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Did you know that the Valentines' Meet 2007 set the 2007 baseline for Texas Havoc?
posted: Mar 13th, 2007 NSL-TV continues to move on quickly. It was the goal to complete the coverage of the Valentine's Meet 2007 before the start of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007, and NSL-TV is right on track so far. Round 7 was uploaded today, and there are three more days for three more rounds. Processing and editing the footage has become easier and faster after the completion of the first six rounds. Only six of the 13 teams completed all ten rounds, which reduces the NSL-TV time and efforts by more than 50% between rounds seven and ten. (more)

Did you know that the AA Class competition had a dramatic finish in Eloy?
posted: Mar 12th, 2007 Round 6 of the Valentine's Meet 2007 completed the competition for the teams that did not participate in the money meet, which went over ten rounds. The three AA Class and two A Class teams were finished after six rounds, as well as Arizona Directe and Arizona Divewerkz in the AAA Class. The competition in the AA Class had quite a dramatic finish. All three teams were separated by only two points after five rounds. The tension was apparently high and even visible on the videos. (more)

Did you know that the cash jackpot for the Shamrock Showdown is already at $4,100?
posted: Mar 11th, 2007 The NSL-TV coverage of the Valentine's Meet 2007 keeps a lot of attention still focused on the first competition of the 2007 season. It almost distracts from the fact that the next high-profile competition is already coming up next weekend. The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2007 is coming up for the 6th time at Skydive DeLand. The first Shamrock Showdown with the current format was already held in 2002. It used to be the third meet of the regular Florida Skydiving League season in 2002 and 2003. The FSL ran meets in January and February back then, as well. The FSL decided in 2004 to offer teams and... (more)

Did you know that Round 5 was the first on-line showdown between Golden Knights, Fastrax and Airspeed Odyssey?
posted: Mar 9th, 2007 Round 5 of the Valentine's Meet 2007 had one of the fastest AAA Class sequences of the competition in Eloy. In fact, the three random formations and Block 5 (Opal - Opal) indicated that it might be the fastest round of the 10-round meet. The other faster rounds (1 and 8) included slower blocks (22 and 14). The mirror image or slot switcher that comes along with Block 5 made the sequence more challenging. Eventually, Round 5 turned out to be only in second place (121 - 114 - 109), according to the scores of the six AAA Class teams that completed all ten rounds. (more)

Did you know that Natasha Montgomery is the 2006 Skydiver of the Year?
posted: Mar 8th, 2007 It was on 26 May 2004 when the NSL News mentioned Natasha Montgomery for the first time (Archives > 2004 > News). She had competed with Arizona Blade at the May meet of the Southwest Skydiving League, and the story simply provided the names of the team members (Thomas Hughes, Mark Kirkby, Natasha Montgomery and Beat Steffen). The story of the June meet did not go any deeper, as well. Arizona Blade received more attention when Robert Healy joined the line-up, and the story on 3 August 2004 introduced the new line-up, mostly focused on the new Blade member. (more)

Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and France Maubeuge lost points in Round 4?
posted: Mar 7th, 2007 Good news for the Arizona Directe fans and for everybody who likes to watch former Airspeed world champion John Eagle do his job. NSL-TV found Directe's round three of the Valentine's Meet and added it to the other videos of the competition on the separate NSL-TV event page. (more)