Did you know that Sean Sweeney gets his chance in 8-way? posted: Oct 22nd, 2007 The line-up of the new US national 8-way team, Knight Trax, has a new member. The combination of Team Fastrax Red (John Hart, Thomas Hughes, Doug Park), the Golden Knights (Matt Davidsen, Kurt Isenbarger, John Hoover, Brian Krause) and Solly Williams placed 2nd at the USPA Nationals 2007 and became the new US 8-way team when Arizona Airspeed decided not to compete at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2008 in France.
Former 4-way world champion with DeLand Majik, Solly Williams, had filled the open slot for Fastrax member Niklas Hemlin who decided not to compete in 8-way at the USPA... (more)
Did you know that David Grauwels got everything that he wanted? posted: Oct 20th, 2007 "We want that gold, it's out there, in reach. And we want that world record on our name."
HayaBusa Defence's Center Outside, David Grauwels, had made the above statement after Round 5 when his team had just lost a comfortable 3-point lead to the Golden Knights. He eventually got everything that he wanted, but it didn't come easily.
The Belgian team won the next round by one point and posted a new CISM world record with the 41-pointer in Round 7. However, even the new world record was not enough to shake off the Golden Knights. The meet was not over yet. The US Army team scored a 40-pointer... (more)
Did you know that HayaBusa Defence added energy in Round 6? posted: Oct 19th, 2007 The NSL News continues with the coverage of the 4th CISM Military World Games in India before moving on to other interesting topics. The duel between Hayabusa Defence and the Golden Knights is exciting enough for an ongoing coverage, and Danny Jacobs continues to send the latest meet videos of the Belgian team.
This time, the HayaBusa video of Round 6 is available, and David Grauwels also knew the score of the Golden Knights (31) after watching the jump. However, the official website of the event is very late with posting the scores and currently shows only the leaderboard after Round 4. (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights's caught up with speed in Round 5? posted: Oct 18th, 2007 HayaBusa Defence's 3-point lead in India lasted only for one jump and one day. It was not only reduced to a lower number, it melted away in Round 5. HayaBusa's Center Outside, David Grauwels, explained what happened:
"We had a glitch. It started in the Star. We built a mis-shaped Meeker, followed by a mis-shaped Stairstep Diamond. This resulted that the start of Block 10 (Diamond - Bunyip) cost us a moment and points." (more)
Did you know that Hayabusa's lead is up to three points in India? posted: Oct 17th, 2007 The second day of 4-way competition at the 4th CISM Military World Games in India added only the scores of one more round to the leaderboard. However, Hayabusa's video of Round 4 is already available, thanks again to the team and videographer Danny Jacobs.
Hayabusa Defence added another point to the lead over the Golden Knights, and the outcome of this round was quite dramatic and emotional, as Hayabusa's Center Outside, David Grauwels, reported once again at the team's website: (more)
Did you know that France does not have a national female team yet? posted: Oct 17th, 2007 The NSL News recently covered the international situation in IPC's female 4-way category with the first story on October 9 and followed up on October 11. Both stories mainly commented the new British and US national teams.
The gold medal winner of the FAI World Cup 2007 in Russia was actually the French national team. Neither Great Britain nor the USA had sent a female line-up to Russia in August. The French team won the competition with a 17.1 average, which was discussed in both articles.
An earlier NSL News article at the beginning of the 2007 season (on February 1) provided details of... (more)