Did you know that Michael Hare and Earl Coggin won cash and prizes in 2way at iFLY Orlando? posted: Oct 6th, 2013 The Sun Path Products NSL News visited iFLY Orlando yesterday evening to cover a small regional 2way competition where several of the indoor regulars at the NSL Tunnel Kicker and Indoor Cloud League events and competitors of the Florida Skydiving League participated.
The event was a combination of serious FS competition and an entertaining show for participants and visitors. The participants could show up at 7 PM for an 8 PM start of the competition and were done after four rounds and award ceremony at 9 PM.
Solly Williams and Ari Perelman provided real live judging, as they were sitting... (more)
Did you know that Thunder seems to be comfortable at the 21+ level? posted: Oct 5th, 2013 The Sun Path Products NSL News story on 30 September 2013 brought up once again the topic of the unofficial status of the best amateur teams in 4way Formation Skydiving competition. The German national team Paratec-Saar triggered the topic with the latest performance at the German Nationals 2013.
Paratec-Saar was not really a part of this interesting topic last year, after the German national teams, first EADS and then Paratec-Saar, could always be found on the top level of the unofficial amateur 4way competition in previous years.
The 2012 season was dominated by SportLoto from Russia and... (more)
Did you know that the Kaleidoscope Dives design for SkyQuest 2013 is ready? posted: Oct 4th, 2013 The Sun Path Products NSL News reported on 23 September 2013 how the bigway world has recently changed. The FAI/IPC had approved a proposal by World Team founder BJ Worth that introduced a new set of rules for world records in bigway sequentials.
The first records have been set, as the story continued after explaining the rules, and BJ Worth is now in the middle of preparations for his own first attempt at SkyQuest 2013 in DeLand in November.
The dive design for the record attempts of the Kaleidoscope Divers has been completed, and Rags Raghanti has once again created the graphics that allow... (more)
Did you know that Carolina Turbo XP is the most improved US top team of 2013? posted: Oct 3rd, 2013 It doesn't seem like much that Carolina Turbo XP has moved up the USPA Open Class leaderboard by one slot, from 7th place in 2012 to 6th place of all Open Class teams in 2013. However, the Sun Path Products NSL News has taken a closer look at the positions and numbers that lead to a different conclusion.
The news update from the USPA Nationals 2013 on 14 September 2013 during this year's live coverage of the event mentioned the young team even as a USPA bronze medal contender. The final leaderboard with the eligible teams is showing that the bronze medals were very much in reach.
In fact,... (more)
Did you know that the Northwest group at iFLY Seattle is on the Indoor Cloud League top for now? posted: Oct 2nd, 2013 The month of September is over for the Indoor Cloud League. This does not mean that there will be no additional scores and videos coming in. The sequences need to be done until the end of the month, but the administrators of each tunnel group have additional time to process the footage and deliver it.
The Northwest Skydiving League group at iFLY Seattle and the Florida Skydiving League group at iFLY Orlando have provided scores and videos for all six sequences and are in the two top spots at the moment. However, the Northern California Skydiving League group at iFLY SF Bay could still change... (more)
Did you know that the Dubai Asaar members enjoy the competition atmosphere? posted: Oct 1st, 2013 The host of the Mondial Dubai 2012, Skydive Dubai, did not only have the goal to present a unique event to the skydiving world. It was also the opportunity to show that the United Arab Emirates have become a solid part of the Formation Skydiving community with teams and competitors in all events.
The Dubai project began years ago, and hosting the Mondial 2012 was one step on the way to generating world champion teams in the longer term. The Sun Path Products NSL News reported earlier this year that VFS 4way team Dubai Nexus now won the first gold medals for the United Arab Emirates at the World... (more)