Did you know that the Air Force teams continued with their internal duels at iFLY Colorado Springs? posted: Oct 9th, 2022 The NSL News reported on September 28th that there is a strong 4-way momentum in Colorado. The statement came in the aftermath of the Colorado Skydiving League Championship, where seven teams followed the invitation by Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel shortly after the completion of the USPA Nationals 2022.
Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel had noticed the growing interest in 4-way competition in their region at the Indoor Cloud League activities that they launched earlier this year, as the NSL News had also reported on May 28th.
The updates from Colorado mentioned that 4-way teams of the Air... (more)
Did you know that SNE Fly Girls have plans for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023? posted: Oct 7th, 2022 As in most other countries, the USPA Nationals are the qualifiers for the FAI/ISC events in the following year, either the world meets or the world cups. The qualification event for the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 was last year's national championship, where Arizona Airspeed (4-way Open), XP8 (8-way Open) and XPG4 (4-way Women) won their respective national titles.
The 4-way Women competition does not have a separate leaderboard, and it is embedded in the 4-way Open Class competition. The winners still receive USPA medals and their places on the podium.
All three champions of 2021... (more)
Did you know that HF Flying Circus soon travel to their first outdoor world meet? posted: Oct 7th, 2022 The Indoor Cloud League update on August 16th covered the July scores and videos of the iFLY Dallas team and provided an overview of the ICL situation at that point in time. It included sad news from the Czech Republic, where Jan Klapka had to deal with new troubles after the pandemic, this time on the political and economical side.
The problems resulted in two months without participation of Czech teams in Prague's Hurricane Factory. In fact, Jan Klapka did not really know by then when he would be able to resume his activities, including the extremely successful 4-way junior project.
The... (more)
Did you know that the iFLY Dallas team was still in 1st place at the end of August? posted: Oct 5th, 2022 The runup to the USPA Nationals 2022 was not only challenging for XPG4 and their additional activities with the Indoor Cloud League. The situation was the same for all participants and organizers who are involved with indoor and outdoor events both.
Skydive Midwest NEXT members have been organizing the Indoor Cloud League events in the midwest region. Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel added ICL events at iFLY Colorado Springs and re-activated outdoor competition for the Colorado Skydiving League, while competing in several events at the USPA Nationals.
4-way teams and competitors from Texas... (more)
Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa will be seated one more time in the last row? posted: Oct 4th, 2022 Agera from Norway and NMP PCH HayaBusa had something in common last week. Both teams traveled to Florida at the peak time of the hurricane season, which is officially defined as the calendar period between June and the end of November. Hurricane season in Florida does not mean that a storm will hit, however, there is surely the potential that it could get on a path that causes trouble.
Hurricane Ian did exactly this, and the path included Skydive City and Skydive DeLand both this time. The dropzone operators reacted early enough, secured planes and facilities, and no harm was done. However,... (more)
Did you know that XPG4 has a very full plate with 4-way, 8-way and indoor Cloud League? posted: Oct 3rd, 2022 The NSL News has pointed out often enough how busy the XPG4 agenda has recently been, even more so for the two team members who have been training and competing with XP8 at the same time, Jeana Billings and Michelle Karamon.
Together they have been 8-way team members since 2018 and won their first 8-way title at the USPA Nationals 2018. As reigning USPA 8-way champions they added 4-way training and competition to their agenda and launched the XPG4 project with the beginning of the 2019 season.
They came back from their first world meet, the FAI Tanay Mondial, as 8-way world champions in August... (more)