Did you know that two Great Lakes 4-way teams joined the British Rookie Class leaderboard? posted: Jun 7th, 2023 The Rookie Class actually won last weekend's competition on the combined leaderboard with a total of five teams. The comeback event of the Great Lakes Skydiving League took place at the same time when the British 4-way teams competed in Langar.
The NSL News had announced the comeback of one of the earliest NSL 4-way leagues in the United States with the story on January 16th, and Cleveland Skydiving Center became the host of the first competition this year.
Kaleidoscope won the Rookie Class competition for the United Kingdom Skydiving League, and the two U.S. teams placed behind in 2nd and... (more)
Did you know that the United Kingdom Skydiving League's June meet featured three potential A Class medal contenders? posted: Jun 7th, 2023 British 4-way teams followed up on their outdoor season opener in May with the second meet of the United Kingdom Skydiving League at Skydive Langar. Nine participating teams increased the number of teams by two, after the seven teams at the first event in Sibson.
Volt4ge of the British Army and Vantage repeated their duel that they had in May with the same outcome, even though the point difference changed from 28 points at the season opener to six points at the beginning of this month.
Both teams have a multi-year competition history, which began for Vantage in the AA Class of 2017. British... (more)
Did you know that the next Top 4 showdown in Voss promises a much closer finish? posted: Jun 6th, 2023 The list of currently registered teams for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 in Voss, Norway, is far from completion at this point in time. The deadline for official entry is July 8th, and late registration is possible until August 1st. Round 1 in Formation Skydiving competition is scheduled for August 22nd.
Several teams have confirmed their participation in this year's second FAI/ISC event, and the first preview with NSL Power Rankings is showing the same four 4-way Open medal contenders in the latest ranking order after the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023.
However, indoor and outdoor competition... (more)
Did you know that Flying Rebels and Chameleons came back together for Indoor Cloud League May sequences? posted: Jun 2nd, 2023 The members of the two former Czech junior teams, HF Flying Rebels and HF Chameleons, have known each other and trained together for a long time. Both teams still have original members in their current lineups who started in Jan Klapka's 4-way junior school of 2017.
Denisa Jeziakova and Krystof Rulf have trained and competed together with the Flying Rebels ever since and now won the world's 4-way junior championship title at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023. Krystyna Cejkova and Filip Lukavec started with the Chameleons in 2017 and are probably the second best 4-way junior team in the... (more)
Did you know that a very strong U.S. delegation travels to Norway in August? posted: Jun 1st, 2023 FAI World Cups of Formation Skydiving usually do not offer the same competitive level as the FAI World Championships do, even though all participating countries may register more teams (up to four) than only one national team in each event.
The U.S. delegation has never missed any of the three horizontal events (4-way Open, 8-way Open, 4-way Women) at outdoor world championships since 1985. However, there have not been many U.S. teams at the outdoor world cups in the same time period.
In fact, complete U.S. delegations posted scores only in the same three FS events when the outdoor world... (more)
Did you know that the most improved teams battled in the lower half of the 4-way Women leaderboard? posted: May 31st, 2023 The most improved teams in 4-way Women at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023 finished in the lower half of the leaderboard, disregarding the world-class performances of the French Nephtys and XPG4 in the top spots.
The indoor lineup of the French national team in 4-way Women was not the same as ever before. In fact, national coach Mathieu Bernier had managed to put this unique lineup together just a few months before Round 1 at the Hurricane Factory Tatralandia in Slovakia.
XPG4 had more consistency in their lineup for the event, after spending the entire 2022 season together. Jeana Billings... (more)
Did you know that two Great Lakes 4-way teams joined the British Rookie Class leaderboard?
Did you know that the United Kingdom Skydiving League's June meet featured three potential A Class medal contenders?
Did you know that the next Top 4 showdown in Voss promises a much closer finish?
Did you know that Flying Rebels and Chameleons came back together for Indoor Cloud League May sequences?
Did you know that a very strong U.S. delegation travels to Norway in August?
Did you know that the most improved teams battled in the lower half of the 4-way Women leaderboard?