Did you know that Sven Ibens has concluded his competitive 4-way career? posted: Sep 29th, 2024 The NSL News mentioned in the preview of the ESL Championship 2024 on September 21st that Belgian 4-way legend Sven Ibens would attend his last competition with a well trained team at the Fallschirmsportzentrum Saar in Germany.
His amazing 4-way career began even before he became one of the original NMP PCH HayaBusa members, and his journey of over three decades was documented as well as possible in his NSL Profile that was published in 2016. Links to related updates were added later, as he continued with his competitive 4-way career for another eight years.
His name is mostly linked to the... (more)
Did you know that 4Action and Volaticus represented iFLY Fort Lauderdale at the USPA Nationals? posted: Sep 27th, 2024 The Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Fort Lauderdale has not only generated 4Action, who competed for USPA Intermediate Class medals at the USPA National Championship 2024 earlier this month, as the NSL News reported on September 23rd.
Marcella Rey and Jake Pearlman, who joined the Indoor Cloud League with their group of Formation Skydiving fans at iFLY Fort Lauderdale in South Florida, met their current team mates at the indoor events and have now completed their second year of 4-way training and competition together.
Their Indoor Cloud League group of regular competitors has not missed... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith and Luc Vertrepen discussed Lions, Cheetahs and Power Rankings? posted: Sep 26th, 2024 Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen have updated the NSL News on a regular basis in the Coaches Corner regarding the progression of Qatar's Formation Skydiving competition project, last time on April 30th, after the completion of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 in China, where Tigers, Lions and Cheetahs all competed at the same place and the same time.
The Tigers, Qatar's national team in 4-way Open, had finished in 3rd place, Lions 8th, Cheetahs 13th. They separated again after the event, and Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen continued their work with outdoor training for Lions and Cheetahs, while the... (more)
Did you know that SOAR won British Nationals with 80 training jumps? posted: Sep 26th, 2024 The NSL Power Rankings in the previews of the FAI Outdoor World Championships 2024 needed adjustments when new and more current results of national championship and other events became available. The latest update on the 4-way Open leaderboard was posted on September 9th, after the completion of the British and the German national outdoor championships.
Not much had changed for the German team, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen, who confirmed their strong position in the race for the unofficial amateur world championship title behind the four medal contenders from the United States (Arizona Airspeed),... (more)
Did you know that The German delegation won the ESL Spirit 2024 with 36 points? posted: Sep 24th, 2024 The German 4-way delegation at the ESL Championship 2024 could celebrate the comeback victory of the event on home turf at the Fallschirmsportzentrum Saar (FSZ Saar) last weekend and took back the ESL Spirit trophy. Germany had won the ESL Spirit only twice so far, in 2016 and 2017 on the same home turf in Saarlouis.
The Belgian 4-way teams are still the all-time leaders since 2004 with six ESL Championship titles, followed by the Netherlands with five and Great Britain and Germany, now with three each. The British ESL delegation won the last event before the corona virus break, and Belgium... (more)
Did you know that the Texas delegation took home two sets of bronze medals? posted: Sep 24th, 2024 The iFLY Dallas team of the Indoor Cloud League continued with 4-way training and introduction throughout the summer, even when Texas teams and competitors were in the middle of outdoor preparations for the USPA Nationals, where the U.S. Lone Star State always has a strong presence.
ICL organizer Kyle Hermberg has focused only on indoor training and competition and outdoor coaching in the past years, while participants of his indoor events are often active in both environments. There were still five different lineups at iFLY Dallas in August who joined forces to put the total of 127 points on... (more)
Did you know that Sven Ibens has concluded his competitive 4-way career?
Did you know that 4Action and Volaticus represented iFLY Fort Lauderdale at the USPA Nationals?
Did you know that Gary Smith and Luc Vertrepen discussed Lions, Cheetahs and Power Rankings?
Did you know that SOAR won British Nationals with 80 training jumps?
Did you know that The German delegation won the ESL Spirit 2024 with 36 points?
Did you know that the Texas delegation took home two sets of bronze medals?