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 ISB Air gave Spaceland Blue a good competition in Menzelinsk? posted: Oct 25th, 2010 NSL-TV continues with the review of the female 4-way competition at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010. The first two rounds of all teams were uploaded with the story on 17 October 2010. The competition videos of Rounds 3 and 4 are now available, as well.
The NSL leaderboard after Round 4 includes the point deductions for the latest two rounds. It also shows that there was actually only one serious competition going on at this point in time, which was still very early in the meet.
Aerokart Deep Blue had created a 10-point lead after Round 4, and Team Bodyflight was just that... (more)
Did you know that the Kaleidoscope 2010 dive designs are now available for previews? posted: Oct 23rd, 2010 The NSL News story on 27 September 2010 provided the first preview of SkyQuest 2010, which has annually featured the NSL Championship event and the Kaleidoscope Dives with BJ Worth and many of his World Team members since 2001. This year's event marks the 10-year anniversary.
BJ Worth recently completed the roster for this year's Kaleidoscope Dives:
Wladimir Abad, Alberto Alibrandi, Jim Alkek, Kathy Allen, Roger Allen, Mike Arzillo, Illya Balashov, Andrey Barabash, Vladimir Barsukov, Robyn Best, Antoine Bich, Dennis Brooks, Jose Brouwers, François Burgaud, Rambo Calledare, Tom Clayes,... (more)
Did you know that Arizona Blade connected Mark Kirkby and Thomas Hughes in 2004? posted: Oct 22nd, 2010 Back to the new Arizona Airspeed lineup after a short excursion to France. The story on 18 October 2010 broke the news, and the NSL News explained a day later how Mark Kirkby and Niklas Hemlin connected with Team Fastrax in 2006.
The story on 20 October 2010 followed up with the time that Niklas Hemlin and Thomas Hughes had together, also as members of Team Fastrax in 2007. However, Mark Kirkby, Niklas Hemlin and Thomas Hughes still never trained and competed together for Team Fastrax.
How did Mark Kirkby and Thomas Hughes connect with each other? Both were also Airspeed members in their... (more)
Did you know that France continues with a new national coach and three 4-way gold medalists? posted: Oct 21st, 2010 Things have quietly moved on in France, while the top team scramble was in the works in the USA. The changes in France are just as significant as recently in the USA. However, the French federation is coordinating those changes, while the free forces of the 4-way market provide the US results.
That's probably the reason why the changes in France have not created the same waves as they now do between Florida and Arizona. The NSL News will soon continue with more background information of the new Arizona Airspeed lineup, but first it is time to catch up with developments in France.
Jérôme... (more)