Did you know that Julien Degen won 4-way and 8-way double top spots in 2022 and 2023? posted: Feb 10th, 2024 Most of the featured people in the NSL Profiles are former 4-way and 8-way competitors, often world champions and celebrities, and most of them are still active in the sport, one way or another. Some of them are even still active competitors, including reigning world champions Niklas Hemlin (Arizona Airspeed) and Kirk Verner (GKXP8), also NMP PCH HayaBusa's top contenders Dennis Praet and David Grauwels.
Julien Degen was recently added to the featured NSL Profiles, as the NSL News reported on January 30th. He represents the combination of a former world champion, as the profile story pointed... (more)
Did you know that Ethan Beattie and Tom Jones also won twice at SkyVenture New Hampshire? posted: Feb 9th, 2024 The leaderboard of the 4-way Intermediate Class (A) at the SkyVenture New Hampshire Tunnel Fest 2024 had a very different field of teams, compared to the Open Class (AAA) and the Advanced (AA) Class teams.
The NSL News pointed out on January 24th that most of the Open Class competitors had 4-way double duties, as they were guiding other teams as player-coaches through the technical part of the ten sequences. However, all of the player-coaches appeared again on the leaderboard in the Advanced Class lineups, Chicken Bolts members Doug Hendrix with Roscoe’s Roundup, Monique Lai and Jennifer Cook... (more)
Did you know that registration is open for the Shamrock Showdown 2024? posted: Feb 7th, 2024 Arizona Airspeed and the French national team in 4-way Open started last year's outdoor competition season at the Shamrock Showdown in March, where France confirmed that they had taken away the 2nd place in the 4-way world from NMP PCH HayaBusa. The Belgian team had still won the silver medals at the 25th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships 2022, where France finished in 4th place behind the Qatar Tigers.
In fact, the placing order in Norway in August was exactly the same as it was at Skydive DeLand in March. Arizona Airspeed and France will copy their schedule of 2023 and launch their... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights are on track back to the top of 4-way leaderboards? posted: Feb 6th, 2024 The NSL News visited the Golden Knights 4-way team during the winter training at Skydive City, and the update on January 28th included NSL Live Talk with the complete lineup and coach Niklas Hemlin.
The conversation included the introduction of new team videographer Skyler Romberg. He has replaced Andy Sippl, who was filming the team throughout the 2023 season and has moved to different assignments for the U.S. Army.
Skyler Romberg was filming the team for the first time at Skydive City and provided impressive video footage from the beginning. The Golden Knights followed up on the NSL Live... (more)
Did you know that Das Nächste Fenster features two families from Slovakia? posted: Feb 5th, 2024 The aftermath of the Czech Indoor Open 2024 included attention to 4-way teams from Slovakia on January 28th who have participated regularly at meets of the Czech Tunnel League. Two Slovakian teams (Das Nächste Fensterand Quattro Formaggi) competed at the Czech national indoor championship, as the NSL News pointed out.
The Skydive University Slovakia 4-way team was the first one to take advantage of the regular competition opportunities that Jan Klapka was offering after launching the Czech part of the World Tunnel League and joining the Indoor Cloud League a few years later. His ICL team had... (more)
Did you know that there will be a German 8-way team at the FAI World Championship 2024? posted: Feb 3rd, 2024 The competition for the potentially open 8-way bronze medal position at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships 2024 in North Carolina has already begun, even long before the team registration for the event will be completed.
The NSL News reported on 6 December 2023 that the 8-way situation in Germany was still in motion. The Airbus 8-way team, in 2nd place behind Operation Adler at the end of the German national outdoor championship 2023, had resumed with indoor training at that time, with a plan for roughly 12 hours of tunnel time and 200 - 250 training jumps in 2024, while Operation... (more)