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.
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Did you know that Team Fastrax also connected Thomas Hughes and Niklas Hemlin? posted: Oct 20th, 2010 The story of the new Airspeed lineup continues with the 2007 season where Thomas Hughes and Niklas Hemlin connected with each other. It was the last, the busiest, the most intense and the most successful year for Team Fastrax.
John Hart continued with Niklas Hemlin and Doug Park, while Thomas Hughes replaced Mark Kirkby who went back to Arizona and took his Tail slot for the new lineup with Eliana Rodriguez, Craig Girard and Andy Delk.
The new situation was very exciting and very competitive, as Thomas Hughes joined Fastrax after his own 1-year adventure with Arizona Airspeed's Velocity lineup... (more)
Did you know that Mark Kirkby knows all of his new team mates very well? posted: Oct 19th, 2010 The NSL News will surely spend some time on the latest news from Arizona Airspeed. The new lineup is shaking up the top of the 4-way community in the USA, and there is a lot of discussion of the new situation.
The NSL News story on 24 September 2010 was still reviewing the USPA Nationals 2010 and the situation after the event. The story was mainly focused on Perris Fury and the team's great perspectives for the near future.
The new Airspeed lineup has obviously a strong impact on Fury's situation, as Point Josh Hall will now be training and competing with Airspeed. The new lineup is not only... (more)
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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