Did you know that NSL-TV follows up with more videos of Becca's 3rd Bootie Boogie? posted: Feb 20th, 2011 The second report from Becca's Bootie Boogie in Sebastian shows videos of some of the jumps that were made on Saturday and of the different projects that were running at the same time.
Videographer Jorge Alfonso was filming the 4-way groups, had to turn in his videos of the 6-way jumps, so the 6-way competition could be judged, and eventually he also followed Lyle Presse with his 20-way jumps.
The video shows Ben Liston in a player coaching slot after he was done helping as a videographer. It also shows how Cherie Schuch explains to her 4-way team for the day how the exit formation will fly... (more)
Did you know that Becca's Bootie Boogie is in full swing? posted: Feb 19th, 2011 Becca's Bootie Boogie is in full swing. The NSL News visits at Skydive Sebastian today where beautiful Florida winter weather has welcomed the bootie and belly flyers.
Coaches and organizers reported that the first day of the boogie was very busy, as well, significantly busier compared to the first two events in 2009 and 2010. Becca Lynn's idea of attracting more skydivers back and new skydivers to Formation Skydiving and to casual competition or even hard-core 4-way or 8-way seems to be working well. The NSL gladly supports this campaign throughout the whole NSL Network, as recent coverage... (more)
Did you know that Black Cat is in a new team building phase? posted: Feb 18th, 2011 The NSL News goes back to the Valentine's Meet 2011. It was not only a 2-team show between Arizona Airspeed and Aerodyne Maubeuge in Eloy. Especially the team in 3rd place of the AAA/Open Class competition is a well know name in the 4-way competition world.
The Russian team Black Cat was mentioned in the NSL News for the first time in August 2005. Three of the current team members (Vasili Korotkov, Alexei Minaev, Yevgeni Stashenko) had won the bronze medals at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2004 in Croatia, with Michail Kuznetsov in the lineup. Vadim Niyazov was filming the Sky... (more)
Did you know that Skydive University organized a successful 1-day camp last weekend in DeLand? posted: Feb 18th, 2011 This year's activities in Florida to grow the Formation Skydiving community and introduce more skydivers to the 4-way fun had another event last weekend in DeLand, while SDC Rhythm XP members worked with the Team For A Day participants in Sebastian.
Rob Laidlaw's Skydive University organized a player coach event, which was based on the same player coaching concept that Rhythm applies in Florida, in the Paraclete XP windtunnel and at their summer home Skydive Chicago, as Arizona Frenzy offers it in Eloy and as Perris Fury has done if for years in Perris.
The recent events in Florida have been... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Airspeed may ask "Who's Next"? posted: Feb 17th, 2011 The situation between the French national team Aerodyne Maubeuge and Arizona Airspeed after the Valentine's Meet 2011 has been discussed extensively, and the scores and videos will be subject to more thoughts, comments and evaluations in the skydiving community for a while.
There are still many open questions at the beginning of the 2011 season, and many of those are related to the third expected top contender in the 4-way competition world, the Belgian national 4-way team NMP-PCH Hayabusa.
Airspeed made a very strong statement directed at the US top teams at the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving... (more)
Did you know that five lineups trained for a day with SDC Rhythm XP? posted: Feb 17th, 2011 The NSL News reported on 1 December 2010 that SDC Rhyhtm XP would launch a series of their "Team For A Day" events in Florida this year. The story on 8 February 2011 followed up with information of a Team For A Day last weekend in Sebastian.
Rhythm had just completed the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championships 2011 with a promising performance, as the self-made team moved up in the unofficial US rankings from 5th place at the USPA Nationals 2011 to 4th place after the windtunnel competition in Raeford.
The move up the rankings was possible due to Perris Fury's recent personnel problems,... (more)