Did you know that Perris Fury had nine teams at the USPA Nationals 2009? posted: Dec 28th, 2009 A recent Perris Fury newsletter reminded the NSL News that the world class team from California was once again very active this year to prepare teams for the 2009 USPA National Skydiving Championships. The Fury team projects have recruited several new teams and competitors in the past years, and the same project was also very successful in 2009.
Christy Frikken (Perris Moxie), Chris Farina (Perris Stun), Josh Hall (Perris Cobra Kai) and Uli Stuewe (Perris Blue Ice) were coaching and jumping with four different 8-way teams at the USPA Nationals. Two of them competed in the Open Class and another... (more)
Did you know that the Top 3 of 2008 will compete in Dubai in January? posted: Dec 27th, 2009 Two of the the three medal winners of the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2008 in France, Arizona Airspeed and France Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge, have continued with exactly the same lineups throughout the 2009 season. Hayabusa Defence has trained and competed with Waedong So for Luc Verstrepen after the last World Meet. All three teams continue with the 2009 lineups in 2010.
The three defending medal winners of 2008 met each other directly on a competition site only twice this year. Airspeed, Hayabusa and France all competed at the World Challenge 2009 in April and at the World Games... (more)
Did you know that Menzelinsk is promising to be a great host for the World Meet 2010? posted: Dec 26th, 2009 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)
Did you know that there was another comeback at the last indoor competition? posted: Dec 26th, 2009 The NSL News reported Ed Ganley's 4-way comeback after a 7-year break on 18 December 2009 and Ben Liston's North East tunnel meet at SkyVenture New Hampshire on 15 December 2009. There is actually a link between these two stories that is not obvious at the first view.
Ed Ganley was not the only former 4-way competitor who recently came back to attend a meet after a long break. A closer look at the lineups of the indoor competition at the beginning of December offered a surprise for the 4-way fans who have been around for at least a decade.
The Mercury Falling lineup in the A Class competition... (more)
Did you know that the Trained Amateurs competed for Georgia Tech in November? posted: Dec 24th, 2009 Some more scores were recently added to the database. The Georgia Skydiving League completed the 2009 season with its third competition at Skydive The Farm.
Once again, it was a college team that caught the attention in Georgia. Georgia Tech teams have made the NSL News headlines many times in the past. It all began when Genesis (Shannon Pilcher, Ian Bobo, Kyle Collins, David van Greuningen, Eric Taylor) launched the 4-way team project and eventually moved from Georgia to Florida to pursue a full time skydiving career.
This happened already at the time when the National Skydiving League was... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP will be a strong 8-way sparring partner at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Dec 23rd, 2009 The 8-way teams of France and the USA have been well known in the past years, as they have been controlling the gold and silver medal positions at the last two world meets. Russia was in the same race until the World Meet in Croatia 2004 and then fell behind in 2006. Finally, Russia did not even have an 8-way team at the World Meet 2008 in France.
The NSL News stories on 30 November 2009 and 5 December 2009 explained how this situation will probably change in 2010. Russia is coming back with a very strong 8-way lineup that will aim for medals on home turf next year.
The 8-way competition... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury had nine teams at the USPA Nationals 2009?
Did you know that the Top 3 of 2008 will compete in Dubai in January?
Did you know that Menzelinsk is promising to be a great host for the World Meet 2010?
Did you know that there was another comeback at the last indoor competition?
Did you know that the Trained Amateurs competed for Georgia Tech in November?
Did you know that Paraclete XP will be a strong 8-way sparring partner at the Shamrock Showdown?