Did you know that AtomiX YUU has meets and a lot of training scheduled for 2018? posted: Oct 6th, 2017 The story of the AAA Class competition at the ESL Championship 2017 and the 4-point battle between AtomiX YUU from Germany and 6.1.0. from Italy actually began at their respective national championships.
Both teams had posted impressive scores with new team record averages, and they were in the mix for national medals. Sei Uno Zero (6.1.0.) ended up in 3rd place on their home turf in Fano, and AtomiX YUU even challenged the top favorite FSZ Saar Airbus 4-way team for the 4-way championship title in Germany.
Airbus still held off the challenger, this time by eight points (184 - 176) while... (more)
Did you know that many Indoor Cloud League competitors competed at the USPA Nationals? posted: Oct 4th, 2017 The Indoor Cloud League leaderboard for the month of September is complete, and nothing has changed in the rankings for the 2017 season.
In fact, the ranking order for September is exactly the same as it is for the whole year. The Hurricane Factory defended the top position successfully for another month, after Paraclete XP had posted the highest totals for two consecutive months in July and August.
iFLY Seattle also managed to defend the 2nd place on the 14+ leaderboard against the Paraclete challenges of the previous months. It is still only a small 8-point margin (1028 - 1020) that separates... (more)
Did you know that the ESL Spirit stays in Germany for another year? posted: Oct 4th, 2017 The ESL Championship 2017 was completed after ten rounds on the day when the U.S. teams were in the final training for Round 1 of the USPA Nationals 2017.
Two of the Belgian teams could not contribute to the total number of ESL points for their country, as NMP PCH HayaBusa and ISR FireFlash competed in Perris. Belgium ended up in 2nd place behind the German delegation (34 - 30), and the missing points could have been collected by either team in the AAA Class.
Jetmax won two ESL points for Belgium in the AAA Class for the 7th place, and eight more points with HayaBusa or FireFlash in 1st place... (more)
Did you know that the Czech Republic sends a complete delegation to SkyVenture Montreal? posted: Oct 2nd, 2017 The Indoor Cloud League events still continued while several national outdoor championships took place last month, including the USPA Nationals 2017 that kept the U.S. audience busy last week.
The Czech teams had their own outdoor championship event at the beginning of the September, with three teams on the leaderboard who would also post scores later on the 14+ leaderboard of the Indoor Cloud League.
HF Bad Boys won their next national 4-way title and switched quickly to indoor training, as the Czech national 4-way team in 4-way Open will represent the country at the upcoming FAI Indoor... (more)
Did you know that Ranch 2nd Generation (R2G) intend to continue in the 4-way Open Class? posted: Oct 1st, 2017 Ranch 2nd Generation (R2G) caught the NSL News attention first time when the team won the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016 in the AA/Intermediate Class with impressive scores. The story on 14 March 2016 included a live interview with the same four team members who won the USPA gold medals in the AAA/Advanced Class last week: Michelle Karamon (Inside Center), Christopher Kuhlmann (Outside Center), Joey Marshall (Point), Brenn Richards (Tail).
The same lineup did not even try to win USPA medals in the Intermediate Class in Eloy last year and moved up into the AAA/Advanced Class after the... (more)
Did you know that Golden Knights and Airspeed had colorful 16-way lineups in Perris? posted: Sep 30th, 2017 Two more Formation Skydiving events traditionally follow the 4-way and 8-way competition at the USPA Nationals. The six rounds of 16-way are the first one, this year on Friday, followed by six rounds in 10-way on Saturday.
Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed are inviting their friends to join them for the two lineups who usually dominate these 1-day events and the more casual part of the national championships. The lineups are colorful combinations of different 4-way and 8-way teams and competitors, and the Golden Knights once again won the USPA gold medals with their 2017 lineup.
Seven members... (more)