Did you know that cheese curds have a special meaning in the Northern Plains? posted: Jun 21st, 2011 The Northern Plains Skydiving League had a change of leadership this year. Sandy Grillet, father of Arizona Airspeed's alternate Nick Grillet, launched the league from scratch in 2001 and has guided it like a godfather for ten years. He helped to ceate a strong following of passionate and casual 4-way competitors in the Northern Plains area and participated himself actively all the time.
It was somehow shocking for the NSL headquarters when he said that he would not be able to continue with his efforts this year. He left NPSL Director shoes of a very large size, and it was unclear who would... (more)
Did you know that the Altidudes moved up into the AA Class competition? posted: Jun 20th, 2011 Arizona Frenzy members Jocelyn Bernatchez and Ian Mackenzie hosted last weekend's 4-way competition of the Arizona Skydiving League at Skydive Arizona. The event was only planned to be five rounds in order to avoid jumping in the dangerous heat of the Arizona summer afternoon. Thanks to the efforts of manifest, staff and pilots all rounds were completed before the afternoon's dust devils turned up.
The Brazillian women's team Fenix had attended the Valentine's Meet 2011 and came back in time for last weekend's meet with a slightly different lineup. Lailla Surcin was flying the Tail slot at... (more)
Did you know that Thunder replaces disaster with glory? posted: Jun 19th, 2011 The NSL News story on 6 April 2011 reported a Thunder nightmare at the World Challenge 2011 when the opening round went south with a painful 13-pointer.
The Belgian/Dutch Thunder lineup reacted and recovered quickly. The team had worked its way back up to the 10th place at the end of the first day and never looked back after Round 6.
Thunder attended the first outdoor competition this weekend at the Tomscat Trophy 2011 and won with an impressive 20.1 average after eight rounds. The weather in the Netherlands allowed only the completion of eight rounds. The Thunder average would most likely... (more)
Did you know that Stefan Banic is the inventor of the parachute and the actual founder of the World Team? posted: Jun 17th, 2011 The NSL News gave one of the legends of Formation Skydiving competition, Jerry Bird, a lot of attention last year. It was no surprise that World Team leader BJ Worth was usually somehow a part of the same stories, as both spent quite some time together in the earlier years of Formation Skydiving competition.
BJ Worth organized the 50-way jumps at the 50-year anniversary of the unique high-altitude jump that Joseph Kittinger did in 1960. It was the same event in August in DeLand where former 8-way world champion Jerry Bird accepted the honor to represent the FS competitors in the National Skydiving... (more)
Did you know that Eclipse is the most improved UK team after last weekend? posted: Jun 16th, 2011 The new meet weekend is around the corner, including the major event in the Netherlands, the annual Tomscat Trophy. The NSL News has one more topic to wrap up last weekend's events before new scores will be posted in a few days.
The story on 14 June 2011 announed the SDC Furies XP as the TEAM of the WEEKEND "even though the teams from the United Kingdom and Sweden have their own progression, as well, and some of the UK teams did really well compared to their previous results. The NSL News will take a closer look at those teams and the results later on".
It is not really possible to compare... (more)
Did you know that last weekend's Airspeed videos show five point deductions? posted: Jun 15th, 2011 NSL-TV can now offer Arizona Airspeed's competition videos of the Midway Battle, thanks to Thomas Hughes who uploaded the video files to YouTube for everybody's viewing pleasure. Bardagi's six videos of the competition in Sweden were already uploaded earlier, thanks to FAI Judge Elisabet Pettersson.
Both teams did not get through their meets without penalties, and the official and unofficial judges in the NSL News audience have the opportunity to train and sharpen their eyes. Elisabet Pettersson and Zeljko Tanaskovic evaluated the competition jumps in Sweden, while Gary Taylor was one of the... (more)
Did you know that cheese curds have a special meaning in the Northern Plains?
Did you know that the Altidudes moved up into the AA Class competition?
Did you know that Thunder replaces disaster with glory?
Did you know that Stefan Banic is the inventor of the parachute and the actual founder of the World Team?
Did you know that Eclipse is the most improved UK team after last weekend?
Did you know that last weekend's Airspeed videos show five point deductions?