Did you know that Sophia Pecout, Niklas Hemlin, Steve Lefkowitz and Kevin Mansion provided feedback live after the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Mar 19th, 2018 The aftermath of the Shamrock Showdown 2018 continues with a live interview that was recorded after the award ceremony.
Team members of the four top teams on the final leaderboard took some extra time to provide a short summary of their performances at Skydive DeLand. Sophia Pecout of the Aerodyne Weembi Girls provided feedback for her team, Kevin Mansion for the French 4-way Open Class team Aerodyne Realfly.
Steve Lefkowitz explained SDC Rhythm XP's situation after the first outdoor confrontation in 2018 with Arizona Airspeed, and Niklas Hemlin spoke for the U.S. 4-way champions.
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Did you know that the youngest Czech 4-way junior teams posted new record averages in March? posted: Mar 19th, 2018 Indoor competition continued, while the Shamrock Showdown 2018 generated the first outdoor scores of the world meet season.
The teams in the Czech Republic completed their March competition of the World Tunnel League and opened this month's leaderboard with a total of 13 teams.
The HF Chicks did not attend this time, and the HF Bad Boys could fend off HF Flying Circus without much trouble. Both teams worked together once again, as the Bad Boys were missing point Marián Jeziak. Flying Circus member Dagmar Bezdeková was helping out for the first time. Her team mate Martina Vavackova had filled... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed had not jumped from a Cessna Caravan before coming to DeLand? posted: Mar 18th, 2018 The eight teams from four different countries at the Shamrock Showdown 2018 have a deserved day off after the completion of the 10-round meet on Saturday. This time, they can use the perfect weather conditions to rest and enjoy Central Florida and the beaches.
All seven teams completed six rounds on Friday and four more on Saturday, and SCZ ZEUS was done on Saturday afternoon with all ten rounds.
The five national teams from France (Aerodyne Realfly, Aerodyne Weembi Girls), United States (Arizona Airspeed), Qatar (Tigers) and Paraguay (Adventure Flyers) made all ten rounds from the Cessna... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed is running away from the field? posted: Mar 16th, 2018 The Shamrock Showdown 2018 is in full swing.
The starting time in the morning was delayed by an hour to avoid the chilly morning weather that came with the perfectly blue skies. However, Cessna Caravan and Twin Otter were up by 9:00 AM with the first loads.
The plan for Friday was the completion of six rounds, and one more round might be added to use the perfect weather conditions for an earlier completion of the meet on Saturday.
The first handicap for the Skins Game will be assigned after Round 5, which will reward the first team with $200 cash for Round 6.
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Did you know that Round 1 of the Shamrock Showdown is scheduled for 9:00 AM on Friday morning? posted: Mar 15th, 2018 It's time for the first major outdoor competition of the 2018 season, and all factors for an exciting competition are in place.
The high-profile event features an exquisite field of world class teams, who are all present in DeLand as announced. Arizona Airspeed is the reigning U.S. 4-way and Shamrock Showdown champion who will compete for the gold medals in Australia later this year. The French national team in 4-way Open, Aerodyne Realfly, will try to keep up with Airspeed at the first outdoor meet of the year.
SDC Rhythm XP, Aerodyne Weembi Girls and Qatar Tigers are eager to interfere... (more)
Did you know that the French selection system is working well? posted: Mar 14th, 2018 The NSL News mentioned in previews of the Shamrock Showdown 2018 that French national coach Mathieu Bernier has a very important year ahead of him, as new FAI/IPC medals have to be collected for the French Formation Skydiving delegation.
The performance of his teams at the Shamrock Showdown will provide him with very important information for the remainder of the 2018 season until the world meet in Australia.
He collected the last indoor meet data and experiences at the Wind Games 2018 where he was also responsible for the performance of the French 4-way junior team, Aerokart Ak'demie. The... (more)