Did you know that the Fun Flag is not flying over Bedford so far? posted: Apr 4th, 2009 The competition draw is posted, and Bodyflight Bedford turned instantly into a dirtdive arena after the CamScore copies were handed out to the teams. Once again, the NSL Reality TV camera went on a tour and captured scenes of the preparations for the ten sequences.
An important issue came up on this tour. The NSL News found Bodyflight Storm members Hannah Betts and Claire "Sparky" Scott, who compete with Tarnya Hollis and Amanda Kemp under the team name Pussy Galore this weekend.
The NSL News asked the two 4-way world champions of 2008 in the female 4-way category when the Fun Flag would... (more)
Did you know that the World Challenge 2009 sets a new record already in February? posted: Feb 9th, 2009 The NSL News story on 7 January 2009 announced that the World Challenge 2009 will have the best field in the event's history and explained why.
The story on 12 January 2009 explained the history of the event and how the participation has been growing year after year. It is now already a fact that this year's event will not only have the best field in the World Challenge history - it will also and once again set a new record of participation.
The NSL News just posted the currently registered teams on the event page, and the total number of teams is already higher compared to the previous record... (more)
Did you know that Dan BC is always right? posted: Jan 19th, 2009 The recent updates of the French national 4-way teams, France Maubeuge and Deep Blue, brought the NSL News back to the World Meet 2008 quite a few times. The situation in the female category was the topic of the last story on 12 January 2009 after a visit of the Deep Blue members in the NSL office.
The French team surely has the gold medals at the world meet in 2010 in mind. However, teams from the United Kingdom and the USA have dominated the female 4-way category ever since it was launched in 1999, and UK's team Bodyflight Storm is the reigning world champion.
The NSL News met with the... (more)
Did you know that the NSL News is the "Eye of Formation Skydiving"? posted: Sep 24th, 2008 The NSL News recently received a copy of the official French skydiving magazine, published every other month by the French Skydiving Federation (Fédération Française de Parachutisme).
The name of the colorful and high-quality magazine is "Contacts", and the latest September/October issue covers the time period of the World Meet 2008.
Of course, the major part of this issue is all about the competition in Maubeuge. There are several feature stories of the French national teams in all of the skydiving events, and Formation Skydiving takes the largest portion of the complete coverage in France,... (more)
Did you know that Bodyflight Storm videos of the UK Nationals 2008 come along with new Fun Flag photos? posted: Sep 3rd, 2008 The NSL News mentioned on 29 August 2008 that there is indeed new evidence of the Fun Flag being in UK possession. New footage from the UK Nationals 2008, provided by Bodyflight Storm members, include videos of some of the team's key jumps at the meet and the latest photos of the Fun Flag.
The last showing of the Fun Flag took place during the 8-way award ceremony at the World Meet 2008. The US 8-way team had successfully captured the Fun Flag from the British national 4-way team Fusion after it had appeared on the video of the NSL News interview with Bodyflight Storm.
Members of the British... (more)
Did you know that the Dutch delegation prepares for the UK challenge at the ESL Championship 2008? posted: Aug 29th, 2008 The national championship of the Netherlands went almost unnoticed, as well, due to the separate event date and competition draw. The scores have already been posted for a while, and the Dutch teams did well.
Paul Hofstee, the highest decorated 4-way veteran in the Netherlands, and his team Dynamic Fource (Paul Hofstee - Center Outside, Erwin van den Braak - Center Inside, Meüs van der Poel - Tail, Koen van der Venne - Point, Hans van Marrewijk - Camera) continued on the same performance level where the Dutch national team had just finished at the World Meet 2008 and won the Dutch AAA Class... (more)
Did you know that the Fun Flag is not flying over Bedford so far?
Did you know that the World Challenge 2009 sets a new record already in February?
Did you know that Dan BC is always right?
Did you know that the NSL News is the "Eye of Formation Skydiving"?
Did you know that Bodyflight Storm videos of the UK Nationals 2008 come along with new Fun Flag photos?
Did you know that the Dutch delegation prepares for the UK challenge at the ESL Championship 2008?