Did you know that teams are ready for Shamrock Showdown Round 1 in DeLand? posted: Mar 9th, 2023 Thursday was the last opportunity for training before Round 1 of the Shamrock Showdown 2023, which is scheduled for Friday morning. The French national team in 4-way Open had their last day of the 1-week outdoor camp at Skydive DeLand, as the NSL News reported on March 7th.
Arizona Airspeed completed five training jumps on Thursday, and Pour Decisions, with former Airspeed members Craig Girard, Eliana Rodriguez and videographer Taylor Buffington, joined them with their own jumps from the Cessna Caravan.
Jill Stephenson and Jonathan Perl complete the Pour Decisions lineup and will continue... (more)
Did you know that Tall Boys won the next internal Indoor Cloud League competition of the Air Force teams? posted: Mar 8th, 2023 The Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Colorado added the second set of scores and videos to the February leaderboard. Three Air Force Academy teams and two civilian lineups combined once again for the total of 85 points last month.
The three Air Force Academy teams had their next internal competition for the monthly highscores, this time only for the two Open Class sequences (AAA/AA). Tall Boys, 9-Ball and Artemis had the same Air Force Academy competition in January in all three technical categories (AAA/AA/A) and the 9-Ball seniors won (63 - 53 - 52).
Last month, the Tall Boys cadets won... (more)
Did you know that the French 4-way Open Class team is in full training swing for the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Mar 7th, 2023 The best 4-way teams in the world usually travel to the location of their next competition early enough to accommodate themselves in a new environment and warm up with some training jumps before Round 1. The Shamrock Showdown begins this Friday morning at Skydive DeLand, and the four currently best 4-way teams in the world have their own and different ways how to get well prepared for the event.
The Qatar Tigers have been training with coach Andy Grauwels at Jump Florida in Lake Wales, as the NSL News reported on February 26th. NMP PCH HayaBusa have arrived at Skydive City for their final preparations... (more)
Did you know that Last Minuet had the last word in the last round? posted: Mar 6th, 2023 The combined AAA Class leaderboard of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship actually features teams from three different categories: 4-way Open, 4-way Advanced, 4-way Women. The colored overview is showing how the teams compare directly to each other, as they are using the same competition draw.
Their scores were posted on two different leaderboards at the event, and they had their own two sets of medals. The best 4-way Women team on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard qualifies as the U.S. national team for FAI/ISC events in the following year.
Three of the four teams with all-female lineups... (more)
Did you know that HF Flying Rebels posted one of the Czech ICL highscores in February? posted: Mar 4th, 2023 HF Flying Circus, the Czech national team in 4-way Open, took a month off from scoring for the Indoor Cloud League team at the Hurricane Factory in February. They have had plenty of indoor competition practice after the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022 and completed six 4-way indoor meets since Eloy.
They attended the February meet of the Czech Tunnel League and had the opportunity to meet Finland's national team, Purple Maze, on the same leaderboard, as the NSL News reported on March 2nd.
Jan Klapka, manager of the Czech Indoor Cloud League team, can often use the scores of HF Flying... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed and NMP PCH HayaBusa share a unique record? posted: Mar 3rd, 2023 Arizona Airspeed has been dominating the world's recent 4-way competition like no other team in the history of Formation Skydiving. The reigning outdoor world championship and indoor world cup champions have won their last 30 competition rounds without allowing any other teams to even match one of the scores.
There is probably no doubt that this streak will continue at the upcoming indoor world championship, where Airspeed will most likely unite the FAI indoor and outdoor titles. The only question seems to be if any other 4-way team will be able to take away or just tie one single highscore... (more)