Did you know that the iFLY Fort Lauderdale team posted a new record total in July? posted: Jul 29th, 2025 The NSL News pointed out on July 12th how iFLY Fort Lauderdale's Indoor Cloud League teams benefit from XP Angels training. The ICL update was posted together with the scores and videos of the ICL June event at iFLY Fort Lauderdale.
The three teams that XP Angels member Marcella Rey has put together for the 2025 season followed up with more evidence. Together they posted the highest total in the 2-year history of the Indoor Cloud League team just a month later. The 106 points for the month of July is the first total on the July leaderboard.
The three teams, Strong4, Rule34 and Dress for Success,... (more)
Did you know that Echochamber has already won FAI indoor bronze medals in 2018? posted: Jul 27th, 2025 The potential bronze medal position for Sweden's Echochamber on the FAI European Indoor Championship leaderboard at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 is meaningful for many reasons, as the earlier NSL News update pointed out.
There is no FAI medal for the best unofficial amateur team behind the official medal positions and the contenders for the three sets of medals. However, the integrated European indoor and outdoor championships at world cups offer at least an opportunity for the unofficial European 4-way amateur teams to step onto the podium during the award ceremonies. France, Russia, Belgium... (more)
Did you know that Airbus 8-way is the top contender for European 8-way gold medals? posted: Jul 25th, 2025 The situation in 8-way Open and 4-way Women of the FAI European Championship 2025 is not as competitive as it is in 4-way Open for the bronze medal position.
Two 8-way teams from Great Britain are registered for the event. The first one, Cark8, will probably take the 2nd place and the FAI silver medals behind the German Airbus 8-way team who seem to be out of reach, even after a recent change in the lineup. Germany did not send an 8-way team to Norway in 2023, after winning FAI bronze medals at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022, then again last year at Crystal Coast. However, the Airbus... (more)
Did you know that Echochamber could win their first FAI outdoor medals? posted: Jul 24th, 2025 The FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 includes once again the FAI European Formation Skydiving Championships, which is the 16th edition of the event, this year at Skydive Teuge in the Netherlands.
The previous one was integrated in the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 at Skydive Voss in Norway. Aethers (FR), NMP PCH HayaBusa (BE) and Airbus (DE) took the medal positions on the European 4-way Open Class podium. The German national team and Italy's Amnesya battled throughout all ten rounds, and Airbus' previous lineup eventually won the bronze medals by two points.
Eleven European teams were eligible for... (more)
Did you know that Arizona and Florida teams generated the first female 4-way Open Class world champions? posted: Jul 23rd, 2025 The first part of another closer look at formation skydiving competition and the history of the sport since 1985 exposed another interesting aspect in the 4-way Open Class category.
The recent reviews were initiated by the tragic loss of Skydive DeLand founder and owner Bob Hallet that was brought to the public attention by the NSL News on June 12th. The partnership between Bob Hallet and Tom Piras at Skydive DeLand became the topic of the update on July 6th, which included information of 4-way competition in the earliest years.
Eventually, the unexpected and sad storyline found its highlight... (more)
Did you know that 8-way teams are much closer to 4-way scores at indoor competition? posted: Jul 23rd, 2025 The relationship between 4-way and 8-way indoor scores is a very different one, compared to outdoor competition. It is also a very young one, as 4-way and 8-way competition happened to take place at the same indoor world championships only twice, due to the necessary additional space in the flying chamber. There are more than enough other factors that do not allow a direct comparison with the scoring numbers between 4-way and 8-way competition, indoors and outdoors. However, the records and statistics still tell a story in different areas than the actual scoring numbers.
The most basic difference... (more)
Did you know that the iFLY Fort Lauderdale team posted a new record total in July?
Did you know that Echochamber has already won FAI indoor bronze medals in 2018?
Did you know that Airbus 8-way is the top contender for European 8-way gold medals?
Did you know that Echochamber could win their first FAI outdoor medals?
Did you know that Arizona and Florida teams generated the first female 4-way Open Class world champions?
Did you know that 8-way teams are much closer to 4-way scores at indoor competition?