Did you know that five 4-way Open Class overseas teams set new participation record in Charleroi? posted: May 1st, 2022 A total of five teams from across the Atlantic Ocean competed at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, all of them in the 4-way Open Class. The NSL News featured the three U.S. teams of the most successful delegation in this category earlier, with Arizona Airspeed as the winner.
The other two teams traveled to Belgium coming from Brazil (INIT-Y, So Pressao), and the country's indoor and outdoor champions of INIT-Y were in the middle of the battle for the precious Top 10 spots, as the NSL News reported on April 8th.
It does not happen very often that teams from across the Atlantic Ocean travel to... (more)
Did you know that 96 male and 60 female 4-way competitors filled the horizontal Formation Skydiving leaderboards? posted: Apr 29th, 2022 The NSL News aftermath of the big international events has always included unofficial leaderboards, which offer an overview of all teams that use the same competition draw. It is usually a combination of the teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women.
The combined leaderboard of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 was featured with the NSL News update on April 17th, when HF Cubs and Nephtys were credited for their positions on the combined AAA Class leaderboard, the Czech team in 4th place, the French team in 6th place.
There is still another unofficial third category on the AAA Class leaderboards, which... (more)
Did you know that chances have grown for a complete U.S. World Meet Sweep in Formation Skydiving? posted: Apr 28th, 2022 The NSL News covered the potential of a complete Formation Skydiving competition sweep by the U.S. delegation at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 with the update on January 4th. It was a preview before any indoor or outdoor events were completed this year.
It has not been a new topic since France accomplished it in Menzelinsk 2010. The outdoor world meet in Russia was the first FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving with the four current Formation Skydiving categories, after 4-way VFS was added to the FAI/ISC competition format.
The French success in 2010, under national coach Jerome... (more)
Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT is the most improved U.S. 4-way team? posted: Apr 27th, 2022 The Czech Republic was the most successful nation at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, after the medal count in the three horizontal Formation Skydiving events (4-way Open - 4-way Women - 4-way Junior), as the NSL News pointed out on April 20th.
France collected three sets of silver medals at the indoor world cup events, and the 4-way Open Class team won additional gold for the 1st place on the European leaderboard. However, the Czech and French medal collections were heavily based on the success in the two newest FAI/ISC events, 4-way Women and 4-way Junior.
The 4-way Open Class competition... (more)
Did you know that Piteraq needed a new team record average to fend off Skynamite? posted: Apr 26th, 2022 The NSL News has covered the German 4-way Women indoor duel between Piteraq and Skynamite since both teams were facing each other for the first time at the German Indoor Nationals 2019.
Skynamite is the longest standing 4-way Women team in Germany, with Yasmin Schütte as one of the earliest team members. Skynamite appeared twice on AA Class leaderboards in 2012 and 2013 before the mixed-gender lineup of 2015 (Yasmin Schütte, Sandra Dederichs, Christian Margardt, Oliver Wagner, Thorsten Jung on camera, alternate Janina Jungen) entered the AAA Class competition.
The 2017 lineup (Yasmin Schütte,... (more)
Did you know that FAI Chief Judge Wolfgang Duller has followed the progression of competition for 30 years? posted: Apr 25th, 2022 The Chief Judge of horizontal and vertical Formation Skydiving competition at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 came from Austria this year. In fact, Wolfgang Duller attended his first competition as FAI Chief Judge at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August last year.
He replaced Rina Gallo, who was not able to travel from Canada to the postponed and rescheduled event in Russia last year, due to the corona virus restrictions. Wolfgang Duller had become an FAI Judge after the successful evaluation during the FAI World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk, Russia.
Ten years later, he would have been the FAI Chief... (more)
Did you know that five 4-way Open Class overseas teams set new participation record in Charleroi?
Did you know that 96 male and 60 female 4-way competitors filled the horizontal Formation Skydiving leaderboards?
Did you know that chances have grown for a complete U.S. World Meet Sweep in Formation Skydiving?
Did you know that Skydive Midwest NEXT is the most improved U.S. 4-way team?
Did you know that Piteraq needed a new team record average to fend off Skynamite?
Did you know that FAI Chief Judge Wolfgang Duller has followed the progression of competition for 30 years?