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Did you know that the winter storm over New England spared the tunnel meet?
posted: Dec 30th, 2008 The NSL News story on 15 December 2008 already covered a wind tunnel competition that Mass Defiance members organized at SkyVenture New Hampshire this month. Mass Defiance member Ben Liston provided the information for the first story and now followed up with additional information. He also sent video footage of the indoor meet to the NSL News, which will be uploaded later. (more)

Did you know that the new French 8-way lineup is complete?
posted: Dec 29th, 2008 The last NSL News update from France came with the story on 6 November 2008. NSL-TV had posted the last three rounds of the French 8-way team at the World Meet 2008 in Maubeuge. The story finished with the mention that the selection of the new 8-way lineup may take longer than expected. National coach Jerome David had originally planned to have the selection completed in November. However, he mentioned already by then that he may take more time since the 8-way situation was more complicated, and the decision about the new 8-way lineup would be an important one. The NSL News had provided a... (more)

Did you know that the NSL News found the New Year's Eve summary of the 2003 season?
posted: Dec 27th, 2008 The NSL News once again goes back in time. Christmas of 2008 is over, and the New Year is approaching quickly. This time, the step back found the last NSL News story of 2003, which was posted on December 31 and cannot be found in the NSL News archives. The story was a summary of the 2003 season and all of its major events. The NSL News was already busy by then covering the actual events of the NSL Network and also the other major Formation Skydiving competitions. The NSL News agenda has become even busier ever since, and a summary of the 2008 season will hopefully follow very soon. Here is what... (more)

Did you know that Sweden's 2009 season may feature the same race as in 2008?
posted: Dec 27th, 2008 The NSL News covered the unofficial "scandinavian championship" at the World Meet 2008 with the story on 5 December 2008. The Swedish 4-way team Evolution, which represented one of the four scandinavian countries in Maubeuge, was a part of this story. Shortly before the world meet, on 29 July 2008, the NSL News had reported that Evolution surprisingly won the national championship and upset Blue Spirits by winning the Swedish tickets to the world meet at the last minute. (more)

Did you know that the NSL News followed Eliana Rodriguez and Thomas Hughes at Christmas of 2001?
posted: Dec 25th, 2008 The NSL News goes back in time once again and leaps forward by one year, from Christmas 2000 to Christmas 2001. The December story in 2001 covered Eliana Rodriguez and Thomas Hughes at the time of their careers when they joined their first world class lineups in the Open Class, Eliana Rodriguez with Airspeed Zulu and Thomas Hughes with Sebastian XL. Eliana Rodriguez has already won the World Championship of Formation Skydiving in the Open Class two times ever since, once in each event, and added these titles to her 4-way gold medal in the female category. Thomas Hughes is still working on... (more)

Did you know that Arizona Divewerkz will continue in 2009?
posted: Dec 24th, 2008 The NSL News reported on 12 December 2008 that Arizona Divewerkz' center inside, Annie Peterson, has become the new point for the US national team in the female category, Fastrax Blue. Annie Peterson said that she did not know Arizona Divewerkz' plans for the near future and the 2009 season when she committed to the Fastrax Blue slot. The NSL News contacted Arizona Divewerkz directly to find out more. The 2008 season was a very successful year for the "national amateur champion" in the AAA/Open Class, as the NSL News reported on 7 November 2008. The Arizona team took a short break after the... (more)