Did you know that that Arizona Airspeed has a new lineup for 2011? posted: Oct 18th, 2010 The NSL News broke the news of Arizona Airspeed's upcoming personnel changes with the story on 9 September 2010. It was public knowledge by then that Eliana Rodriguez and Craig Girard would move to Dubai and continue with their work as professional coaches and organizers at the new location.
Airspeed still competed with the lineup of the past four years at the USPA Nationals 2010 and added one more set of USPA 4-way gold medals to the collection.
Then it was time to make plans for the 2011 season and the near future. Airspeed needed a new lineup, and the recruiting efforts were completed... (more)
Did you know that the female 4-way teams show consistency and progression? posted: Oct 17th, 2010 NSL-TV has prepared the videos of the first two rounds of the female 4-way competition at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010, and they are now available for reviews.
All ten rounds of the French gold medalist, Aerokart Deep Blue, were uploaded earlier, and the NSL News story on 11 August 2010 explained that Sophie Deremaux, Bérangère Duplouy, Françoise Simons-Hamouchi and Amélie Tirman oriented themselves not only on the scores in their own category. They compared their performance also with the teams in the Open Class competition and did not have to be shy of doing so.
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Did you know that France has an 8-way trio of success? posted: Oct 15th, 2010 The beginning of the new age of Formation Skydiving competition can be defined with the introduction of the current dive pool and rules after the World Meet in 1983. Ever since, France has tried to win 8-way gold medals at World Championships of Formation Skydiving.
It took over 20 years until Excalibur was taken to France for the first time in 2006. Some earlier French 8-way lineups came really close. Didier Boignon, who is still competing in 4-way with Monaco Aerial, missed the 8-way gold medal two times by only one single point, in Brazil 1987 and France 1995.
8-way Formation Skydiving... (more)
Did you know that the aircraft discussion for the World Meet 2012 takes on momentum? posted: Oct 14th, 2010 The NSL News story on 11 October 2010 brought back the topic of the right-hand door of the Pilatus Porter possibly for the World Meet 2012.
Members of the German national 4-way team Paratec-Saar had opened the discussion with the creation of a Facebook group, which has the first members and comments. The NSL News article also offered a forum for comments and a poll.
The first results of the poll show a significant majority for the opposition of switching to aircraft with a right-hand door, in this case the Pilatus Porter. However, the feedback from two of the most experienced competitors... (more)
Did you know that competition experiences also helped the Intermediate Class teams? posted: Oct 13th, 2010 Real competition practice does not only work well for the most experienced teams. A closer look at the Intermediate Class leaderboard of the USPA Nationals 2010 supports what veteran coaches and competitors suggest from the very beginning: attend meets to collect as much competition experiences as possible.
All Top 10 teams in the Intermediate Class competition at the USPA Nationals attended at least one meet before they traveled to Skydive Chicago in September. Several of those ten best AA/Intermediate Class teams competed more than two times this year.
Northern Plains Skydiving League team... (more)
Did you know that Bodyflight Voluntas has a new lineup for 2011? posted: Oct 12th, 2010 New wind tunnel scores on the NSL leaderboard are coming from Denmark and the first national indoor championship of the Scandinavian country. The update from Denmark also included news of the national teams.
Denmark has had three national teams in the past years, lined up to provide the best talent for the official national 4-way team. Bodyflight Voluntas (Flemming Borop Andersen, Kasper Brandt-Svanekier, Kenneth Gajda, Brian Gregersen) has been the national team for the last two years.
Bodyflight Altius (John Behrendt Petersen, Karsten Ettrup, Kathrine Pontoppidan, Thomas See) was the B-Team... (more)
Did you know that that Arizona Airspeed has a new lineup for 2011?
Did you know that the female 4-way teams show consistency and progression?
Did you know that France has an 8-way trio of success?
Did you know that the aircraft discussion for the World Meet 2012 takes on momentum?
Did you know that competition experiences also helped the Intermediate Class teams?
Did you know that Bodyflight Voluntas has a new lineup for 2011?