Did you know that Airspeed Odyssey and Velocity make it four of the BIG-6? posted: Sep 2nd, 2005 The NSL News story on September 1 began with the preview of the 4-way AAA/Open Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2005. DeLand Fire and the Golden Knights were the first two teams in the spotlight, this story continues with two other contenders of the BIG-6, the two 4-way line-ups of Arizona Airspeed, Odyssey and Velocity. The preview will be completed later with the two remaining top contenders, Fastrax and DeLand Majik. (more)
Did you know that Punky Fish won the 2005 championship in the Netherlands? posted: Sep 1st, 2005 Mike Pennock, organizer of the Dutch Handicap Cup, which is a part of the European Skydiving League, provided the NSL News with the scores of the national championship in the Netherlands. The event took place earlier during the week of the NSL Playoffs 2005 in August and was shortened to eight rounds due to bad weather.
Several of the ten team names sound familiar to the NSL News regulars and have already appeared earlier this year on different NSL and ESL scoreboards, including Punky Fish, the all-female team Infinity and some of the A Class teams.
Punky Fish had bad luck when one of the... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News opens the 4-way discussion with this preview of the USPA Nationals? posted: Sep 1st, 2005 The event pages for 4-way and 8-way are prepared, the work station for the NSL News at the media center in Perris has been confirmed by the meet management, the travel arrangements have been completed - it is now time to get excited and review the situation before the start of the USPA Nationals 2005.
Two earlier NSL News stories were already directly related to the USPA Nationals 2005, including the recent newspaper article covering DeLand Majik's trip to Perris. Several additional NSL News stories have been leading into the current situation right before the peak of the 2005 season. These... (more)
Did you know that NSL SkyVenture Orlando Competition results have finally caught up? posted: Aug 31st, 2005 The NSL SkyVenture Orlando Competition results of two more meet weekends are now available. This update completes all NSL meets of the regular season. Only the scores of the NSL Playoffs 2005 weekend on August 20 - 21 still need to be processed before the results after handicap can be posted and the certificates get on the way to Perris.
Southwest Skydiving League teams were the big winners of the meet weekend on July 30, 2005, and won each competition class after handicap, except the Rookie Class. The new Austrian national team FILA posted the highest average after four rounds (18.0), however,... (more)
Did you know that DeLand Majik information came fresh from the press this morning? posted: Aug 31st, 2005 By KEITH BARNEY, Correspondent
Skydiving team vying for U.S. three-peat
DELAND -- Free falling 10,000 feet at 120 mph while holding onto arms and legs, as your team tries to make as many figures as it can in 35 seconds, is the life of a professional skydiver.
There are few teams in the world that do it better than the DeLand Majik. In fact, no team in the last two years has been better in the four-way Open Division. (more)
Did you know that Spa Hayabusa is getting closer to the 20.0 average step by step? posted: Aug 30th, 2005 The 2005 national championship of Belgium was held on August 27 - 28, and it included the 4-way and 8-way Formation Skydiving competition. The three competition classes of the 4-way event were identical with the AAA, A and Rookie Class of the National Skydiving League.
Only three teams competed in the AAA Class, and the Belgian national 4-way team, Spa Hayabusa, did not have to work very hard to defend the title. This used to be different when the Belgian army team, NMPV, was a strong contender for the national 4-way championship, as well.
Seven teams competed in the A Class, and one team... (more)