Did you know that the teams from Portugal did very well at the World Challenge 2010? posted: Apr 12th, 2010 The NSL News introduced the Atmosfera 4-way project in Portugal with the story on 4 March 2010. The story mentioned that two of the project teams, Atmosfera G4 and Atmosfera Nutry, would attend the World Challenge 2010. Both teams had already competed at the World Challenge 2009 and now came back to Bodyflight Bedford a year later.
However, other things happened already in Portugal after the story was posted and before the two teams showed up in Bedford. Portugal's national championship took place on March 13 - 14 in Évora. Jump plane was a Beech99, and the seven scheduled rounds were completed... (more)
Did you know that the Top 11 had no penalties at all in Round 3 of the World Challenge? posted: Apr 11th, 2010 The videos of the Top 11 at the World Challenge 2010 have been uploaded, and they feature the very unique Round 3.
What was so special about it? The sequence of Round 3 was already the second one with three blocks (20-17-8), one of the four rounds in Bedford with only blocks. That alone is already quite unusual. The combination of one round with only Random Formations and four rounds with only Blocks does not happen very often - if it has ever happened. (more)
Did you know that the A Class competition at the Shamrock Showdown had several twists? posted: Apr 11th, 2010 The NSL-TV coverage of the World Challenge 2010 will continue with Round 3 later today. First, the NSL News goes back to the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2010 where the exciting A Class competition has not received enough attention yet.
Three new lineups of Florida Skydiving League competitors showed up at the Shamrock to open the FSL 2010 season at the most popular event of the 2010 season. DeLand Dunamis was already introduced by the NSL News with the story on 25 January 2010.
DeLand 5 is a new lineup with team members from Skydive City in Zephyrhills and DeLand who decided to train in DeLand.... (more)
Did you know that XL was well on the way to a 70-pointer in Round 2? posted: Apr 9th, 2010 The judging videos of Round 2 at the World Challenge 2010 are now available for reviews, and there is much room for discussion after seeing the Top 11 videos from a different angle.
The discussion began already before the fast sequence of only Random Formations (J,M,E,D,L) came up in Bedford. It was quite a coincidence that last year's competition draw for the World Challenge 2009 already included a similar sequence.
Perris Fury's 59-pointer in Round 4 of the 2009 competition (A,C,E,H,K) was the new 4-way record score for a single round. This year's sequence was even faster, and the Fury... (more)
Did you know that the judging videos feature the Top 11 of the World Challenge 2010? posted: Apr 7th, 2010 It is time for Round 1 at the World Challenge 2010. The NSL News story on 3 April 2010 already provided video footage of the meet opener. It was captured by the NSL-TV camera live from inside the tunnel chamber and showed some of the teams up close and in full action.
By the way, the videos have not been available for Apple users, as many NSL News visitors mentioned. There was and is not a quick embedding solution, as the two computer giants still try to make it complicated for their "opponents" and the NSL is limited with technical and logistical resources.
However, there is a link now on... (more)
Did you know that Airspeed was prepared for a different situation? posted: Apr 6th, 2010 The last part of the NSL News live coverage of the World Challenge 2010 is the NSL Talk with Craig Girard.
It took place before the French national team and winner of the meet, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, spent a few minutes in front of the NSL-TV camera. The interview with the French team was featured with yesterday's story.
Craig Girard was in a completely new situation before the award ceremony began. He already knew that his team, the Arizona Airspeed 4-way world champions, would not even be on the stage when the four winners of the prize money would receive their checks.
Airspeed was... (more)
Did you know that the teams from Portugal did very well at the World Challenge 2010?
Did you know that the Top 11 had no penalties at all in Round 3 of the World Challenge?
Did you know that the A Class competition at the Shamrock Showdown had several twists?
Did you know that XL was well on the way to a 70-pointer in Round 2?
Did you know that the judging videos feature the Top 11 of the World Challenge 2010?
Did you know that Airspeed was prepared for a different situation?