Did you know that the 2016 competition season was not over for several national 4-way teams after the Mondial? posted: Dec 11th, 2016 The FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving has always been the most relevant competition in the sport, even at the times when it was embedded into a Mondial. The real world champions are the winners of this event, and the national 4-way teams of all countries are proud to be a part of the world meets and have their own battles in the field for and behind the medal positions.
The world meets are naturally the main goal of a 2-year cycle, and the teams invest all of their energy and resources in the actual competition. The world meets are then usually the conclusion of a competition season... (more)
Did you know that Team Orlando won at iFLY Seattle with a 21.3 average? posted: Dec 11th, 2016 The Sun Path Products NSL News reported on November 12th that a team with Indoor Cloud League and Florida Skydiving League competitors from Orlando would travel to Seattle in December to compete at the IBA Indoor Skydiving Competition .
Yvonne Saa, Leslie Eggenberger, Sebastian Jimenez and Jimmy Xu followed up on the plans and completed their ten rounds of 4-way indoor competition on Friday evening.
The Orlando Team signed up for IBA's A/Intermediate Class competition, which uses an indoor dive pool that can also be trained at iFLY Orlando with its 12-foot flying chamber. Even IBA's A Class... (more)
Did you know that Rotor Out and Pangaea had a rollercoaster 2-point battle at the FAI Mondial 2016? posted: Dec 9th, 2016 One of the many battles at the FAI Mondial 2016 that did not have a medal position as the prize for the efforts took place between the national 4-way teams from Australia (Rotor Out) and Denmark (Pangaea).
Both teams are not new to the Sun Path Products NSL News at all. Rotor Out has been the Australian 4-way champion since 2009 and competed as the national team in 4-way Open at the world meets in Dubai 2012, Prostejov 2014 and this year at Skydive Chicago.
Pangaea does not have a history like that yet. The team was formed in 2015 and was aiming at replacing the VAF Warriors as Denmark's... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed has new slot assignments since yesterday? posted: Dec 8th, 2016 The last Arizona Airspeed update was posted on October 21st, right before the USPA Nationals 2016, and the story on October 26th followed up after the completion of the event.
The story on June 6th had broken the news early that Ari Perelman would be the new Airspeed member and replace Thomas Hughes at the end of the 2016 season. Ari Perelman's time has come now, as the U.S. champion just started training with the new lineup.
The 2017 lineup was committed early, while the slot assignment was still relatively open. Ari Perelman has most of his 4-way experiences in the front piece, while Niklas... (more)
Did you know that Ranch 2nd Generation continues with the same lineup? posted: Dec 7th, 2016 The Sun Path Products NSL News gave the Advanced Class winner of the USPA Nationals 2016, Skydive Midwest NEXT, the deserved attention with the story on November 3rd.
The same story also briefly mentioned the team in 2nd place, Ranch 2nd Generation, who had their own full coverage on March 14th, after winning the AA/Intermediate Class competition at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2016.
NEXT dominated USPA's Advanced Class competition so clearly that only the silver and bronze medals were available for the other teams. However, the race for these medals was just as exciting as the NEXT... (more)
Did you know that four of iFLY Orlando's ICL competitors have a busy and challenging December schedule? posted: Dec 6th, 2016 The Indoor Cloud League update on December 4th from iFLY SF Bay explained how close the race is for the 2016 top spot on the 12+ leaderboard. iFLY Orlando's ICL team is one single point ahead of iFLY SF Bay (1338 - 1337) after the conclusion of the November competition.
The six sequences for the last monthly competition of the year will bring the final conclusion of this exciting duel. As usual, the AAA Class has a 6-point sequence with a slot switcher, which is Block 17 this time, for the 12+ flying chambers. Danish T - Murphy brings memory to both pieces, which serves as a nice challenge for... (more)