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Did you know that DeLand Majik won the first prize of the Shamrock's Skins Game?
posted: Apr 13th, 2005 Round four of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 was the first round of the Skins Game. The first three rounds were used to determine the handicaps for each team, the first prizes were given to the winner of round four after handicap. (more)

Did you know that the Fastrax judging call offered four different options?
posted: Apr 12th, 2005 The last on-line judging quiz of yesterday's NSL News story surely was a difficult one. Once again and as difficult as it was to find the Majik infringement in round two, it required a sharp eye to detect the Fastrax infringement in round four. The low resolution and small NSL-TV screen does not make it much easier to be a good and sharp judge. The first comment by a guest in the according topic of the NSL Forum found the right spot: "It's hard to tell. One adder looked keyed a bit fast (3rd page). Two of the stardians (3rd and 4th page) the flash was hidden behind a knee - you could see he... (more)

Did you know that there were six different ways for Block 5 in round four?
posted: Apr 11th, 2005 Round four of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 finally brought the new Block 5 (Opal - Opal) into the 4-way game. Block 12 (Bundy - Bundy) was already drawn for the first competition of the 2005 season, the SSL Valentine's Meet 2005 at Skydive Arizona in February, as well as the Star (M) as a new Random Formation. Block 5 missed its chance in Eloy and was actually hiding again in Richard Schachner's draw box, even after ten rounds were already drawn. The Shamrock management decided to make an adjustment of the competition draw to give teams and judges the opportunity to learn more about the overhauled... (more)

Did you know that the Glitter Pimps and Jamba kept Joey Jones busy at the Shamrock Showdown?
posted: Apr 6th, 2005 The FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 was busier for some people than for others. Several top competitors were busy coaching while competing at the same time and working on a big formation camp in DeLand. One person was surely out of breath by the end of the first meet day after a challenging double duty. Former DeLand Majik member Joey Jones had committed to jump with and coach two participating teams, "Jamba" in the AA Class and the "Glitter Pimps" in the AAA Class. Jones is used to jump a lot on one day, however, the situation at the Shamrock Showdown was more challenging than usual. The weather... (more)

Did you know that the first Colorado Skydiving League comeback event was a huge success?
posted: Apr 5th, 2005 After being weathered out for the original date for the first meet of the year of the Colorado Skydiving League, we were blessed with some of the best weather of the year for the rescheduled meet. The turn out was great with one Rookie team, four Scrambles teams and one late entry team for Scrambles that could not finish before the beer drinking and pizza eating began. The King Air flew 26 loads, and the Mile Hi Skydiving Center did a great job of making sure everyone got all 3 rounds in. (more)

Did you know that Snapsi PD posted the highest score of round three at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005?
posted: Apr 4th, 2005 The AAA Class competition of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2005 did not offer new surprises in round three. DeLand Fire confirmed the team's top position after surprising the field by taking the lead in round two. In fact, Fire added one point to the lead over the Golden Knights. However, DeLand Fire's 24 points were not the highest score of the round this time. The Italian national 4-way team, Sinapsi PD, made its first 2005 statement in this third jump of the 10-round competition. The NSL News had introduced the Sinapsi PD plans with a complete story on January 28. NSL News stories in December... (more)