Did you know that MESL Director Mike Ashley hopes for a good turnout at the season opener? posted: May 23rd, 2008 The Mideast Skydiving League is also launching its first meet of the 2008 season this weekend. New MESL Director Mike Ashley and Fastrax founder John Hart have prepared the regional 4-way community for quite a while. John Hart has provided a lot of information in his series of 4-way tips. Mike Ashley is now excited to see the results of the efforts:
"It's only another day before our inaugural meet in the Mideast Skydiving League. It's coming up fast, and I hope everyone is as pumped about it as I am! We have had some groups get together, and do some minor training at Start on those days we have... (more)
Did you know that the Ranch Skydiving League prepares for the season opener? posted: May 22nd, 2008 Two more US leagues will be launching their 2008 season this upcoming weekend, the Ranch Skydiving League and the Mideast Skydiving League.
The Ranch Skydiving League has focused on the Rookie Class participation this year, as the NSL News story on 19 March 2008 already reported. Two windtunnel camps were well attended and RSL Director Robert Schuyler hopes that many of them will join the 4-way community and attend the meets this year:
"The Ranch graduated over 70 students last year. Our team is organizing and giving free coaching for the rookies at Skyventure NH during the tunnel camps."... (more)
Did you know that Fastrax Blue lost Kelley Frederickson? posted: May 21st, 2008 Sad news came from California yesterday. Kelley Frederickson, Point for Fastrax Blue, the US national team in the female 4-way category, passed away on May 20. She died in her sleep at night in the middle of a training camp in Perris. Fastrax Blue sponsor John Hart sent his very personal tribute to her in the latest Start Skydiving newsletter. He had recently put together a profile of the Fastrax member.
Kelley Frederickson and her team had just visited DeLand for a training camp and the FSL April meet. The team photo of the competition in DeLand is the last one the NSL News had taken of the... (more)
Did you know that Skydive Sebastian had a very successful FSL comeback? posted: May 20th, 2008 The May meet of the Florida Skydiving League 2008 season was a comeback event for Skydive Sebastian. The host of many FSL meets was one of the original skydiving centers when the Florida Skydiving League was launched at the end of 1997. Sebastian XL, the British national team, was the most famous home team at that time.
Skydive Sebastian also hosted the USPA Nationals in 1999 and sent the original Teiwaz lineup to the USPA Nationals 2000 in Perris to win the gold medals in the Advanced Class. The scenic dropzone near the Atlantic coastline was visited regularly by the FSL teams between 1998... (more)
Did you know that the MASL teams and competitors are still waiting for better weather? posted: May 19th, 2008 Last weekend's leaderboard also includes two teams from the MidAtlantic Skydiving League. League Director Cherie Schuch reported that the weather made it very difficult for the teams at Cross Keys so far this year. The meet was first canceled due to the bad forecast, but only until it looked more promising Saturday morning:
"We have not been having a lot of luck with the weather up here. No big surprise that we had to cancel the meet on Friday night. However, at 6 am next morning we put it back on again."
The weather forecast had already kept a lot of people away from the dropzone on Saturday,... (more)
Did you know that you can come and have a go in the UK if you think you're hard enough...? posted: May 19th, 2008 Earlier NSL News articles mentioned an upswing in 4-way participation this year so far. Last weekend's numbers confirm this upswing once again. Florida Skydiving League teams in Sebastian moved the attendance number at a May meet up from three (2006) and four (2007) to eight last weekend.
The situation was the same in the United Kingdom. Seven teams competed at the May meet in 2007, seventeen at the June meet last year. Last weekend's event in Langar had a total number 22 teams competing in the four competition classes. Chris Hollis, Formation Skydiving representative for the British Parachute... (more)
Did you know that MESL Director Mike Ashley hopes for a good turnout at the season opener?
Did you know that the Ranch Skydiving League prepares for the season opener?
Did you know that Fastrax Blue lost Kelley Frederickson?
Did you know that Skydive Sebastian had a very successful FSL comeback?
Did you know that the MASL teams and competitors are still waiting for better weather?
Did you know that you can come and have a go in the UK if you think you're hard enough...?