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Did you know that it took pop stars like Usher and Katy Perry to match the Airspeed/Hayabusa performance level?
posted: Dec 21st, 2012 It is difficult to say what was really the Grande Finale at the Mondial Dubai 2012. It's a tough call between Round 10 in the 4way Open Class competition and the closing party with Usher and Katy Perry. Of course, those are two completely different things, and the final showdown between Arizona Airspeed and NMP-PCH Hayabusa was without doubt the most exciting part of at least the Formation Skydiving competition. The closing party was still an incredible event that almost matched the drama that the 4way Open Class competition had brought to the audience. It may sound greedy or out of proportion,... (more)

Did you know that the first FSL scores for the iFLY December showdown are strong ones?
posted: Dec 20th, 2012 The newest scores are coming once again from an indoor competition. They don't appear on the front page, as the event has a special format that does neither match the rules for the traditional outdoor nor for any indoor competition. The scores were generated by the December showdown between teams and competitors from the Florida and the Northwest Skydiving League. The Florida Skydiving League community met once again last Thursday at iFLY Orlando and launched this month's competition with the first scores on the special leaderboard. The FSL teams and competitors who represented Florida on... (more)

Did you know that the NSL News celebrates a 10-year anniversary?
posted: Dec 19th, 2012 The last NSL News contribution for Blue Skies Mag was published right after the live coverage of the USPA Nationals 2012. The results in Eloy were food for a lot of thoughts, which were also related to the Mondial Dubai 2012. The potential for a sweep in the four events of Formation Skydiving in Dubai was the topic for the second time. France did it in 2010, and an earlier article discussed the chances for a repeat sweep. The "Turning Points" column in November was a look at the situation from the other side. Eventually, neither France or the USA were able to sweep it this time, and this special... (more)

Did you know that the outcome of the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship was identical with Dubai?
posted: Dec 18th, 2012 It happened again - and this time even more precisely than ever before. The results of the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2012, including the popular Shamrock Showdown Skins Game, mirrored the outcome of the World Championship of Formation Skydiving in the same year. This is nothing really new, as the NSL News has checked and reported the interesting records with earlier stories. However, this year's facts are even more amazing. It seems like nothing changed between March and December 2012. The results at the DeLand meet in March have correctly predicted the new world champions several... (more)

Did you know that Evolution competed with four different lineups this year?
posted: Dec 17th, 2012 The 4way Open Class competition in Singapore was also far from over after Round 8. The leaderboard is now complete and includes the point deductions for all teams. The report of the VFS 4way competition requires a few corrections, which are related to Canada's team Evolution. Katie Woods in on the team photo, however, she did not compete for Evolution in VFS 4way. She was only in the traditional Open Class lineup. JC Ouimet competed together with the three Lemay brothers, Martin, Vincent and Benoit. He is a tunnel instructor in Montreal and has trained with Evolution's VFS 4way lineup after... (more)

Did you know that almost everything changed in VFS 4way in Singapore?
posted: Dec 16th, 2012 Yesterday's headline was actually correct, as nothing changed for the VFS 4way winner in Singapore, Dubai Nexus. However, not much else was still the same when participants of the event informed the NSL News that the meet was not over after eight rounds. The competition draw was posted for only eight rounds since the last three sequences would be added after the "qualification rounds". Two of the six VFS 4way teams were then eliminated, and the remaining four top teams completed three more rounds. This procedure makes sense in this category, as the VFS 4way dive pool does not have enough... (more)