Did you know that Norway's team Venom won $300 Monster cash? posted: Mar 25th, 2008 Round 7 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 saw Airspeed Odyssey coming back and posting a new highscore for a round after losing three points to France Maubeuge in the fast Round 6.
The Skins Game also had a new winner in this round. Monster Energy was the sponsor for Round 7. The energy drink has been supporting NSL events and the participating teams for a few years with product and now added $300 cash to the jackpot for this year's Shamrock Showdown.
The Norwegian team Venom won the Monster cash of $300 after handicap. The Venom lineup included two participants of the traditional Norwegian... (more)
Did you know that Australia's national team Airtite had to work harder this year? posted: Mar 24th, 2008 The Australian Nationals 2008 were held last week at at Sydney Skydivers in Picton, New South Wales. Perfect weather saw the 4-way competition completed in two days, with Airtite and C4 battling for the chance to represent Australia at the World Championship of Formation Skydiving this August in Maubeuge, France.
Team Airtite, with Jeremy Langford (Point), Gary Nemirovsky (Outside Center), Rob Tasic (Inside Center), Simon Disciassio (Tail) and Andy Oakley (Camera), has been dominating the 4-way event downunder for several years after winning the national title with this lineup for the first... (more)
Did you know that the public view has not changed? posted: Mar 23rd, 2008 The NSL once again invited the local media to participate in the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008. Press releases and invitations to the media representatives were sent out prior to the event. The result was once again very different to any expectations after the reporter of the Daytona Beach News-Journal visited live throughout the event weekend.
One of the press realeases provided the following information: (more)
Did you know that official and unofficial world record owners faced each other in Round 6? posted: Mar 22nd, 2008 The 4-way and skydiving community around the planet has been waiting for the videos of Round 6 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 to be uploaded. It is now time to be impressed by another unofficial 4-way world record for a single round.
The sequence of Round 6 surely was the fastest one of the competition draw with five random formations (G-C-J-D-B). However, Norway's national team in the female category, Fortitudo, had not drawn not the fastest record sequence at all. Many experts did not really expect a score that would beat previous world records - official or unoffical ones.
Especially... (more)
Did you know that seven teams travel from DeLand to Bedford? posted: Mar 21st, 2008 Round 5 was the second time that money was on stake at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008. Performance Designs sponsored this round was $300 cash, and the money would go to the winner after handicap.
Denmark's national 4-way team, Danish Blaze, performed above the team's previously shown level in rounds one to four and was compensated for the hard work to learn the exits from the Pilatus Porter.
Danish Blaze is one of the seven teams that competed in DeLand last weekend and will travel to the United Kingom for next week's World Challenge 2008 at Bodyflight Bedford. Airspeed Odyssey, Perris Fury,... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury won the first round of the Skins Game? posted: Mar 20th, 2008 The videos of Round 3 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 have already been replaced by new videos of Round 4. Not to forget: the total number of point deductions in Round 3 was 23 for all teams. Perris Fury had the largest portion with six penalties, which reduced the score from 31 points in working time to 25 points on the scoreboard.
It was bad luck for the Perris team that videographer Niklas Daniels' ringsight of the camera was not perfectly set. Parts of the formations and maneuvers were not in the frame, and the judges had to deduct the points for the non-judgeable portions of the jump.
However,... (more)
Did you know that Norway's team Venom won $300 Monster cash?
Did you know that Australia's national team Airtite had to work harder this year?
Did you know that the public view has not changed?
Did you know that official and unofficial world record owners faced each other in Round 6?
Did you know that seven teams travel from DeLand to Bedford?
Did you know that Perris Fury won the first round of the Skins Game?