Did you know that Dallas Valkyrie and Air Raid XP members met again on the ICL February leaderboard? posted: Mar 24th, 2023 Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League event in February featured XP8 world champions Jeana Billings and Kirk Verner in the player-coaching positions. Kirk Verner was guiding two teams through the three technical sequences (AAA/AA/A), together with Jeana Billings, who also took care of two Rookie Class sequences (RRR/RR).
The same event also featured two members of Air Raid XP, Nicole Land and Sam Lecrone. Nicole Land and Sam Lecrone together performed their first slot-switching AAA Class sequence at Indoor Cloud League events. Sam Lecrone, who joined Air Raid XP last year for the USPA Nationals... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP and Pour Decisions both are in good starting positions into the 2023 season? posted: Mar 23rd, 2023 The re-match of the currently four best 4-way teams in the world at the Shamrock Showdown 2023 did not leave much room on the top of the leaderboard for other teams, even though the lineups of SDC Rhythm XP and Pour Decisions included world and national champions.
The NSL News introduced these two teams with the preview on March 9th, the day before Round 1 at Skydive DeLand. The Shamrock Showdown was defining the starting point for all participating teams at the beginning of the next time period for all of them.
The four national teams in the Top 4 positions are looking at a new 2-year cycle... (more)
Did you know that former Airbus videographer Andrea Trögele has joined his son Julius in 4-way action? posted: Mar 22nd, 2023 The NSL News covered the good number of guest teams at the German Indoor Nationals with a closer look at the lineups with the update on March 14th. The story on March 15th followed up with the “almost four teams” in the 4-way Women category.
One of the four teams was the new Swiss national team in 4-way Women, Airdrops, who will compete for their country at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023. The NSL News mentioned that Airdrops followed up on the 19.5 average in Germany with a 20.4 at their own national indoor championships.
The addition of Airdrops to the teams who plan to compete... (more)
Did you know that the Unicorns make a 14-foot flying chamber look much larger? posted: Mar 20th, 2023 The March meet of the Czech Tunnel League offered the next opportunity for the Czech national teams to get ready for the upcoming FAI Indoor World Championship 2023. Jan Klapka has one more competition scheduled before the Czech delegation will travel to the neighboring Slovakia for this year's indoor showdown.
The last meet of the Czech Tunnel League 2022/2023 takes place on April 12th at the Hurricane Facxtory in Prague, a week before Round 1 on April 20th at the Hurricane Factory Tatralandia.
The three Czech national 4-way teams, HF Cubs (4-way Women), HF Flying Circus (4-way Open), HF... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen switched from Shamrock Showdown preview to aftermath? posted: Mar 19th, 2023 Qatar coaches Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen provided insights of their situation with the current Qatar delegation when the NSL News visited them for NSL Live Talk during a training camp at Skydive City in February. The conversation included a brief preview of the Shamrock Showdown 2023, as well.
Their 4-way junior teams, Cheetahs and Lions, were not ready yet for the outdoor competition, and the Qatar management did not register them for Shamrock Showdown. At the same time, new Qatar Tigers coach Andy Grauwels, NMP PCH HayaBusa 4-way champion of 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2021, was getting ready... (more)
Did you know that Dallas Valkyrie will have a unique opportunity at Paraclete XP 2024? posted: Mar 17th, 2023 It was in February 2022 when Dallas Dynasty competed last time at an indoor or outdoor competition. It was the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022 where Michael Erickson, Caden Maydew, Aaron Perkins and Kyle Hermberg won the Advanced Class competition.
The Texas team still continued to post scores for the Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Dallas, four times between February and December 2022, sometimes with Lucas King and the outdoor lineup, sometimes with Kyle Hermberg and the indoor lineup.
The individual team members have been participating at Indoor Cloud League events for several years... (more)