Did you know that Amnesya and Chimera seem to be very close to each other? posted: Aug 30th, 2022 Last and not least of last weekend's national championship events, the 4-way teams in Italy completed their scheduled ten rounds. The skydiving center in Fano hosted the event once again, and the competition videos feature the scenic coastline of the Adriatic Sea, the part of the Mediterranean Sea on the eastern side of Italy.
Amnesya won the 4-way title as easily as Chimera in Great Britain and Aerodyne Cypres Lille in France. None of the three national teams in 4-way Open for the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving in October had any serious opposition, even though former opponents... (more)
Did you know that the French 4-way Open Class team is far ahead of the Nephtys this year? posted: Aug 29th, 2022 The French national teams completed their one and only outdoor competition before the FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving, after the completion of all ten rounds at the skydiving center in Dijon last weekend. The NSL News reported during the preview of the meet weekend that the French 4-way Women lineup did not have their complete lineup for the national outdoor championships, after Pamela Lissajoux suffered an arm injury that occurred in the previous training camp.
Sophia Pecout, double silver medalist in 4-way Women and 8-way for the French delegation at the FAI Tanay Mondial, was... (more)
Did you know that Chimera won the British Outdoor Nationals by 40 points? posted: Aug 29th, 2022 The British Outdoor Nationals were successfully completed, once again on a weekend at Skydibe Hilbaldstow. The total of 29 teams completed all scheduled rounds, ten in the AAA Class, eight in the three other categories (AA - A - RRR).
Chimera won the British outdoor title for the first time, after getting as close as can be last year, while the defending outdoor champions, NFTO, were not present to defend their title. Chimera also united the British indoor and outdoor titles for the first time, after winning the British indoor championships in February on a more contested AAA Class leaderboard.
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Did you know that France, Great Britain and Italy compete this weekend? posted: Aug 25th, 2022 The stage is set for an exciting and very interesting meet weekend. The competition draws for the national outdoor championships in France, Great Britain and Italy are posted, and the teams in three of the world's Formation Skydiving powerhouses are prepared for Round 1 on Friday morning.
There are three different sets of competition draws, and scores will only be comparable indirectly and based on the meet averages. The sequences at national championships are usually not synchronized with other events and mostly drawn manually and publicly at the event sites.
The national teams of the respective... (more)
Did you know that competition videos from the Czech Republic feature the Dream Team in action? posted: Aug 24th, 2022 The NSL News reported earlier this week that two more Czech 4-way juniors posted their first outdoor scores. Reigning FAI 4-way Junior World Cup champion Martin Stransky, Inside Center for the HF Flying Rebels, and bronze medalist Filip Lukavec (HF Chameleons) competed with the Czech Dream Team at the Czech Open Outdoor Championship last week.
The OmniSkore!HD competition videos from Prostejov are now showing the two youngest Czech outdoor competitors in action, Martin Stransky in the Inside Center slot, Filip Lukavec in the Point slot. The same videos are also showing how the teams and their... (more)
Did you know that 49 1/2 Finger Death Punch and CSC Constellation had their last test before the USPA Nationals? posted: Aug 23rd, 2022 CSC Constellation was one of the busiest U.S. teams in 2021. The original lineup competed at four different A Class events before attending their first national championships in USPA's new 4-way Beginner category. They increased the scoring and performance level at each of the events and ended up in a jump-off extra round for the bronze medals at the USPA Nationals 2021.
The lineup changed when CSC Constellation made plans for the 2022 season. The Midwest team would still be eligible for USPA medals in the A/Beginner Class, however, as most of the other A Class teams they decided to step up... (more)