Did you know that the Blues are 11 points ahead of the Whites? posted: Jul 7th, 2008 The French race for the slot as the national 4-way team in the female category seems to come to an end - despite ongoing weather problems. The weather conditions last weekend were similar to the previously scheduled qualification event in June, as IPC Delegate and First Vice President Gillian Winter reported on Saturday: (more)
Did you know that Eric Heinsheimer has joined the US 8-way team KnightTrax? posted: Jul 5th, 2008 The Skydiving Magazine published an article in the July issue that announced a roster change in the US national 8-way team. Golden Knight Eric Heinsheimer has replaced John Hart and now trains with KnightTrax for the World Meet 2008 in August.
This is the second change of the KnightTrax lineup that placed 2nd at the USPA Nationals 2007 and was later nominated as the US national 8-way team for 2008. Golden Knight Sean Sweeney had already taken Solly Williams' slot at the end of the 2007 season. (more)
Did you know that Danish Blaze is the busiest team of the 2008 season so far? posted: Jul 4th, 2008 New NSL-TV videos of the indoor competition at the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2008 feature other teams that have not been shown with their performances in the windtunnel yet, including Norway's national 4-way team in the female category, Fortitudo, and Denmark's national 4-way team in the Open Class, Danish Blaze.
Both teams had already attended the indoor competition at the World Challenge 2008 and competed indoor and outdoor in Raeford. The NSL News story on 2 July 2008 had already covered the current situation of the Norwegian team in the countdown to the World Meet 2008. (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV features new A and Rookie Class videos? posted: Jul 3rd, 2008 Last weekend's leaderboard has been completed with the last scores coming from Colorado. It was a very unusual weekend as of the weather situation.
Meets were scheduled at six different locations in Europe and the USA, and the maximum number of completed rounds at any of these meets was four. Bad weather situations interfered almost everywhere.
Midwest, Colorado and Sweden got the best of the bad weather and completed four rounds. The Czech Republic was in second place with three rounds. The UK teams completed only one or two rounds, and New England was completely weathered out. Jan Klapka... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV of Round 4 includes the one and only Fortitudo video? posted: Jul 2nd, 2008 Round 4 of the oudoor meet at the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2008 is now available on NSL-TV. It was the second fastest sequence of the competition (21-E-Q-L) and moved Airspeed Odyssey two points further away from the other top teams. (more)
Did you know that the registration for the World Meet 2008 is almost complete? posted: Jul 1st, 2008 June 25 was the offical deadline date to submit entry forms and payments for the participation at the 18th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships 2008 (World Meet 2008).
The time has come where the field of teams is complete - with one exception - and the registered competitors know who will be in the race for the medals and for all other positions on the leaderboard. Teams from 22 different nations will compete in Maubeuge, France: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cypres, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa,... (more)
Did you know that the Blues are 11 points ahead of the Whites?
Did you know that Eric Heinsheimer has joined the US 8-way team KnightTrax?
Did you know that Danish Blaze is the busiest team of the 2008 season so far?
Did you know that NSL-TV features new A and Rookie Class videos?
Did you know that NSL-TV of Round 4 includes the one and only Fortitudo video?
Did you know that the registration for the World Meet 2008 is almost complete?