Did you know that CSC Rhythm XP is looking for a new Center Inside? posted: Nov 5th, 2008 The gold medals in the Advanced Class at the USPA Nationals 2008 was a great achievement for CSC Rhythm XP. However, it was only a step on the way to more and better and faster. The Midwest Skydiving League team works on new plans for the 2009 season, and those plans include a personnel change.
JaNette Lefkowitz (Center Outside), Steve Lefkowitz (Point) and Laurent Beaudouin (Tail) will have to replace Brian Ball, Rhythm's Center Inside of 2008. The three original team members recruited Brian Ball at the end of the 2007 season after the decision to discontinue the player coach project and find... (more)
Did you know that Above All Else needs help to get launched? posted: Nov 3rd, 2008 Dan Brodsky Chenfeld, a.k.a. Dan BC by the NSL News audience, has already had his profile story posted at the NSL Profiles page for a long time, and it really deserves an update. However, the following years after the end of his profile story to date have been covered regularly by the NSL News. The coverage also included several interviews and recently even new competition videos of his pickup 4-way team at the USPA Nationals 2008, Performance Desired. Dan BC also won one more USPA 8-way gold medal with Arizona Airspeed last month in Eloy.
The NSL Profile story includes the dramatic story of... (more)
Did you know that a new NSL-TV page features the 8-way competition? posted: Nov 2nd, 2008 NSL-TV has switched back again to the 8-way competition at the USPA Nationals 2008. As in 4-way, all captured videos can now be reviewed on the special NSL-TV page of the 8-way competition. (more)
Did you know that videos of the Intermediate Class competition are now available? posted: Oct 31st, 2008 Last not least, the captured videos of the 4-way Intermediate Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2008 have been added to the special NSL-TV page. 14 competition jumps can be reviewed, and they include once again several rounds of the medal winners in this category.
Team R4 from Northern California (Julius Frank, Deanna Frank, Jon Martens, Rob Radez and Jason Imamura on camera) won with a 13.1 average, seven points ahead of the Air Force team Encore.
R4 had a slow start and lost Rounds 1, 3 and 4. However, the west coast team had already captured the gold medal position in Round 2 and... (more)
Did you know that Advanced Class videos have now been added to the NSL-TV page? posted: Oct 29th, 2008 NSL-TV has now uploaded all the captured videos of the Advanced Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2008. Five different teams of the 10-team field ended up with videos on the special NSL-TV page of the event. (more)
Did you know that Fastrax Blue is holding try-outs for the open slot? posted: Oct 28th, 2008 All captured videos of the 4-way Open Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2008 are now available on NSL-TV. The missing videos have been added to the event's special NSL-TV page.
The available videos of last week's competition in Eloy include two jumps of the US national 4-way team in the female category, Fastrax Blue. The 2008 season was a very turbulent time for Becky Brocato, Erin Murphy and Brianne Thompson and included the complete emotional spectrum between sadness and joy.
The NSL News covered the team on its way from qualification as the national female lineup at the USPA Nationals... (more)