Did you know that the Northern Plains Skydiving League keeps the momentum going? posted: Jul 23rd, 2005 The Northern Plains Skydiving League received priority on NSL-TV before the next FSL and SSL jumps will be shown. It was the first time this year that NPSL footage has been available, and it covers the second NPSL 2005 meet in June.
This event deserves even more special attention since it marked a new record participation for the league guided by director Sandy Grillet. The details of the NPSL record meet were covered in the NSL News story on June 20. By the way, NPSL team Microburst includes Sandy Grillet and his son Nick working in the center positions. (more)
Did you know that there will be two versions of a Malevsky Cup 2005 DVD in the NSL Shop? posted: Jul 22nd, 2005 New NSL-TV will be added today, most likely a new round of the FSL June meet with Black Magick, then a new round of the SSL July meet. It has become challenging for NSL-TV to keep up with the footage that arrives in the NSL office. It used to be different in the past when this feature was not as popular as it has become.
In addition, the regional NSL directors have recently provided more and more footage of the monthly meets. It surely is very exciting to be able to offer a broad view of the NSL events. However, getting the video files ready for the website is time consuming and requires a lot... (more)
Did you know that John Hoover comments the Malevsky Cup from the Golden Knights position? posted: Jul 21st, 2005 David van Greuningen provided the NSL News with his feedback from the DeLand Majik perspective on July 19 after he had followed the NSL coverage of the Malevsky Cup 2005. Comments by Golden Knights team captain John Hoover now complete feedback by the six US teams that will compete for the qualification as the US national team in 2006. DeLand Majik and the Golden Knights did not compete in Russia.
NSL News: John, did you get the chance to follow the Malevsky Cup 2005 coverage?
John Hoover: Yes, my team and I really enjoyed watching the coverage on the NSL website. Since we were training 8-way... (more)
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 the Northern Plains Skydiving League keeps the momentum going?
Did you know that there will be two versions of a Malevsky Cup 2005 DVD in the NSL Shop?
Did you know that John Hoover comments the Malevsky Cup from the Golden Knights position?
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?