Did you know that Sweden's second team Aurora skipped the 20-average level in Charleroi? posted: May 16th, 2022 Sweden's best know team has been Echochamber Oceanside for many years. Echochamber was founded in 2016 and have represented Sweden at almost all of FAI/ISC's indoor and outdoor world cups and world meets ever since.
The corona virus crisis put a dent into this record, as it did for many other teams. The FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 was the last FAI/ISC event that Echochanber attended before the comeback at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022.
Echochamber have never missed a Top 10 position for Sweden at the world meets and world cups, and the 2018 season, with the 5th place at the FAI Outdoor World... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhebellion XP was the busiest competition team in the United States last year? posted: May 13th, 2022 The changes of the RhEvolution XP and SDC Rhythm XP lineups that the NSL News recently covered was showing the challenges of keeping a team together for a longer time period. However, there are also more than enough examples that teams can also get better once they find a well working lineup, and there are finally the teams who manage to continue with the same lineups year after year.
One of the teams who have made plans for the 2022 season with the same lineup is SDC Rhebellion XP, even though they were facing their own challenges of a special kind, as well. Their obstacles were positive ones... (more)
Did you know that former RhEvolution members are chasing each other with U.S. top teams? posted: May 12th, 2022 The NSL News introduced the new RhEvolution XP lineup a few days ago. Two new members make half of a 4-way team, and only original member and team founder Chris Normandeau is still in the new lineup, together with his 2020/2021 team mate Alex Bucevicius.
The same story pointed out that former RhEvolution members Gorka Amian, Greg Oldendick (Skydive Midwest NEXT) and Chris Webb (SDC Rhythm XP) are now competing against each other for USPA medals on the highest level in the United States.
Their new teams have been facing each other already twice this year, first at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship... (more)
Did you know that Amnesya founder Giuseppe Cossu was back in action in Charleroi? posted: May 11th, 2022 The Italian delegation at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 consisted of three teams. Amnesya, Italy's national indoor and outdoor 4-way team of the past years, and Synergy competed in 4-way Open, while the Italian military CISM team Squadra Militare Femminile represented Italy on the 4-way Women leaderboard.
The NSL News had introduced the 4-way Women team during the competition at Airspace Charleroi. All teams had completed eight rounds on Friday, and former Amnesya and current NMP PCH HayaBusa member Michele Silvi was helping the Italian team with the preparations for the last two rounds.
The... (more)
Did you know that Amer Kassas missed the meet, gold medals and the trophy at Paraclete XP? posted: May 11th, 2022 The NSL News was not done with the coverage of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship when the Shamrock Showdown and the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 required additional attention. It is time to catch up with the AA/Intermediate Class competition at Paraclete XP, which has been ignored so far.
As usual, the field of teams was matching the participation in the AAA/Open Class, and it offered the most competitive leaderboard of all four categories this year. The three teams in the medal positions shared all highscores, and the winning team finished only three points ahead of the 2nd place.
In fact,... (more)
Did you know that RhEvolution XP is back with a new and strong lineup? posted: May 9th, 2022 The SDC RhEvolution XP 4-way team was founded by Chris Normandeau, with original team members Gorka Amian, Josh Reinert and Brad Wallace in the lineup. SDC Rhythm XP member Andrew Happick was coaching and filming the team in 2018, together with Rhythm videographer Justin Wageman and Keith Nugent.
The lineup changed before the team's first USPA Nationals in 2018. Jason Krumholz replaced Brad Wallace in the tail slot, and RhEvolution finished in 2nd place on the AA/Intermediate Class leaderboard. They were not eligible for USPA medals at that time and competed as a guest team. SDMW X and Hands... (more)