Did you know that the Florida Skydiving League won the 2012 contest 3 - 2 at iFLY Orlando? posted: Jan 2nd, 2013 The December showdown between the Florida Skydiving League at iFLY Orlando and the Northwest Skydiving League at iFLY Seattle is over, and both groups provided the last and final videos of the December sequences in time before the turn of the year. The FSL group with head coach Ari Perelman won the last contest of the 2012 season with the highest total score (128) of the year.
The December event was also the tie breaker between both groups. The Northwest Skydiving League, with NWSL Director Deb Correia organizing the monthly efforts, had won the first contest in July. Florida improved the group's... (more)
Did you know that all four semifinalists in Dubai posted highscores for a round? posted: Jan 1st, 2013 The verdict is out, and Thunder is the unofficial World Amateur Champion of 2012. Almost 600 voters participated, and Thunder collected just 32 more votes than SportLoto. It was a great contest.
The vote is identical with the results and the rankings of the World Cup 2012 where all four candidates competed at the same time. The outcome of the Mondial Dubai 2012 did not change the impression of the majority of the NSL News audience that the two "guest teams" earned their Number 1 and 2 positions, even though they were not IPC sanctioned national 4way teams.
The poll has now been replaced by... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP and Evolution could be the No. 4? posted: Dec 31st, 2012 A day and over 100 new votes later Thunder is back in 1st place in the NSL Poll for the title of the unofficial amateur world champion of 2012. There is a good chance that the ranking order and the scores of the World Cup 2012 will eventually be identical with the outcome of the poll.
There is another topic that is quite similar to the one that has recently been discussed by the NSL News and the audience. There is no doubt who the best three 4way teams in the world are after the Mondial Dubai 2012. The three medal winners (Arizona Airspeed - USA, NMP-PCH Hayabusa - Belgium, Aerodyne Aerokart... (more)
Did you know that SportLoto has caught up with Thunder with one day to go? posted: Dec 30th, 2012 It seemed like there could be only one winner in the NSL Poll for the unofficial title of the world amateur champion of 2012. Thunder was far ahead of Satori and Ex3mo before the Russian 4way team SportLoto was added to the list of candidates.
Thunder was still clearly in the lead a day later, even though SportLoto collected the first votes rather quickly. Now the picture has completely changed, with only one more day to go before the poll will be closed. SportLoto has indeed caught up after a total of over 400 votes have been submitted. In fact, the Russian world class amateur 4way team has... (more)
Did you know that the Paraclete XP Indoor AA/Intermediate Class winner gets free tickets to the USPA Nationals 2013? posted: Dec 29th, 2012 There were times with real winter breaks in the history of skydiving competition, but that was long ago...
US teams went south if they really wanted to train in the winter, and European teams traveled across the Atlantic Ocean for their winter training.
The earliest competitions of the new skydiving season in the western hemisphere were the Valentine's Meet at Skydive Arizona in February and the Shamrock Showdown - now the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship - at Skydive DeLand in March.
The wind tunnels have changed the meet world with the painfully long winter breaks, and the 2013 season... (more)
Did you know that Chris Farina is Arizona Airspeed's new Point? posted: Dec 28th, 2012 It was not a very well hidden secret that Arizona Airspeed, new 4way world champion after the Mondial Dubai 2012, was recruiting a new team member.
Observers of a little tryout session at SkyVenture Arizona after the USPA Nationals 2012 knew first that something was going on. From then on, there were several rumors and stories that circulated in the wordwide 4way community. Fact was only that Josh Hall would be the leaving Airspeed member.
The NSL News had announced after the USPA Nationals and before the Mondial, on 19 November 2012, that SDC Rhythm XP was recruiting, as well, after Thiago... (more)