Did you know that the World Cup 2009 has open slots for US teams? posted: Jul 4th, 2009 The event pages for all three Formation Skydiving events (4-way Open, 4-way Women, 8-way Open) of the FAI World Cup 2009 have been set up for a little while now, and the scores offer a review of the last World Cup in Russia 2007.
As in 2007, no US 4-way teams have registered for the most relevant international competition this year so far. The US 2009 slots seem to be open for other teams, as the three top contenders (Arizona Airspeed, Perris Fury, Spaceland Force XP) have no plans to travel to Europe at this point in time. However, the World Cup of 2007 was exciting enough, even without US... (more)
Did you know that Hot Flash gave Funnel Approach a hot competition in Texas? posted: Jul 3rd, 2009 Seven teams attended the second meet of the Texas Skydiving League 2009 season at Skydive Dallas last weekend and almost matched the attendance of the season opener at Skydive Spaceland. Two teams from Spaceland (BS5, Funnel Approach) visited Skydive Dallas after a season start with only home teams from Spaceland at the May meet, except Hot Flash.
All home teams from Dallas attended their first competition this year, while BS5, Funnel Approach and Hot Flash posted their second set of meet scores. Both visiting teams from Spaceland took the first places in their categories, BS5 in the AA Class... (more)
Did you know that two MidAtlantic Skydiving League teams won their categories last weekend? posted: Jul 2nd, 2009 Last weekend's leaderboard is now complete, as the scores from Texas have been added to the ones from the MidAtlantic Skydiving League.
MASL teams took the first places in the AAA Class (Cross Keys Blue) and the AA Class (VTSD, Weatherhold), while teams from Texas dominated the Rookie Class competition at Skydive Dallas. The NSL News will go back to the TSL meet later.
MASL Director Cherie Schuch provided photos and a few videos of the competition at Cross Keys. The team photos complete the team pages where the lineups have already been posted earlier.
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Did you know that new NSL-TV videos include SDC Rhythm XP's first two outdoor rounds? posted: Jul 1st, 2009 Meet videos from the Midwest Skydiving League's season opener on June 20 have arrived at the NSL News office and have been uploaded.
The videos of Round 1 feature all seven MWSL teams that competed that weekend at Skydive Chicago.
One MWSL team received additional attention, as the NSL News has covered the steep team career of SDC Rhythm XP already quite a few times. However, no current videos of the US shooting star have been available until MWSL Director Alan Butt provided the footage of the MWSL season opener.
The first uploaded videos feature SDC Rhythm XP at the end of the video file,... (more)
Did you know that Gradient Alpha is on the way up in Russia? posted: Jun 30th, 2009 The NSL News goes back to Russia while still waiting for the latest scores from Texas, which will complete last weekend's leaderboard of two meets.
It is already the second time this year that outdoor scores from a smaller 4-way competition in Russia appear on the NSL leaderboard. The NSL News has covered the most famous and popular Malevsky Cup live from Stupino several times in the past years, until it was discontinued last year.
However, the national championships of Russia were still covered year by year, and the World Cup of 2007, as well. (more)
Did you know that Cherie and Karl Schuch were back on their home turf last weekend? posted: Jun 30th, 2009 The scores from Russia on the front page have already been replaced by new numbers from the MidAtlantic Skydiving League. Scores from Texas will be added very soon to the new leaderboard. The NSL News will still go back to the news from Russia very soon.
Before that, there are still the missing videos of the June meet of the Florida Skydiving League that have now been uploaded and are available on NSL YouTune TV. The first four rounds were already uploaded on the meet day and a few days later. The missing Rounds 5 and 6 have now been added. These rounds had the more technical sequences for the... (more)