Did you know that Round 1 has the fastest sequence of the 10-round meet at Paraclete XP? posted: Jun 13th, 2009 Golden Knights member Brian "BK" Krause has provided the next updates of the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009. He is the new team captain of the Army's Formation Skydiving teams, the new 8-way lineup and the Golden Knights Black and Gold 4-way teams.
The two 4-way teams Black and Gold consist of the members of the 8-way lineup, with one exception. Kurt Isenbarger does not train and compete in 8-way, but he is a member of the Black 4-way lineup, together with Brian Krause, Matt Davison and Sean Sweeney. He does not compete this weekend though, Jason Harris fills his slot.
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Did you know that meet activities have already begun at Paraclete XP in Raeford? posted: Jun 12th, 2009 It is time to focus on the upcoming weekend, which will feature world class indoor and outdoor competition. The NSL News is on high alert to provide as much up-to-date information as possible.
The Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009 is the high-profile event of the weekend, as Airspeed and Perris Fury are entering their 4th showdown this year, the 2nd indoor competition after the World Challenge 2009. The Golden Knights, Paraclete XP and other top teams will add to the world class competition in Raeford.
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Did you know that UK teams are looking at the World Cup 2009 participation? posted: Jun 12th, 2009 The NSL News announced the FAI World Cup 2009 and the NSL News/Camscore coverage for the first time on 3 June 2009.
The review of the leaderboard at the last World Cup 2007 in Russia shows that three of the 22 teams in the Open Class competed for the United Kingdom. Fusion, Damn Zebra and Inferno had their own UK race as a part of the international competition and placed right next to each other (17th, 18th, 19th).
None of the three best UK teams of 2007, Bodyflight Storm, Team Elan and Aardvark Zulu, traveled to Russia just two weeks before the UK Nationals 2007. Fusion, the official UK... (more)
Did you know that several FSL competitors could only observe the action at the May meet? posted: Jun 11th, 2009 The NSL News has to go back one more time to the May meet of the Florida Skydiving League at Skydive Sebastian, just a little over a week before the next FSL meet takes place at Skydive City in Z-Hills.
There were only four teams that actually signed up for the meet. However, a few other FSL competitors were also on site who did not manage to recruite a complete lineup for the meet in time.
Gary Hansen and Alex Kolb traveled together with the Miami delegation to Sebastian. Gary Hansen trained and competed for years with ZT Mal4mations. Alex Kolb was a Zero Tolerance member in 2008. She moved... (more)
Did you know that Mass Defiance member Ben Liston offers a virtual tunnel training camp? posted: Jun 10th, 2009 Ben Liston, Mass Defiance's Center Inside and recently also Dallas Rogue 8-way member, has created a virtual tunnel training program that is now available for everybody who is interested in working on individual and team flying skills. He has combined the training program with a fund raising effort for the National Skydiving League, which has already created much needed and greatly appreciated donations to help keeping the NSL operation alive.
Ben Liston and his Mass Defiance team member, Point Brian Stephens, spent some extra time in the windtunnel to demonstrate the maneuvers, body positions... (more)
Did you know that the NSL website now has a Wind Tunnel league? posted: Jun 10th, 2009 It was about time for the move, and the NSL website has a new league.
The indoor competitions at different windtunnels have become very popular after years of using them as a great training tool for 4-way and recently even 8-way teams. By the nature of the environment, it is no surprise that most of the teams that compete at indoor meets are also posting scores at the traditional outdoor events.
There are a few exceptions. Team Future with the Tinucci siblings can only train and compete at windtunnels. The last meet they attended was the World Challenge 2009 at Bodyflight Bedford.
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