Did you know that last weekend featured three generations of MESL leadership? posted: May 24th, 2011 The NSL News reported on 21 May 2011 that Tenacity members would compete in Florida and the Mideast at the same time last weekend.
It really happened, even though the actual team name does not appear on any of last weekend's leaderboards. However, Jenacity comes pretty close to the original team name. The NSL News assumes that the "J" at the beginning of the name is somehow related to substitute "J"ohn Hart "J"r. who filled a slot for a missing Tenacity member.
The season opener at Start Skydiving also included the transition of the MESL leadership. Mike Ashley, who has been guiding the league... (more)
Did you know that the Cross Keys Rookies are ready to come back for more? posted: May 23rd, 2011 The small May meet of the Florida Skydiving League at Skydive Miami produced great content for a few updates from Homestead, and it was only one part of last weekend's first multi-event weekend this year.
Three other meets were scheduled for the same weekend, and new scores have been added to the leaderboard. Five teams attended the May meey of the MidAtlantic Skydiving League at Cross Keys. Three A Class teams posted scores in Virginia, and the results from Start Skydiving, host of the Mideast Skydiving League meets, will be added later.
MASL Director Dennis Miller reported a successful... (more)
Did you know that Fred Whitsitt and Pam Manos take good care of their students in Homestead? posted: May 22nd, 2011 The NSL News has another update coming from the visit at Homestead where Skydive Miami was hosting the first "FSL Going South" summer meet. The scores of the two teams have been posted, and the NSL News had the opportunity to spend some time with the DZ management, Fred Whitsitt and Pam Manos.
Fred Whitsitt was a member of DeLand Equanimity, the South African national 4-way team, that won the bronze medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 1997 in Turkey. His team mates were Solly Williams, Gary Smith and Robbie Spencer.
Solly Williams and Gary Smith moved to DeLand later and... (more)
Did you know that Tenacity members compete in Mideast and Florida this weekend? posted: May 21st, 2011 Coincidence brings together team mates of the 2010 season in two different lineups this weekend. The Florida Skydiving League visits Skydive Miami in Homestead, while the Mideast Skydiving League launches its 2011 season at Start Skydiving at the same time.
Jane McGuire trained and competed with Tenacity last year, an all-female lineup of the Mideast Skydiving League at Start Skydiving. Tenacity attended two MESL meets in 2010 and then took the 5th place of 31 AA/Intermediate Class teams at the USPA Nationals 2010 with a 10.3. average.
Tenacity continues this year, and Tail Joan Esson has... (more)
Did you know that the Vol:Danez will challenge Bodyflight Voluntas this year? posted: May 20th, 2011 An interesting situation develops in Denmark. A new lineup with former members of different national teams have joined forces to compete at the national championships this year.
It is not new that teams and competitors who are not too serious any longer get together to attend meets here and there. Especially the Scandinavian countries Denmark and Norway have a tradition for such kind of reunions. The DeLand Norgies are probably the most famous example for that.
The DaneZ, Demark's national team between 2003 and 2006, have done this quite a few times at the national championships, as well.... (more)
Did you know that 30 participants joined AZ Frenzy's latest "Team 4 A Day"? posted: May 19th, 2011 Player coaching projects, teams for a day, for a weekend or for a season, scrambles and other 4-way activities have become increasingly popular in the past years. Many experienced and passionate 4-way teams and competitors are open to forward their knowledge to other skydivers and try to generate more and new teams and 4-way fans.
Those kind of projects happen all over the USA regions and in several other countries, as well. One of them has been the "Project Home Team" that the NSL News introduced with the story on 4 February 2011. It offers skydivers in Arizona and visitors fun events, with... (more)