Did you know that NMP PCH HayaBusa's Jeroen Nollet performs all four slots every day? posted: May 2nd, 2024 The NSL News update on April 30th included NSL Live Talk with Qatar coaches Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen. The story hinted that there was another conversation with the complete current NMP PCH HayaBusa lineup scheduled for later, which made it a full HayaBusa day, due to the cross-connections between the current Qatar coaches and the Belgian 4-way team.
Luc Verstrepen was the first inside center for NMP PCH HayaBusa when Roy Janssen, David and Andy Grauwels decided to join the Belgian military and become full-time athletes. Original HayaBusa member and inside center Sven Ibens could not make... (more)
Did you know that female 4-way competitors dominated the Top 6 positions in China? posted: May 1st, 2024 The NSL News aftermath of larger events includes traditionally the combined AAA Class leaderboard, where teams who use the same competition draw are ranked according only to their athletic performances and the meet averages for the same sequences. The recent FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 had officially separate leaderboards for the competition in 4-way Open and 4-way Women.
There were also additional official leaderboards according to the geography of the countries where the teams are coming from, specifically this year the Asian and the European indoor championships. However, there were no teams... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith and Luc Verstrepen were shocked and amazed in China? posted: Apr 30th, 2024 Sunday was a NMP PCH HayaBusa day for the NSL News, which happened by coincidence. HayaBusa's former inside center Luc Verstrepen and former HayaBusa coach Gary Smith have been spending a lot of time together since they both started working as coaches for the Qatar delegation. They travel together to the locations where Lions and Cheetahs are training and competing, and they don't mind keeping the NSL News updated with regular NSL Live Talk conversations.
Their teams both attended the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024, together with Qatar's national 4-way team, the Tigers, and they provided feedback... (more)
Did you know that Sebastian XL videographer Rob Stevenson was back in 4-way action? posted: Apr 28th, 2024 The NSL News reported on April 18th that two teams from Florida would soon have a rematch after the Shamrock Showdown 2024, where AirGo and Waitin' On A Woman ended up tied on the A Class leaderboard, and the team from Skydive Palatka won the $200 cash prize with the highest score in Round 6.
The rematch took place at Skydive Sebastian earlier this month. Both teams were back with the same lineups, Waitin' On A Woman on the same scoring level, while AirGo increased their performance from 4.4 in March to 6.0 in Sebastian and won the rematch.
Teams from Texas were ready to launch their season... (more)
Did you know that NFTO could have won two sets of FAI silver medals? posted: Apr 27th, 2024 The FAI Indoor World Cup 2024 also included two other events, which were embedded with additional leaderboards. The participating teams applied the same competition draw for the ten rounds in all events, while they could win additional titles and medals on the top level of the embedded leaderboards of the European and Asian indoor championships.
Naturally, it was much easier for Asian teams to compete at the event in China, while it was a very long journey for any European and American teams. Only Europe and Asia have their separate indoor championships, and the Asiana indoor or outdoor championships... (more)
Did you know that China created a question mark behind a U.S. Sweep in Formation Skydiving? posted: Apr 26th, 2024 Arizona Airspeed's Niklas Hemlin shared his thoughts in the NSL Live Talk on April 11th, after his team's arrival in China, with a preview of the FAI Indoor World Cup 2024. He was back in Arizona when he followed up today with a review of the same event.
There was not really that much to discuss and evaluate of his own team's performance. Not much competition was expected, and Airspeed won by 24 points over the French Aethers. No other 4-way Open Class team managed to win or tie a round, only China's 4-way Women team matched the Airspeed scores in Round 6 and Round 8.
Niklas Hemlin still... (more)