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Did you know that three Austrian teams scored a new national record on the NSL SkyVenture Competition weekend in June?
posted: Jul 12th, 2004 The Belgian team Hayabusa was the best AAA Class team on the June 26 meet weekend, as the NSL News reported on July 5th. The 18.5 meet average was more than enough to qualify as the Belgian national team for the 2004 world meet. However, this result still did not win the free tunnel time of the NSL SkyVenture Competition in the AAA Class that weekend. (more)

Did you know that Ukraine and Slovenia joined the NSL-TV coverage in round three?
posted: Jul 12th, 2004 The dubbing and uploading procedure in the NSL on-line office at the IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial World Cup 2004 had become more a routine after the first two rounds of the competition in Stupino. The NSL-TV had missed some of the teams' videos in the earlier rounds, and round three was the first one where all 21 teams were covered. It was also the first round where some of the lower scoring teams were featured with their videos on NSL-TV, including AlfaFox from the Ukraine and Hudicki from Slovenia. (more)

Did you know that France Maubeuge increased the lead in round two?
posted: Jul 9th, 2004 Round two of the IPC Anton Malevsky Memorial World Cup 2004 had the fastest sequence of the 4-way competition (O-B-Q-J-14). The two top contenders, DeLand Majik and France Maubeuge, came up with different engineering once again. This time, it was Majik that seemed to have the shorter moves. France decided to use all the "A-slots" and longer moves to the Phalanx (Q) and to the Donut (J), while the DeLand team used a different Phalanx for a much shorter move to the Donut. (more)

Did you know that the NSL-TV now features the earlier rounds of the Malevsky Cup?
posted: Jul 8th, 2004 Only European hard-core 4-way fans were actually able to watch the early rounds of the Malevsky Cup on NSL-TV. Even these valued Skyleague.com visitors had to get up very early to watch NSL-TV. The current software program allows the NSL-TV to show only one jump per team at an event. The NSL-TV decided to feature as many teams and jumps as possible round by round. It was a quite exciting procedure. The NSL-TV dubbed and computerized the jumps with the very first Omniskore viewing by the judges. DeLand Majik's videographer Graham Harding helped to set up the direct connection between the NSL... (more)

Did you know that the day after included a trip to Moscow?
posted: Jul 6th, 2004 Thursday was the last day of the competition in both events, 4-way Formation Skydiving and Accuracy. The competition was not only extremely exciting in the 4-way event. Competitors of both disciplines learned during the three days of competition that a very tight race was going on in the male individual category of the Accuracy competition. There were five Accuracy jumpers tied in first place with a total of zero centimeters after six rounds, a unique world class situation. The field of flawless Accuracy jumpers thinned out round by round during the knock-out elimination rounds of the semifinals... (more)

Did you know that Hayabusa qualified as the Belgian national team for 2004?
posted: Jul 5th, 2004 The NSL News has returned from Russia. This does not mean that the coverage is complete yet. There are several stories to come and many photos waiting in the NSL archive. However, it is time to catch up with other events in the 4-way world that happened in the meantime. One of these events was the Belgian qualifier for the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2004 in Croatia. The NSL News reported already earlier this year about the situation in Belgium with two teams preparing for the most important competition in Belgium this year. The second meet of the Belgium Skydiving Trophy 2004... (more)