Did you know that the FSL Tunnel Kicker was a warm-up opportunity for the upcoming World Tunnel League meet? posted: Mar 5th, 2017 Florida Skydiving League competitors came together last Thursday for the third time at iFLY's new wind tunnel in Tampa and posted a complete set of Indoor Cloud League scores and videos for the 14+ March leaderboard.
Both February leaderboards are not complete yet, and the first March scores came early in the new month after an additional FSL Tunnel Kicker was scheduled when the previous one in February was sold out quickly.
This week's Thursday time was not available since it has been dedicated to the first World Tunnel League competition in Tampa.
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Did you know that iFLY Seattle's Indoor Cloud League team had to improvise? posted: Mar 4th, 2017 One of the most popular ways how to explain the risks of skydiving in a funny way to the general public is related to car traffic: "The most dangerous part of skydiving is driving the car to the drop zone..."
"Indoor Skydiving" does not carry the same "risk", as neither an exit from an air plane nor flying and landing a parachute is necessary to do it. However, both activities still have a lot in common, and the dangerous trip to or from either the drop zone or the wind tunnel is one of it. The Sun Path Products NSL News reported the sad reality of this situation on 20 February 2017.
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Did you know that the World Challenge AAA Class field got a serious power boost? posted: Mar 4th, 2017 The latest update of the power rankings for the World Challenge 2017 shows that the field of AAA Class teams had a serious boost since the previous update on 22 February 2017.
French national coach Mathieu Bernier has registered his two national 4-way teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women, RealFly-Sion and the French Weembi Girls, which sets three French teams as the top contenders behind NMP PCH HayaBusa in the top spots of the current power rankings.
The French delegation decided once again to sign up the French Girls for the 4-way Open Class competition, even though the World Challenge is... (more)
Did you know that the Paraclete XP4 members competed in multiple teams while multi-functioning? posted: Mar 2nd, 2017 The story of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2017 has been the story of the showdown between SDC Rhythm XP and Arizona Airspeed so far. The Sun Path Products NSL News mentioned earlier that Airspeed's 3rd place was a very unusual finishing spot that happened last time at the World Challenge 2010.
A third place on U.S. soil is even more unusual, and it was back in 2006 when two U.S. teams finished in front of Airspeed. It never happened again - until last weekend. Paraclete XP was the second team that placed in front of the reigning U.S. 4-way champions, by one single point.
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Did you know that NSL-TV features Arizona Airspeed and SDC Rhythm XP at Paraclete XP? posted: Mar 1st, 2017 There is no doubt that the audience has been eagerly waiting to watch the competition rounds by SDC Rhythm XP and Arizona Airspeed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2017. The wait is over, and the Paraclete videos have been edited and uploaded.
The audience now has the opportunity to review the whole first showdown between the two U.S. top contenders for this year's USPA championship title and the tickets to the FAI World Meet 2018 in Australia. Paraclete XP's 4-way lineup (John D'Annunzio, Kirk Verner, Brian Krause, Thomas Hughes) was obviously right in the middle of the top mix; however,... (more)
Did you know that two 4-way rookies have to move up in Northern California? posted: Feb 28th, 2017 Much fun was had by all when 10 teams came out to iFLY Sacramento for the Northern California Skydiving League's February Tunnel Kicker. Five of the teams flew two rounds of the R Class sequence during the practice flights from 8 PM to 9 PM for an internal competition in the R Class to secure the highscore for Sacramento on the ICL February leaderboard.
Scott Rainey and Keith Clayton, with player coaches Matt Stephens and Jason Russell, scored 22 points, which was not enough to beat last month's reigning Sacramento R Class champions Kristen Breaux and Justin Breaux.
Kristen and Justin, along... (more)