a scenic skydiving center next to the Swiss Alpes. It was an invitational international CISM event organized by the Swiss Army. Participating countries were Sweden (with male and female lineups), Spain, Germany, Lithuania, Belgium and Switzerland with two male lineups. The NSL News had already reported of the 4th CISM Military... (more)

Did you know that Team Future copied the Italian competition draw?
posted: Oct 3rd, 2008 The NSL News has followed the path of Team Future, with 11-year old Kayla Tinucci and her 8-year old brother Justin, already for quite a while. The last story was posted on 13 September 2008 and covered the recent personnel change. New player coach Rusty Lewis seems to have brought a more competitive edge to the flying kids, as Team Future is more and more involved with the 4-way competition community, at least indirectly. The previous stories already included videos of the tunnel team where the new lineup copied the NSL competition draw of some meet weekends. (more)

Did you know that France sends a high-profile delegation to the USPA Nationals 2008?
posted: Oct 2nd, 2008 The focus of the NSL News will slowly shift to the USPA Nationals 2008 from here on. After the usual previews of the event, once again, a comprehensive live coverage from Eloy will follow, and it will be very special and better than ever. The NSL News will explain some of the new features later. Also once again, the USPA Nationals 2008 will be an international event this year, and a quite exciting one. French national coach Jerome David mentioned already at the World Meet 2008 that he plans to send his teams to Arizona in October. Now he provided the details of the French invasion of Eloy. (more)

Did you know that new SCSL meet videos bring back memories of last year's NSL Championship?
posted: Oct 1st, 2008 NSL-TV continues with more videos of the Southern California Skydiving League September meet in Perris. Fury's two faster rounds were already featured earlier. The complete Round 1 of all five teams was uploaded with the last story on 23 September 2008. (more)

Did you know that the French iScore system will be available for the public in one year?
posted: Sep 30th, 2008 It is an interesting point in time for the high technology experts in the sport. The progression of skydiving has not only been happening in the athletic area. The environment of Formation Skydiving competition has also changed and continues to turn into a more professional arena. Electronic judging systems, DZ-TV, on-line coverage have become crucial components of the bigger and most relevant skydiving competitions. The NSL News alone has already seen three different systems this year, and the mother of all systems, Omniskore, will be the fourth one at the USPA National 2008. (more)

Did you know that Erwan Pouliquen has completed his active 4-way and 8-way mission?
posted: Sep 27th, 2008 The NSL News story on 21 August 2008 included the video a live interview with the French 8-way team shortly after the last competition jumps at the World Meet 2008. France had just won the 8-way gold medals for the second time in a row. Several different team members answered the NSL News questions, and national coach Jerome David was with his successful group of Formation Skydiving competitors, as well. The NSL News completely ignored one person in the interview who had contributed a lot of work to the French project in the past years. (more)