Did you know that the FSL Tunnel Kicker at iFLY Orlando keeps growing? posted: Jan 1st, 2012 The number of participants grew once again at the next "FSL Tunnel Kicker" on December 6th at iFLY Orlando. The last open event in October had the highest attendance since iFLY Orlando and Florida Skydiving League launched this project together in July this year. It has been growing ever since and continues to bring together the 4way community in Florida once per month.
The November event was exclusively a training opportunity for the FSL teams who would compete at the NSL Championship 2011, as the NSL News reported on 9 November 2011. The 2011 season is over now, and the December event was... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV features the three guest teams in the Open Class? posted: Jan 1st, 2012 The Open Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2011 had three teams registered as guests. Black Cat, the visitors from Russia, were also one of the busiest competition teams of the 2011 season after attending a total of six meets.
The Black Cat travel agenda of 2011 was almost like a complete trip around the globe with stops in Dubai (January), Eloy (February), DeLand (March), on home turf in Russia (April, September) and back in Eloy for the USPA Nationals at the end of October. Black Cat is also one of the longest standing teams in the 4way world, and some team members go back as far as... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV features the internal Arabian 4way competition at the USPA Nationals 2011? posted: Dec 31st, 2011 Several guest teams competed at the USPA Nationals 2011, and the NSL News mentioned earlier that it became challenging to read the leaderboard, especially in USPA's Advanced Class competition where several guest teams crowded the Top 10 positions.
There were two different kinds of guest teams. Black Cat from Russia and the four teams from Qatar (Tigers, Falcons) and Dubai (Red, Gold) were traditional guest teams from other countries who visited for the competition experience. Other teams were actually US lineups with team members who are not eligible for USPA medals.
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Did you know that Gary Smith comments live for the NSL News the Whooops 2012 plans and the recent top events? posted: Dec 30th, 2011 The year is almost over, and the NSL News looks back at another very busy year of 4way Formation Skydiving competition. The story on 27 December 2011 included a brief evaluation of team continuity between 1999 and 2011 in USPA's Advanced Class competition, which reflected an increasingly stronger and longer lasting commitment to team projects in general.
One of the longest standing team projects was launched in 2004 in the Netherlands. Team Whooops began competing in the Dutch Rookie Class of 2005 and has now become the national 4way team of the Netherlands. Whooops was also one of the busiest... (more)
Did you know that six teams battled for three medal sets in the USPA Intermediate Class? posted: Dec 29th, 2011 The NSL News mentioned a few times that the AA/Intermediate Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2011 was at least just as exciting as the Advanced Class competition. In fact, the combined races for the top spots in those two categories, including two jumpoffs, created the most interesting USPA Nationals in the history of the current format. The bronze medal drama in Round 10 of the Open Class added even more to the exciting events.
This time, the NSL News takes a closer look at the top of the leaderboard in the Intermediate Class, which was more jammed after Round 10 than any other leaderboard.
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Did you know that Fallout was closer than ever before? posted: Dec 28th, 2011 The NSL News gave the Advanced Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2011 some attention during the event and followed up with the recent article of the history of this USPA category. However, the race for the USPA Advanced Class medals was so close and exciting that it is about time to go back to the leaderboard with a total of 19 teams.
Before doing that and enjoying the videos of the two teams who went into a jumpoff round to break the tie after Round 10 there is also additional interesting information related to the article that covered the history of USPA's Advanced Class. The NSL News... (more)