Did you know that the jump aircraft in Dubai is a Bell 212 helicopter? posted: Jan 6th, 2010 It is about time to focus on the next upcoming event, the Dubai Championship 2010. The NSL News brought the event already to the attention of the audience with the first preview on 27 December 2009 (Archives > 2009 > News > Search for "Dubai"). The story on 4 January 2010 followed up and covered the female 4-way competition at the same event.
The NSL News will report the event with the help of correspondents at the competition site.
Arizona Airspeed's Craig Girard had already helped the NSL audience to information, photos and insights when the reigning 4-way world champions competed at the... (more)
Did you know that Area 51 has an all Italian lineup for the World Challenge 2010? posted: Jan 5th, 2010 One of the first teams that signed up very early for the World Challenge 2010 was Area 51, an international lineup with two DeLand Norgies members, Lise Nansen-Aune and Pal Kolbenstvedt. Alex Jordaan from South Africa and Igor Galvan from Italy completed the lineup. Area 51 of 2009 finished with an 18.9 average in Bedford.
Igor Galvan was the driving force to put together last year's lineup. He wanted to challenge himself with the Norwegian world class players and found a like-minded team mate with Alex Jordaan.
He tried to bring Lise Nansen-Aune back for the World Challenge 2010, but she... (more)
Did you know that Meili Modini is Perris Fury's new team videographer? posted: Jan 4th, 2010 The NSL News story on 21 September 2009 (Archives > 2009 > Newx > Search for: "Karen Lewis") explained the video troubles that Perris Fury had at the September meet of the Texas Skydiving League. Fury did not have a team videographer throughout the 2009 season ever since Niklas Daniel was filming the team until the USPA Nationals 2009 and left the team at the end of the 2009 season.
The bronze medalist of the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships hired videographers for training and competition whenever they needed them. The video disaster in Texas eventually brought Fury back to Karen... (more)
Did you know that VTSD leaves the A Class field in the dust? posted: Jan 4th, 2010 It took a while until the 4-way teams finally got in the air at the USPA 2009 Collegiate Championships . The first round was completed Friday afternoon. However, Skydive Spaceland showed already at the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships that a meet can still be completed if the lift capacity is available, even with limited weather conditions. Most likely, all six scheduled rounds will eventually be completed at the end of Saturday.
The leaderboard after three rounds looks as it was expected. Virginia Tech's USPA gold medalist of 2009 in the AA/Intermediate Class, VTSD, leaves all other... (more)
Did you know that $45,000 USD are on stake for four female teams in Dubai? posted: Jan 4th, 2010 The upcoming 4-way event in Dubai, reported by the NSL News on 27 December 2009, also includes a competition in IPC's female category.
Both categories have the same jackpot of $45,000 USD for the first three places (15,000 - 10,000 - 10,000). 14 teams are registered for the Open Class, four teams for the female competition. Only one female team will leave Dubai without any cash in the pockets.
The first NSL News preview already introduced the top contenders in the Open Class, which will guarantee an exciting race. The competition in the female category will probably not be as exciting as... (more)
Did you know that Menzelinsk is promising to be a great host for the World Meet 2010? posted: Jan 2nd, 2010 The basic information behind the newest logo and link on the NSL pages is actually not really new to the NSL audience. The NSL News announced already during the coverage of the FAI World Cup 2009 that there will be live coverage by NSL News and CamScore at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Russia.
The actual event pages for scores and the usual news services have not been set yet, as the 2010 season has not even begun. In fact, there is still plenty of time before the major event of the 2010 season will take place. However, the Russian host has now set up his own website... (more)