Did you know that the FSL teams were luckier with the July weather this year? posted: Jul 20th, 2005 The 5th meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2005 took place at Skydive DeLand on July 16, while both home teams, DeLand Majik and DeLand Fire, were touring Europe. By the way, the competition draw for the five rounds of the World Games have now been added to the scoring table. As the NSL News reported with the story on July 18, DeLand Majik won the gold medals with a 23.2 meet average.
DeLand Fire has not traveled back home yet, as well. The winner of the Malevsky Cup 2005 has the German national championships on the event agenda. Fire also hopes to squeeze in a few training jumps here and... (more)
Did you know that David van Greuningen provides the Majik view after the Malevsky Cup? posted: Jul 19th, 2005 The NSL News provided feedback by the four US top teams that competed at the Malevsky Cup 2005 after interviews with Airspeed's Kirk Verner, DeLand Fire's Gary Smith and Fastrax members John Hart and Niklas Hemlin. Next step was to follow up with feedback from the two remaining US 2005 top contenders, DeLand Majik and the Golden Knights.
The NSL News met in DeLand with DeLand Majik's new Point, David van Greuningen, while Solly Williams and Doug Park travel in Europe and Robert Healy works his normal job in Tampa, Florida. David van Greuningen followed the NSL News coverage of the Malevsky Cup... (more)
Did you know that DeLand Majik won the 4-way competition at the World Games? posted: Jul 18th, 2005 The World Games were held last week in Duisburg, Germany, and parachuting competitions were a part of the event. Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), explains the nature of the World Games:
"The World Games continue to provide an invaluable opportunity for athletes from a variety of sports not currently on the program of the Olympic Games to compete in their own elite multi-sport event and represent their countries as members of a delegation, with National Olympic Committee involvement and support in an increasing number of cases. The World Games, for this very... (more)
Did you know that Elsinore GT has finalized the 2005 line-up? posted: Jul 15th, 2005 The first two rounds of the Southwest Skydiving League June meet on NSL-TV included competition jumps of Elsinore GT, one of the busiest 4-way teams over the years. EGT had a very slow start into the 2005 season caused by problems to complete the final line-up. However, the first 2005 meet was a great success for EGT with the highest meet average in the team's history. EGT placed second out of 11 AAA Class teams in Perris, and the 16.0 average after six rounds took the 4th position in the overall AAA Class rankings of 41 teams that weekend. Team captain Steve Miller provided additional information... (more)
Did you know that Fastrax feedback completes the different US perspectives of the Malevsky Cup 2005? posted: Jul 15th, 2005 The NSL News has tried to get as much feedback as possible from the top teams of the Malevsky Cup after the 2005 competition was completed. Arizona Airspeed's Kirk Verner provided insights in the NSL News interview on July 7. DeLand Fire's Gary Smith was next with his summary on July 10. The following interview with Fastrax members Niklas Hemlin and John Hart completes the feedback from the perspectives of the US teams that competed at the Malevsky Cup 2005.
The NSL News met with Niklas Hemlin and John Hart at SkyVenture Orlando on July 15 when Fastrax resumed the training after the trip to... (more)
Did you know that the Photon pieces of Block 11 have to rotate backward? posted: Jul 14th, 2005 The second round of the Southwest Skydiving League June meet is now featured on NSL-TV. The complete event information of the Malevsky Cup 2005 is still available and can be found either by clicking on the Malevsky Cup logo on the top of the homepage or by navigating to the International league page and the according event date. The video files of the meet jumps are also still available at the special NSL-TV event page.
Round two of the SSL June meet was identical between the AAA and the AA Class (O-Q-G-11). As in previous meets, the SSL top challenger in the AA Class, Arizona Divewerkz, managed... (more)
Did you know that the FSL teams were luckier with the July weather this year?
Did you know that David van Greuningen provides the Majik view after the Malevsky Cup?
Did you know that DeLand Majik won the 4-way competition at the World Games?
Did you know that Elsinore GT has finalized the 2005 line-up?
Did you know that Fastrax feedback completes the different US perspectives of the Malevsky Cup 2005?
Did you know that the Photon pieces of Block 11 have to rotate backward?