Did you know that DeLand's Hit Show launched the 2025 season with new team record numbers? posted: May 12th, 2025 The leaderboard of the Shamrock Showdown 2025 was still growing after the completion of the ten rounds at Skydive DeLand. The same week, teams of the Texas Skydiving League opened their outdoor season at Spaceland San Marcos.
The weather in Florida was much better than it was in Texas, as it allowed all ten rounds to be completed at the end of the second event day, including all teams in the three attended categories (AAA - AA - A). The same three categories will be applied at the USPA Nationals (Open/Advanced - Intermediate - Beginner), and all teams in DeLand could define their starting point... (more)
Did you know that Savolo won again in South Africa? posted: May 11th, 2025 Members of South African 4-way team Voodoo began to dominate South African 4-way competition between 2001 and 2012 just as much as DeLand Equanimity did in the preceding years, and before Solly Williams and Gary Smith took their team to Florida, won FAI bronze medals for South Africa in 1997, followed by gold medals with U.S. teams DeLand Majik (2004) and DeLand Fire (2006).
Voodoo members then represented South Africa in Australia 1999, Spain 2001, Gap 2003, Croatia 2004, Germany 2006, Maubeuge 2008, Russia 2010 and Dubai 2012, even though Vana and Dennis Parker had already taken their own... (more)
Did you know that 4-way consumes Michelle Karamon's thoughts and dreams ? posted: May 10th, 2025 The latest NSL Profile features Michelle Karamon, who is the 8th female formation skydiving competitor in the current list of 39 VIPs. There is a serious need to catch up for the NSL News, as the opening paragraph of the new profile story explains:
"Male formation skydiving competitors are still dominating the list of NSL Profiles, even though more than enough female competitors have accomplished the same in their careers and have been matching the performance quality of their male fellow competitors. There are too many examples to leave any doubt of gender equality in potential, talent, skills,... (more)
Did you know that Strong4 offers more rear piece practice for two XP Angels? posted: May 8th, 2025 The iFLY Fort Lauderdale team of the Indoor Cloud League has also caught up on the 2025 leaderboard with scores and videos for the first four months of the 2025 season.
Indoor Cloud League organizer Marcella Rey has put together three ICL lineups for the monthly events, who share the six sequences. Strong4 is doing this year what 4Action did in 2024 and perform the AAA/AA sequences.
4Action were still competing in the AA/Intermediate Class at the USPA National Championship 2024 while they made their first experiences with the AAA Class dive pool at the Indoor Cloud League events. The Strong4... (more)
Did you know that the Children's School of Flight begins in North Carolina and Florida? posted: May 7th, 2025 Jan Klapka's 4-way junior school at the Hurricane Factory has caught the attention of the NSL News for over a decade. The recent update on May 3rd covered the 4-way career of Skywalkers Junior from elementary school age to becoming a medal contender in 4-way Open at world championships.
The NSL News met Jan Klapka, the Czech Republic's 4-way godfather, long before the Hurricane Factory was built in Prague. He trained and competed with 4-way team HF Bad Boys and visited Skydive DeLand for winter training in 2006. He had already followed the activities of the National Skydiving League for years,... (more)
Did you know that AXIS features the new version of Block 20 (Zipper - Zipper)? posted: May 6th, 2025 The story of the new Block 20 (Zipper - Zipper) began for the NSL News with the update on January 20th, which covered the history of dive pool changes and explained that FAI/ISC had plans for more changes to come.
Some of the most experienced 4-way and 8-way competitors and coaches in the history of the sport shared their skeptical thoughts, Solly Williams on January 22nd, Gary Smith on January 24th, while the process of the planned changes continued.
It turned out that only one of the 22 block maneuvers did not return from the FAI/ISC meeting at the end of January. The previous "Piver -... (more)
Did you know that DeLand's Hit Show launched the 2025 season with new team record numbers?
Did you know that Savolo won again in South Africa?
Did you know that 4-way consumes Michelle Karamon's thoughts and dreams ?
Did you know that Strong4 offers more rear piece practice for two XP Angels?
Did you know that the Children's School of Flight begins in North Carolina and Florida?
Did you know that AXIS features the new version of Block 20 (Zipper - Zipper)?