Did you know that Sven Ibens challenges an old Hayabusa record at the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship? posted: Mar 2nd, 2012 The recent NSL News coverage of the unofficial so-called "amateur teams" and their records and achievements serves only a very simple purpose, which is the well deserved additional attention.
Most of the teams in Formation Skydiving competition and in skydiving competition in general consist in fact of passionate weekend amateurs who spend their time and money to train and compete. However, the winning teams on the top of the leaderboard usually get the biggest share of media attention, prize money and medals. This is nothing unusual compared to other sports and events, as the top athletes deserve... (more)
Did you know that Whooops and Veyron have a mini training meet in DeLand? posted: Mar 1st, 2012 The NSL News story on 30 December 2011 explained what the Dutch national team of 2011, Whooops, was planning for the 2012 season. Whooops is going into the team's 8th season after launching the team project in the Dutch Rookie Class competition of 2005.
The Rookie Class team of 2005 eventually represented the Netherlands as the national 4way team at the World Cup 2011 in Saarlouis, Germany.
An earlier NSL News story last year, on 19 December 2011, covered the national 4way plans for Denmark in 2012, another European country just a few hours northwest of the Netherlands. The story introduced... (more)
Did you know that the Czech Rookie Class teams keep improving their indoor scores? posted: Mar 1st, 2012 Three teams in the Czech Republic continued their monthly indoor competition series with another 10-round meet on Wednesday evening at Sportflight's Skydive Arena in Prague.
Each of the three teams posted their highest meet averages of the winter indoor season.
Czech meet and league director Jan Klapka said that his teams seemed to be a little bit tired, however, it surely does not show on the leaderboard.
Especially the two Rookie Class teams are showing great and consistent progression, which is the main reason why Jan Klapka expects them to become the strongest outdoor teams this year,... (more)
Did you know that the unofficial USPA amateur record average by Mass Defiance is still standing? posted: Feb 29th, 2012 The NSL News has given the unofficial amateur champions who compete in the Open Class competitions together with the pros a lot of attention in the past, at world championships and other international meets as well as at the USPA Nationals. One of the topics and team names that keeps coming back is Mass Defiance.
The 4way team from New England (Ben Liston, Jim Rees, John Silva, Brian Stephens, with Scuba" Steve Feldman on camera) posted a 19.3 average at the USPA Nationals 2007 that has been challenged several times and year by year by other "amateur teams". The record average is still standing... (more)
Did you know that there is pressure on Thunder at the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2012? posted: Feb 28th, 2012 The situation for an international lineup like Thunder is not easy if the team is eager to compete at the high-profile competitions in the world. Only national teams are eligible to compete at FAI/IPC events, and guest teams are usually not accepted. However, fortunately there are more and more other high-profile events where international lineups have the opportunity to compete directly with the best national teams in the world.
Thunder has attended a total of seven competitions ever since the team was formed in 2010, and the latest 27.9 average at the Aerokart Indoor Championship 2012 went... (more)
Did you know that Sven Ibens challenges an old Hayabusa record at the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship?
Did you know that Whooops and Veyron have a mini training meet in DeLand?
Did you know that the Czech Rookie Class teams keep improving their indoor scores?
Did you know that the unofficial USPA amateur record average by Mass Defiance is still standing?
Did you know that there is pressure on Thunder at the Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2012?
Did you know that Crimson Fox from Canada joins the international female 4way competition?