Did you know that the AA Class leaderboard of the Pre-Nationals is complete? posted: Aug 6th, 2022 The combined AA Class leaderboard of the Pre-Nationals 2022 is complete, after Air Raid XP and Anion Flux XP both got their InTime evaluation and scores for the ten rounds. The NSL News update on August 3rd had provided some information of the both teams' situation while they were waiting for the judging.
Air Raid XP, with Jeana Billings replacing Calvin Falk in the Outside Center slot, finished actually closer to USPA medal contender Spaceland Toxic than expected with their world champion substitute. Any 10+ average has brought AA/Intermediate Class teams into medal contention at USPA Nationals... (more)
Did you know that Poland's Flyspot Sky4Four plan to attend their first outdoor world meet? posted: Aug 5th, 2022 The NSL News provided an update from Poland after the late conclusion of the 2021 indoor season. An earlier update in January had directed attention to the impressive work for the sport by Jan "Geisha" Klapka in the Czech Republic and Zbigniew "Zbig" Kordzikowski in Poland.
Both passionate Formation Skydiving competitors have been facing difficult times in the last three years, after they made great efforts to build up and grow the 4-way community in their respective countries to the level where it was before the worldwide crises.
Jan Klapka reported from the Czech Republic that he could... (more)
Did you know that Netunos keep moving closer to INIT-Y in Brazil? posted: Aug 4th, 2022 Brazil's outdoor championships generated new record participation with a total of 17 teams, with eleven of them in the AAA Class competition. There was no surprise on the top of the leaderboard where INIT-Y defended their national championship title successfully without too much trouble.
George Narita in the Tail slot has won the 4-way title annually since 2018, together with Alisson Vargas and Jorge Neto since 2020. The current lineup, with 4th member Ricardo Pereira, won in 2021 and now again. No other 4-way team in Brazil than CTR Optimum/INIT-Y has yet reached the same 16+ level that different... (more)
Did you know that XPG4 and Anion Flux XP have their official Pre-Nationals scores? posted: Aug 3rd, 2022 The combined leaderboard of the Pre-Nationals 2022 begins shaping up. The scores of XPG4 and Anion Flux XP have been added, after professional evaluation by InTime, even though the videos do not include the usual features.
However, at least the number of point deductions are assigned to the according rounds and help to get a better impression of the posted scores.
It becomes more and more clear that the audience can expect an exciting competition between XPG4 and Skydive Midwest NEXT at the USPA Nationals next month. Both teams were close to each other last year at the national outdoor championships... (more)
Did you know that Air Raid XP and Anion Flux XP are waiting for their Pre-Nationals scores? posted: Aug 3rd, 2022 The completion of the combined leaderboard of the Pre-Nationals 2022 part at Skydive Spaceland and the one on the NSL Cloud takes longer than expected, as InTime's FAI judges and operators are taking care of additional events in other countries, as well.
There were also weather delays at some of the different additional locations, where the listed teams were performing the same sequences, and it will take more time until the videos will be available, judged and posted.
XPG4, Anion Flux XP and Air Raid XP have been on the empty leaderboard for a while, even though their competition videos... (more)
Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT members are back with Indoor Cloud League scores and videos? posted: Aug 2nd, 2022 The NSL Calendar of Events has been a quite accurate tool to measure the impact of the corona virus crisis on Formation Skydiving competition. The last year before the worldwide health crisis was 2019, and a total of 140 indoor and outdoor events generated many more leaderboard and hundreds of NSL News updates.
The number of events in the NSL records was down to 52 in 2020 when the regulations how to run events were new, unclear and not greatly coordinated. Cancellations were the most common way how to deal with the situation. The handling of event logistics were better defined in 2021. The... (more)