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Did you know that the female silver medals could be open for grabs at the World Cup?
posted: Aug 27th, 2009 The NSL News evaluated the situation in the female 4-way category at the beginning of the 2009 season with the story on 3 May 2009. This evaluation related to the final target of the recent 2-year cycle for the national teams, the World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2010 in Russia. The upcoming FAI World Cup 2009 is the major international competition this year and a stepping stone on the way to the World Meet in 2010. Six female 4-way teams are registered for the competition in Prostejov next week, one more than at the last World Cup in Russia 2007. (more)

Did you know that a few French competitors have double duties at the World Cup?
posted: Aug 26th, 2009 The NSL News story on 24 August 2009 came along with scores of the French Nationals 2009. The teams had completed seven rounds at that time. Eventually, two more rounds were completed later for a 9-round competition, and Aerokart Amada also has a score for the 10th round. The team in 1st place is still the same, even though Aerokart Amada cannot officially win the championship as one of the national B-Teams. The last two rounds still had a significant impact on the rankings, as the Monaco Parachute Team turned the table at the very end. Didier Boignon, Laurent Hayot, Stephane Mattoni, Jeff Ronzevalle... (more)

Did you know that Finland's annual Hanko Open had great weather this year?
posted: Aug 25th, 2009 Last weekend's scores from Finland have completed the international part of the leaderboard. Scores from the US teams at four different locations will be added as soon as possible. Finland completed the 2009 season with the annual Hanko Open. The national championships were already held on the July 25 weekend, as the NSL News reported on 27 July 2009. The Pro Team won the 2009 title after a 10-round battle with the Tigers. (more)

Did you know that Aerokart Amada won the French Nationals 2009?
posted: Aug 24th, 2009 The latest scores on last weekend's leaderboard were posted by the French AAA Class teams that competed at the national championships. Eleven additional teams competed in the French intermediate category, which is not synchronized with the NSL dive pools. Seven 8-way teams competed in Maubeuge, as well, plus three Vertical Relative Work teams. The Monaco Parachute Team had won the two previous competitions of the Coupe de France 2009. This time, one of the French national B-Team lineups was too strong for the Monaco 4-way and 8-way veterans. Aerokart Amada, with Guillaume Bajolet, Florian... (more)

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. (more)

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)