Did you know that Monkey Circus scored a new national record for a single round? posted: Aug 23rd, 2009 The next meet videos of the Midwest Skydiving League's August meet have been uploaded.
This time, only the remaining available rounds of the two AAA Class teams, SDC Rhythm XP and SDC Furies XP, are featured on NSL-TV. Both teams completed all ten rounds of the August meet weekend.
However, only the first six rounds are now ready for reviews, plus the Furies' Round 7.
The first six rounds challenged the teams technically with slow sequences. The pace picked up significantly with a very fast second half of the competition draw, and both teams finished with team record scores.
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Did you know that DiZturbia is moving up meet by meet? posted: Aug 21st, 2009 The last videos of the Florida Skydiving League's August meet have been uploaded and are now available for reviews.
The complete set of the latest FSL videos include the six rounds of Z-Hills AAA Class team DiZturbia. The team members (Jaime Cruce - Point, Christine Freiherr - Center Outside, Sarah Knipling - Tail, Laura Song - Center Inside) moved up into the AAA Class with this lineup at the beginning of the 2009 season and have shown an impressive progression (8.5 - 10.3 - 11.7) meet by meet.
James "Bu" Klinge and Rodney Cruce are both helping the team with indoor and outdoor coaching.... (more)
Did you know that videos of the Russian Nationals 2009 are now available for reviews? posted: Aug 20th, 2009 The NSL News goes back to the Russian Nationals 2009, which had its coverage between August 3 and 7. Black Cat won with a 20.9 average after ten rounds, three points ahead of archrival Skylight Barkli with three Sky Panthers. Kaktus Hunter won the bronze medals after a jumpoff with Cross Road.
The details of this competition were already covered with the three meet stories. Most of the videos are now available for reviews, as they have been uploaded to the Russian version of YouTube.
The story on 4 August 2009 mentioned that Kaktus Hunter lost four points due to center point violations in... (more)
Did you know that SDC Rhythm XP is now dangerously close to the Mass Defiance record? posted: Aug 19th, 2009 The NSL News story on 12 August 2009 covered the August meet of the Midwest Skydiving League. Seven teams competed at Skydive Chicago, both AAA Class teams (SDC Furies XP, SDC Rhythm XP) completed all ten rounds of the fast AAA Class competition draw, while all other teams went through the 6-round meet as usual. (more)
Did you know that Scott Latinis observed his 8-way team mate from the distance? posted: Aug 18th, 2009 The popular NSL Gloves recently had a free advertisement when Texas veteran 4-way and 8-way competitor Scott Latinis was filmed by Perris Fury member Chris Farina. Both participated in a demo jump for T-Mobile over San Francisco, and Scott Latinis wears the NSL Gloves on the video.
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Did you know that the World Cup 2009 includes several skydiving events? posted: Aug 17th, 2009 The FAI World Cup 2009 is the next major 4-way event coming up in two weeks and brings together the best 4-way teams in the world, except any teams from the USA. The NSL News goes back to the German Nationals 2009 where the German national team FSC Eisenach-Paratec jumped up above the 20-average and into the top level of 4-way competition with a 20.8 average after ten rounds.
Eisenach's videographer Alexander "Dude" Hau provided the NSL News with an uploaded high-definition video of the 33-pointer in Round 5, which now stands as the new German 4-way record for a single round. The same Eisenach... (more)