Did you know that the Top 10 rankings of the combined 4-way leaderboard have changed? posted: Oct 25th, 2022 The next four rounds in 4-way competition at the FAI Outdoor World Meet brought a few changes to the combined leaderboard of 4-way Open and 4-way Women. The jump order was adjusted after the first day with the first four rounds by meet director Randy Connell, and the next four rounds took a lot longer to be completed.
The scores of Rounds 1 - 4 were posted on Friday last week. It took three more days until the scores of the next four rounds were eventually added by the end of the day on Monday. However, all four Formation Skydiving events, including 4-way VFS, had complete leaderboards for eight... (more)
Did you know that Andy Grauwels may win his next FAI gold medal as a coach? posted: Oct 24th, 2022 NFTO fell out of the 2-team lead of totally clean scoresheets on the cold and windy Monday morning at the FAI Outdoor World Meet in Eloy. It was the sequence of Round 6 that ended the streak of five consecutive rounds without any penalties. The 2-point deduction also allowed XPG4 to claim the first sole highscore.
Germany's national team in 4-way Women, Meltemi Oceanside, lasted two more rounds and finally suffered two point deductions in Round 8. There is no team left in Formation Skydiving competition that has not lost any points in the judging room.
It was in 4-way Open at the FAI Tanay... (more)
Did you know that the Fun Flag is once again in French possession? posted: Oct 24th, 2022 The Fun Flag has become a topic at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 since the NSL News mentioned the precious subject again for the first time since 2019, and the interest has grown.
The Fun Flag was probably infected by the corona virus crisis, as well, since there has been only silence since the previous appearance at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019. However, she seems to have recovered well, as the current hunt of the Fun Flag at Skydive Arizona generated evidence with photos of her in French possession, as the NSL News reported on October 20th.
It is surely not the first time that the Fun... (more)
Did you know that 4-way Women teams NFTO and Meltemi still have clean scoresheets after Round 5? posted: Oct 23rd, 2022 The NSL News already pointed out on October 21st that the leader in 4-way Women, NFTO, had no point deductions on their scoresheets throughout Round 3. Only the German national team in 4-way Women matched the clean performance at that point in time.
Airbus and Mojo Annecy-Clermont were performing just as cleanly in 8-way as the two 4-way Women teams did, and they both added another clean round. It was over for Airbus with the disastrous Round 5, and the end of a penalty-free competition came for the French 8-way team in Round 6.
There has been no end yet for the same two teams in 4-way Women.... (more)
Did you know that 4Astrophe continue Canadian 4-way family tradition? posted: Oct 23rd, 2022 The weather system that the NSL News mentioned in an earlier update did indeed interfere with the schedule of the FAI Outdoor World Meet. The 4-way teams were called to Skydive Arizona for an early start with Round 5 on Sunday morning, and only half of the 4-way Open Class teams have new scores on the leaderboard.
The four teams in 4-way Women completed their Round 5, as they begin each new 4-way turnaround, and NFTO extended the lead by two points with another highscore. They have allowed only the French Nephtys to tie one of their scores so far.
The following weather break offered the opportunity... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith, Joey Jones and Solly Williams met in a Majik Coaches Corner? posted: Oct 23rd, 2022 Things changed quickly in the 8-way competition of the FAI Outdoor World Meet. The NSL News had just posted the update that covered the situation after Round 4, and the strong position of the German Airbus 8-way team in the race for the country's first FAI medals since 1985, when disaster struck them in Round 5.
After a good exit and successful building of the first Swiss Bear of Block 2, a serious level problem followed in the inter. It took almost the whole rest of the working time to complete the inter, and Airbus ended up with a total of four points.
The German 8-way team lost seven points... (more)
Did you know that the Top 10 rankings of the combined 4-way leaderboard have changed?
Did you know that Andy Grauwels may win his next FAI gold medal as a coach?
Did you know that the Fun Flag is once again in French possession?
Did you know that 4-way Women teams NFTO and Meltemi still have clean scoresheets after Round 5?
Did you know that 4Astrophe continue Canadian 4-way family tradition?
Did you know that Gary Smith, Joey Jones and Solly Williams met in a Majik Coaches Corner?