Did you know that SCZ ZEUSpeed won the NSL Shugar Cup at the first NSL Ultimate 4-way Championship? posted: Dec 12th, 2017 This year's NSL Championship event offered a new format for the teams and competitors who did not have enough of 4-way competition at the end of the 2017 season.
It was a combination of indoor and outdoor competition for the first time. The intensive meet weekend began with the 10-round indoor part at iFLY Tampa on Thursday evening, which was also Florida's November part of the World Tunnel League at the same time. The NSL News had provided a WTL summary with the complete leaderboard on 7 December 2017.
Eight of the teams on the WTL November leaderboard were a part of the NSL Indoor Championship... (more)
Did you know that the Dutch reunion at iFLY SF Bay produced the AAA Class 12+ highscore for November? posted: Dec 10th, 2017 The NSL News mentioned on 3 November 2017 that the next Indoor Cloud League event of the Northern California Skydiving League at iFL SF Bay would feature a reunion of two former Dutch team mates, Leander van Schriek and Rogier Carper.
Leander van Schriek has been an asset for the Indoor Cloud League and World Tunnel League events in Northern California for a while, after his work situation moved him to the area for a few years. Rogier Carper used his own winter vacation for a visit on the U.S. west coast and joined the ICL team at iFLY SF Bay for the November competition.
Leander van Schriek... (more)
Did you know that the 4-way junior revolution started a decade ago? posted: Dec 9th, 2017 No surprise that this issue, with the story of a "former-skydiver's 11-year-old kid now kicking ass in the tunnel has inspired me to go back to one of my favorite topics: 4-way juniors. I have been bringing up the wonderful addition to our sport for years, which came with the invention of the "vertical wind tunnel" for training purposes.
Yes, that's how Bill Kitchen called SkyVenture Orlando when he built the first wind tunnel in 1998, the beginning of the indoor empire that former Airspeed member Alan Metni created after he bought SkyVenture Orlando from Bill.
Kids were not even a thought... (more)
Did you know that the Qatar Falcons have set the FAI 8-way bronze medals as the 2018 goal? posted: Dec 8th, 2017 The Qatar Falcons 8-way team recently completed a winter training camp at Skydive City in Zephyrhills, Florida. It was a good opportunity for the NSL News for an 8-way update and to get additional information from coach Gary Smith.
Qatar's 8-way coach has also been working with NMP PCH HayaBusa for several years. He started his indoor coaching work with the Belgians in 2011 and extended to outdoor training in 2012. He said that it has been very enjoyable work with the HayaBusa family and that he has become very close friends with the team members, as well.
His work with the Qatar Falcons... (more)
Did you know that 25 teams posted scores on the November leaderboard of the World Tunnel League? posted: Dec 7th, 2017 The World Tunnel League November competition created the biggest leaderboard in the history of the indoor project.
A total of 25 teams posted scores in all four WTL categories. The Rookie Class applies only one of the three Indoor Cloud League categories (RRR - RR - R) at the WTL meets.
The latest November scores were added after the NSL Indoor Championship 2017, where the ten WTL sequences were applied for the competition draw in Tampa.
All AAA Class teams completed ten rounds, and the three best Czech teams took the three top spots, including the national teams in 4-way Open (HF Bad... (more)
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown 2018 features an early world class outdoor field? posted: Dec 6th, 2017 It has happened only once in the history of the Shamrock Showdown that Arizona Airspeed was defeated, as the NSL News reported on 6 March 2017. It was the first Shamrock Showdown in 2002 when DeLand Majik won by three points over the reigning Airspeed Vertical 4-way world champions (John Eagle, Craig Girard, Neal Houston, Mark Kirkby, Marc Steinbaugh on camera).
Airspeed needed five years to recover before the Airspeed Odyssey lineup (Eliana Rodriguez, Craig Girard, Andy Delk, Mark Kirkby, Will Pesek on camera) made the next trip from the U.S. west coast to the east and won the Shamrock Showdown... (more)
Did you know that SCZ ZEUSpeed won the NSL Shugar Cup at the first NSL Ultimate 4-way Championship?
Did you know that the Dutch reunion at iFLY SF Bay produced the AAA Class 12+ highscore for November?
Did you know that the 4-way junior revolution started a decade ago?
Did you know that the Qatar Falcons have set the FAI 8-way bronze medals as the 2018 goal?
Did you know that 25 teams posted scores on the November leaderboard of the World Tunnel League?
Did you know that the Shamrock Showdown 2018 features an early world class outdoor field?