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Did you know that Arizona Airspeed has a significant lead in the USPA Nationals 2009 poll?
posted: Jul 11th, 2009 The NSL News has covered the race of the three best US Open Class teams for the gold medals at the USPA Nationals 2009 already several times this year. Especially the scores posted by Arizona Airspeed, Perris Fury and Spaceland Force XP at this year's competitions provided the content for evaluation and speculation. All three teams attended the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2009. Airspeed and Fury also competed at the Valentine's Meet 2009 and two indoor competitions, the World Challenge 2009 and the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009. (more)

Did you know that Sandy Grillet had new record participation in the Northern Plains?
posted: Jul 10th, 2009 The new scores of the Northern Plains Skydiving League have now completed last weekend's leaderboard. Great news came from Skydive Twin Cities, as the eleven NPSL teams set a new participation record for the Northern Plains. NPSL Director Sandy Grillet had recorded two meets with ten teams in the past, the first one in July 2007, the second one in July 2008. July 2009 brought the new record number of 4-way teams to the NPSL meet last weekend. Sandy Grillet had launched the Northern Plains Skydiving League in 2001 and is now in his 9th season without any interruptions. He has consistently... (more)

Did you know that the Golden Knights' new focus on 8-way improves the US chances for gold in 2010?
posted: Jul 9th, 2009 The NSL News reported the 8-way scores of the Paraclete XP Indoor Skydiving Championship 2009 on 15 June 2009. Two 8-way teams attended the first indoor competition, and Paraclete XP won by 12 points over the Golden Knights with a 24.9 average. The first appearance of the US Army's new 8-way lineup confirms the latest change of the Golden Knights' event priorities. The 8-way event was the prime discipline for the US Army team for many years. In fact, the Golden Knights are still in possession of the 8-way world record for a single round (31) and also for the meet average (22.4) which were... (more)

Did you know that 115 teams competed at the annual German 2-way meet?
posted: Jul 8th, 2009 Germany organized a nationwide 2-way Formation Skydiving competition for the third time on the July 4 weekend. This time, 21 different dropzones in Germany worked together, and 115 2-way teams competed at the event. The Aero Fallschirmsport management in Kassel is in charge of the logistics. Göran Meyer, a member of the multiple German 4-way and 8-way champion team EADS, created the event ten years ago in Schweighofen, a small dropzone in the southwest of Germany, near the border to France. He has organized and grown the event ever since. Mathias Maushake, a former German 8-way champion... (more)

Did you know that the Virginia Parachute Council supports a 4-way recruiting project?
posted: Jul 7th, 2009 VPC host Skydive the Point in West Point is now hosting a monthly player-coach training camp for anyone who is interested in 4-way Formation Skydiving. The skydiving club is scheduling these events to encourage and nurture new skydivers who want to improve their 4-way skills. The first of these events in 2009 was held on July 4th. Twelve participants signed up to jump with seasoned 4-way competitors in a format used at the popular "scrambles" events. The A Class competition draw of the July 4 meet weekend was used to create the sequences for the jumps. VPC Director John Meyer reported that... (more)

Did you know that Evolution posted a new national highscore for Sweden last weekend?
posted: Jul 6th, 2009 The NSL News reported on 25 June 2009 how Sweden and Finland both had bad luck with the weather on their first meet weekend this year. The teams from the Scandinavian countries coincided to have their second meet of the 2009 season once again on the same weekend, and the weather was good enough to allow a completed competition in Sweden and four/five rounds in Finland. Lennart Vestbom, representative for the Swedish Parachuting Association, told the NSL News that the Swedish national team of 2008, Evolution, was already selected as the new national team of 2009 after the first 2009 meet: "This... (more)