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 posted: Jun 30th, 2009 The scores from Russia on the front page have already been replaced by new numbers from the MidAtlantic Skydiving League.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)
Did you know that Angry War Lords are not a secret any longer? posted: Jun 28th, 2009 New scores from Russia have already been posted. The NSL News will move forward to the new meet weekend soon. There is one more open topic of last weekend's event, as the NSL news promised earlier to provide more information of the Norwegian AA Class winner, the Angry War Lords.
The competition in Norway was held in Voss at a dropzone that is called Boemoen. The meet was a part of the opening weekend of the annual Extreme Sports Week. Voss is a beautiful small Norwegian town located approximately one hour and a half driving distance from Bergen, Norway's second biggest city.
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Did you know that the UK teams had their strongest showing in the AAA Class this time? posted: Jun 28th, 2009 Last weekend's scores have not been replaced by new results yet, and the NSL News goes back once again to the second busiest meet weekend of the 2009 season. The two European top contenders for the ESL Spirit, Netherlands and United Kingdom, both had their teams in action, as the NSL News story on 23 June 2009 reported.
The Dutch team won the weekend as of participation, and three teams from the Netherlands are also still holding the top positions on the leaderboard, Dynamic Fource in the AAA Class, Ignition in the AA Class and Meo in the Rookie Class. Only the Angry War Lords from Norway were... (more)
Did you know that Ben Liston followed up with more 4-way tips? posted: Jun 26th, 2009 The NSL News reported on 10 June 2009 that Ben Liston, Mass Defiance Center Inside, had put together a virtual tunnel training camp. The program has been offered in the NSL Shop ever since.
Ben Liston has supported his campaign to help skydivers and 4-way teams and competitors into the 4-way world by two articles that were recently published in USPA's Parachutist magazine.
The June issue offered the first part of the "First Steps for New 4-way Teams". Ben Liston provided an overview of the slots and the types of 4-way formations. He explained the piece partner and clones system. Then he provided... (more)
Did you know that Czech Rookie Class teams took three of the five top spots? posted: Jun 26th, 2009 There have not been many 4-way meets attracting four Rookie Class teams to the same competition site at the same time, even though the Rookie Class is gaining momentum in general. The Czech Republic did it already for the second time.
Czech league manager Jan Klapka, member of the Bad Boys, has been nursing his 4-way community ever since he joined the international NSL Network in 2005 with several AAA Class teams. The Rookie Class was the second competition category that he introduced in 2007.
The August meet in 2007 was the first time when he had four Rookie Class teams attending the competition... (more)
Did you know that Airspeed's Craig Girard is in best health? posted: Jun 25th, 2009 The first videos of the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009 were already posted with the NSL News story on 18 June 2009. The videos of Rounds 1 and 3 offered the opportunity to compare Perris Fury and Arizona Speed directly.
Perris Fury's other eight rounds have now been added, and the latest NSL YouTube TV video features all ten rounds of this year's winner in Raeford.
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