Did you know that Paraclete XP4 could become Airspeed's toughest challenger next year? posted: Oct 31st, 2010 The NSL News has recently covered the new Arizona Airspeed lineup with several stories, including Mark Kirkby's new NSL Profile and a live NSL Talk with former DeLand Majik 4-way world champion and Fastrax member Doug Park. One of the topics was the fact that the new Airspeed lineup also has an impact on two other top teams of 2009 and 2010.
Josh Hall left Perris Fury, Airspeed's toughest challenger of the last two years and potential top contender in 2011. Thomas Hughes won USPA silver medals at the USPA Nationals 2009 with Spaceland Force and was not a member of any other US top team this... (more)
Did you know that the three lineups of the Danish 4-way project are complete? posted: Oct 30th, 2010 The NSL News story on 12 October 2010 reported that Denmark's national 4-way team Bodyflight Voluntas continues with a new lineup in 2011. The same story provided additional information of Denmark's team project, including the new lineup of the B-Team.
The information was not complete at that time, as the video slots for the B-Team and the C-Team were still open, and the lineup of the C-Team was not finalized at all. The names of the two other project teams were also still missing.
Project speaker and Voluntas Tail Flemming Borup Andersen now followed up with the missing information. The... (more)
Did you know that Ireland's team Fast Air will give the Shamrock Showdown 2011 the real St. Patrick's touch? posted: Oct 29th, 2010 A 4-way team from Ireland caught the NSL News attention a few times this year. Team Fast Air was visiting DeLand for a training camp in April. It was too late to attend the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010, which would obviously make a perfect fit for a team from the home of the Guinness and the Smithwicks.
The NSL News story on 23 April 2010 introduced the team and provided some background information. The team name came back up when Fast Air competed at the June meet of the Coupe de France in LeBlanc:
"There was also a guest team competing in the Intermediate Class. The NSL News had introduced... (more)
Did you know that Mark Kirkby is one of the three most successful 4-way competitors in the history of the sport? posted: Oct 28th, 2010 Arizona Airspeed's Mark Kirkby recently caught special NSL News attention when he announced the new Airspeed lineup for the 2011 season. Several stories have followed up on the topic ever since the news broke on 18 October 2010.
The story on 19 October 2010 mentioned that a new NSL Profile of Mark Kirkby will soon be published. The profile work has been completed, and the audience now has the opportunity to learn more about Mark Kirkby's whole skydiving career, including the extraordinary Airspeed story.
The Airspeed story, which makes the largest part of the profile, begins with the original... (more)
Did you know that Petra van Overveld is ISB Air's new Point? posted: Oct 27th, 2010 The competition videos of the next two rounds of the female 4-way competition at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 have been uploaded and are now available for reviews. Once again, the NSL leaderboard also shows the point deductions in those two rounds.
The two top teams, Aerokart Deep Blue and Team Bodyflight, were also the cleanest teams. The UK team had no penalties at all until Round 6, and France lost only one point so far. Polaris from Norway and Sweden's female 4-way lineup also had only one point deduction.
The penalty situation was very different right behind the... (more)
Did you know that Doug Park looks back at his time with the Airspeed members in a live NSL Talk? posted: Oct 26th, 2010 The NSL News story on 18 October 2010 broke the news of a new Arizona Airspeed lineup, and the story on 19 October 2010 followed up with the background of the team's rear piece, Mark Kirkby and Niklas Hemlin.
The story on 20 October 2010 explained how Niklas Hemlin and Thomas Hughes connected with Team Fastrax. Last not least, the story on 22 October 2010 went further back to the time when Mark Kirkby and Thomas Hughes trained and competed together for Arizona Blade.
There is a former Fastrax member who trained and competed with all three Airspeed members of 2011 and knows them very well.... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP4 could become Airspeed's toughest challenger next year?
Did you know that the three lineups of the Danish 4-way project are complete?
Did you know that Ireland's team Fast Air will give the Shamrock Showdown 2011 the real St. Patrick's touch?
Did you know that Mark Kirkby is one of the three most successful 4-way competitors in the history of the sport?
Did you know that Petra van Overveld is ISB Air's new Point?
Did you know that Doug Park looks back at his time with the Airspeed members in a live NSL Talk?