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 Joey Jones provided the Malevsky Cup halftime report? posted: Jul 6th, 2005 Tuesday became a very long day, especially for the judges and the NSL News. The 4-way teams still completed two rounds in the afternoon, and it was halftime for each event. The judges finished their work around 10 pm, and that was also the time when the last scores and videos were uploaded.
The schedule for Wednesday gave the 4-way teams an easier start in the morning. The first loads were called to the planes at 10:30 am. The earlier morning was used for the Accuracy competition. The wind conditions usually favor an early start and a late finish for the Accuracy competitors. In fact, there... (more)
Did you know that the NSL-TV Malevsky page stores the meet videos for later viewings? posted: Jul 5th, 2005 Hopefully, the valued NSL audience has already explored the special page, which is dedicated only to NSL-TV videos coming from Russia.
This features was not available when the NSL News visited Russia for the Malevsky Memorial Cup 2005 coverage. Actually, the NSL-TV program does not allow at all to show more than one round of any event. Last year's NSL-TV coverage featured all ten competition jumps of the meet, round by round. However, many of the ten rounds could not be viewed by audiences at distant locations on the globe.
There is a time difference of eight hours between the NSL headquarters... (more)
Did you know that the dream of 4-way and 8-way double gold is still alive? posted: Jul 5th, 2005 The French 8-way team was two points ahead of Arizona Airspeed after the first two rounds on Monday and had put up a very impressive performance especially in round two. The NSL News asked French national coach Jerome David for background information on the 8-way progression before round three began.
NSL News: Jerome, last time we talked you wanted to spend more time with the family, how did this work out?
Jerome David: Very good, better than in the years before because now I have many technical coaches that work for me on the drop zones. I am more behind the computer and the telephone working... (more)
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?
Did you know that Joey Jones provided the Malevsky Cup halftime report?
Did you know that the NSL-TV Malevsky page stores the meet videos for later viewings?
Did you know that the dream of 4-way and 8-way double gold is still alive?