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Did you know that the 2009 season is at an exciting point in time?
posted: Jul 31st, 2009 The most interesting time period of the competition season has begun, as most of the countries have their national championships coming up. Denmark (Danez) and Finland (Pro Team) already have their new national 4-way champions of 2009, which are also the national teams for the World Meet 2010 in most of the countries. The race for the tickets to Russia are one of the most exciting parts of the national championships. Sweden and Norway are already in the middle of their national championships, and the NSL News will post scores and information as soon as possible. Both countries have already selected... (more)

Did you know that the top contenders are observing each other carefully?
posted: Jul 30th, 2009 The NSL News reported on 5 April 2009 that Arizona Airspeed extended the team's undefeated winning streak to 17 - 0 at the World Challenge 2009. It has already been extended to 18 - 0 after the dominating performance at the World Games 2009. Two Airspeed members, Andy Delk and Mark Kirkby, also competed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009, where Eliana Rodriguez and Craig Girard could not join the lineup. Perris Fury won the indoor competition over Arizona Speed where Thomas Hughes and John Eagle filled the open slots. However, this competition cannot really be counted... (more)

Did you know that Centerline is still pursuing the gold medals?
posted: Jul 29th, 2009 Centerline XP, AAA/Advanced Class silver medalist at the USPA Nationals 2008, made the NSL News quite a few times last year. The team left no doubt earlier in the 2008 season that medals at the USPA Nationals were the only goal, and the NSL News followed the Centerline progression. No news of the team were posted in the 2009 season so far. However, this doesn't mean that Centerline is not there any longer as a team. Team member Brian Smith recently updated the NSL News with the latest developments, which are slightly off 4-way competition... (more)

Did you know that Rookie Class teams also dominated the MASL Karp Cup 2009?
posted: Jul 28th, 2009 Last weekend's events included the annual Karp Cup of the MidAtlantic Skydiving League, hosted by Skydive Cross Keys. MASL Director Cherie Schuch reported what happened this year at the memorial event for Seth Karp, former JetStream member and MASL competitor, who lost his life in a landing accident in 2002. (more)

Did you know that the Pro Team won in Finland after a dramatic battle with the Tigers?
posted: Jul 27th, 2009 The names of 11 teams from Finland have been added to the leaderboard, which makes it already a 3-nation affair at the moment, as several teams from Switzerland joined the competition at the Nuggets Cup 2009 in Leutkirch, Germany. Two of the teams from Finland placed themselves in the Top 5 of last weekend's AAA Class leaderboard of currently 18 teams. The team names are not new to the NSL News audience. The Tigers have been the national champion since 2007, the Pro Team has been the challenger ever since. The NSL News has covered this exciting race for the top spot in Finland with several stories. It... (more)

Did you know that X-Ray Remscheid won the Nuggets Cup 2009?
posted: Jul 26th, 2009 The upset is complete at the Nuggets Cup 2009 in Germany. It was not only an upset, it was more like a landslide. Incognito Leutkirch did not even leave the Chicas a chance to catch up on the second day and the second half of the meet. In fact, the new shooting star in the female 4-way category won seven of the ten rounds over the current national team, tied two rounds and gave up only Round 6 by one point. Steffi Dichmann (Center Outside), Sarah Hajooze (Point), Anne Heinrich (Tail) and Pia Weingart (Center Inside) even beat the Nuggets Cup winner, X-Ray Remscheid, in two rounds. It is very... (more)