Did you know that four AA Class teams competed in Colorado last weekend? posted: Jul 13th, 2005 Colorado Skydiving League Director Brian Vande Krol provided scores and the meet story of last weekend's competition, while the NSL News was on the return trip from Russia.
Four teams! We had four teams at the Colorado Skydiving League AA Class meet! All four teams got six rounds done, and a good time was had by all. Mile Hi provided us with a Skydive Arizona Otter, Tessie did a terrific job manifesting, and Suzie, the pilot from Skydive Arizona gave us great spots all day long.
Chickspike, the newest addition to the CSL meets, drew upon the experience of long time 4-way competitors Ellen... (more)
Did you know that the Canadian team Stratosfear has possession of the Fun Flag? posted: Jul 11th, 2005 The fast round ten of the 4-way competition at the Malevsky Cup 2005 allowed all teams to raise the meet average for the whole meet. It was also an opportunity to go after national highscore records.
The NSL News could not keep track of all new official records that were posted in this round. However, the Canadian national team Stratosfear informed the NSL News that the team's score of 20 points in round ten would be a new Canadian 4-way record. The old and official Canadian highscore of 19 points was already posted in 1997.
Stratosfear's 20-pointer needs to be recognized by the FAI and the... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith stepped onto the Malevsky Stage to receive the fourth gold medal? posted: Jul 10th, 2005 Gary Smith is the Outside Center of DeLand Fire. He won the bronze medal with the South African 4-way team Equanimity in 1997, moved to the USA and formed DeLand Majik in 2001. Majik won the 4-way gold medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Croatia 2004.
DeLand Majik with Gary Smith won the Malevsky Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2004. His new team, DeLand Fire, was formed at the end of 2004 and left the rest of the 4-way field in the dust at the Malevsky Cup 2005. It was the fourth time for Gary Smith that he climbed up onto the Malevsky stage to receive the gold medals and the check.... (more)
Did you know that Kirk Verner explained the Malevsky Cup 2005 from the Airspeed perspective? posted: Jul 9th, 2005 The 8-way competition was completed Wednesday night, and the scores and meet videos were posted shortly after the conclusion of the competition. France and Arizona Airspeed could not have made it any more exciting for the 8-way fans on site and on the internet. Round ten was like a jump-off between these two teams. How did it get to that situation?
The 8-way race between France and Airspeed was a 1-point affair from the beginning to the end. None of the two best 8-way teams in the world was able to steal more than one point in any round except the second one. Both teams had three highscores... (more)
Did you know that the Fat 4-way Lady might have sung the Fire song already today? posted: Jul 6th, 2005 The scores of round six of the 4-way Open Class competition at the Malevsky Cup 2005 settled the four US teams in the first four top positions. However, the US ranking order changed. Fastrax left two points in the judging room after a slow round for the team. Airspeed Velocity lost two points, as well, but still won two points back from Fastrax.
Airspeed Odyssey lost one point, too, but did not accept the judging call. The team captain used the new rule that allows a team to have one jump per meet re-judged:
4.11. RejudgementCompetitors may request to have one of their own competition jumps... (more)
Did you know that the best Russian teams battle on two fronts? posted: Jul 6th, 2005 Joey Jones mentioned earlier in the NSL News interview today that "the Russian battle is awesome on all fronts" and then explained the athletic part of it. There are in fact three Russian contenders for the top position in the country, the Sky Panthers, Extreme.RU and SkyLight Barkli. Extreme.RU is currently two points ahead of the Sky Panthers and eight points ahead of SkyLight Barkli. However, each of the three teams has already posted at least one highscore for a round in this 3-way race and is capable of winning more rounds.
The other front Joey Jones was talking about is a battle between... (more)
Did you know that four AA Class teams competed in Colorado last weekend?
Did you know that the Canadian team Stratosfear has possession of the Fun Flag?
Did you know that Gary Smith stepped onto the Malevsky Stage to receive the fourth gold medal?
Did you know that Kirk Verner explained the Malevsky Cup 2005 from the Airspeed perspective?
Did you know that the Fat 4-way Lady might have sung the Fire song already today?
Did you know that the best Russian teams battle on two fronts?