Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is catching up with the US medal contenders? posted: Mar 30th, 2011 NSL-TV may just be able to complete the coverage of the Shamrock Showdown 2011 before the World Challenge 2011 begins with Round 1 on Saturday morning.
All videos of Round 9 have been uploaded and are available for reviews now. The travel from DeLand to Bodyflight Bedford will make it more difficult to upload the videos of Round 10 timely. However, the NSL News will try to get it done before new videos from Bedford will be next.
The coverage begins earlier, not only Saturday morning. Teams are arriving and training, and there is always more than enough action to keep the NSL News busy. Two... (more)
Did you know that NSL-TV moves fast forward to Round 8? posted: Mar 29th, 2011 NSL-TV has moved fast forward after uploading the Shamrock Showdown 2011 videos of Round 5 yesterday. The videos of Round 6 have already been available since the story on 19 March 2011 was posted, and the videos of Round 7 followed on 19 March 2011. All videos of Round 8 are now available for reviews, as well.
The first five rounds of the Shamrock Showdown counted to determine the handicap for the Skins Game. The averages after Round 5 and then after each following round would be the foundation for the formula that evens out the playing field. From then on, each team could win a round after... (more)
Did you know that three teams from Ireland will compete at the World Challenge 2011? posted: Mar 28th, 2011 Round 5 of the Shamrock Showdown 2011 brought the slowest sequence of the competition to the teams. Arizona Airspeed posted the only 20-pointer in this round, all other top teams had to accept scores below this benchmark. All but two teams had or tied the lowest score of the meet.
Fast Air from Ireland had another highlight in the last round of the first competition day, as the 12-pointer even tied Bodyflight Voluntas' score in Round 5.
The Irish attendance and performance at the Shamrock Showdown did not only catch the NSL News attention. The NSL News had mentioned earlier that it was the... (more)
Did you know that two XL 2011 members met at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Mar 27th, 2011 The most exciting battles of the Shamrock Showdown 2011 did not take place at the top of the leaderboard. This will possibly change very soon since Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge and NMP-PCH Hayabusa will do their best to reduce the distance between each other and Arizona Airspeed.
The next scores of the World Challenge 2011 will show where the Top 3 teams will be just a few weeks later.
The competition for the 10th place included not only Bodyflight Voluntas and SonicNutz, as the NSL News mentioned on 25 March 2011. Boogie Nights and Teiwaz Falcon were both close enough, as well. A similar battle... (more)
Did you know that Airspeed, France and Hayabusa will be team mates for the Dubai 500? posted: Mar 26th, 2011 The videos of Round 3 are now available for more reviews of the Shamrock Showdown 2011.
Yesterday, the NSL News took a closer look at the teams that will also compete at the World Challenge 2011 in a week. Those nine teams include the three top contenders, Arizona Airspeed, Aerodyne Aerokart Maubeuge and NMP-PCH Hayabusa. The same three teams will not only race with each other for the next two years to win the next 4-way gold medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving in Dubai 2012. They also have another project in common where they will be team mates instead of opponents.
The... (more)
Did you know that several Shamrock teams have re-match opportunities at the World Challenge? posted: Mar 25th, 2011 The videos of Round 2 at the Shamrock Showdown 2011 have been uploaded and feature once again all teams. The scores of the second round confirmed the results of Round 1 on the top of the leaderboard and copied also almost exactly the final rankings across the whole leaderboard.
Only a few exceptions stood out, and the 15-pointer of Fast Air from Ireland was the most significant one. Fast Air finished in 17th place, however, the score for Round 2 was good enough for the 12th place of all teams. Fast Air was now ahead of Bodyflight Atlas and SDC Furies at this point in time.
The NSL News took... (more)