Did you know that coach Gary Smith had a special job at the Tomscat Trophy? posted: Jun 30th, 2010 Another NSL News update goes back to the 19 June meet weekend, which featured the record leaderboard of the 2010 season. A total of 55 teams competed at the same time and used the same competition draw.
The Netherlands had the highest number of teams at the 16th annual Tomscat Trophy, as 22 of the 55 teams competed on the Dutch island of Texel. Dynamic Fource, the Dutch national 4-way team, finished on the top of the AAA Class leaderboard. The NSL News story on 21 June 2010 had provided more details.
The NSL News took another look at the numbers of that weekend, which included the impressive... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News added penalty information of the Midway Battle? posted: Jun 29th, 2010 The NSL News is following up on the most recent meets with additional information. The first update provides penalty information of the Midway Battle at Skydive Chicago.
The NSL News received the official Camscore scoresheet, which provides the details of the posted scores. The NSL News added the number of penalties in parenthesis behind the official score, round by round.
In addition, the total now also shows (in parenthesis) the number of points within working time and before penalties. The average is only related to the official scores and the official total. The new data allows a closer... (more)
Did you know that Canada's LeMay family team Evolution plans to score the best ever? posted: Jun 28th, 2010 The NSL News is going back to the Midway Battle where some of the best 4-way teams in the world competed a few weeks ago. The small field of five teams included Arizona Airspeed and the reigning 4-way world champion's top challenger in the USA, Perris Fury. But there was also one team from another country that will meet Airspeed again at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 very soon: Canada's national 4-way team Evolution.
The NSL News has followed the unique team ever since it was formed with the current lineup after the World Meet 2006 in Germany. The current Evolution lineup... (more)
Did you know that the MWSL season opener featured competition in all four categories? posted: Jun 27th, 2010 It was déjà vu time at Skydive Chicago as some of the stormiest weather of the year hit Northern Illinois the night before our MWSL meet. But the weather settled down enough to get most of the season opener in before the wind caused some teams to have to end their meet early.
Eight teams, conveniently enough two in each NSL competition class, were on hand for the meet. The field included nationally ranked SDC Rhythm XP, MWSL veterans SDC Furies and Just4Fun as well as some teams competing for the first time.
In the AAA Class, we had two teams competing for their second consecutive weekend... (more)
Did you know that Norway's June weather was twice as good as in May? posted: Jun 27th, 2010 Norway held the second meet of the Norwegian Cup this weekend, and the weather was twice as good compared to the first meet of the 2010 season. The Norwegian teams had completed only one single round at the May meet. The weather this weekend allowed the completion of two rounds...
The Norwegian national 4-way team X3M4S had attended the first meet of the season with the complete lineup. This time, members of the team participated only as player coaches. Kjetil Rookie Nordin reported that the Saturday started out cloudy, and once the skies cleared up, the wind picked up as well.
The teams... (more)
Did you know that the French 8-way team is trying to catch up? posted: Jun 26th, 2010 The NSL News story on 13 June 2010 had covered the performance of the Frecnh national 4-way team, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, at the first meet of the Coupe de France 2010. The event took place on the same meet weekend when Arizona Airspeed competed at the Midway Battle.
The French national 8-way team used the same opportunity for a last test before traveling to Menzelinsk in Russia for the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010, and the Golden Knights used the same competition draw at the Midway Battle. The NSL News story on 12 June 2010 covered this 8-way competition.
The NSL News... (more)