Did you know that Perris Fury looked great on the NSL-TV camera in Round 5? posted: Mar 29th, 2008 The scores of Round 4 have been posted, and XL is still holding on to the lead. One more round will be completed today. The situation is already a little bit more difficult for XL compared to last year. Pete Allum, Steve Hamilton, Brian Johnson and John McIver had a 2-point lead over Team Fastrax at the World Challenge 2007 after four rounds and at the end of the first day.
XL 2008 has a 1-point lead over Airspeed after Round 4, and Round 5 is already in the works. Pete Allum, Steve Hamilton, Brian Johnson and Thomas Hughes are fully aware of the situation, and there is no doubt that they have... (more)
Did you know that Doug Park remembered last year's XL drama? posted: Mar 29th, 2008 Memories of last year's event did not only come back for the NSL News when Team XL still had the lead after Round 3, as the current leaderboard shows. The NSL-TV camera made a trip to the hangar where the teams prepare for their tunnel sessions. It surely is a very busy area.
It was a good time to visit since Hayabusa Defence prepared for the next round on the creepers, and the team's former coach Doug Park, currently Fastrax and Knight Trax member, was watching all the activities in the hangar, together with the whole Perris Fury lineup. (more)
Did you know that official and unofficial world record owners faced each other in Round 6? posted: Mar 22nd, 2008 The 4-way and skydiving community around the planet has been waiting for the videos of Round 6 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 to be uploaded. It is now time to be impressed by another unofficial 4-way world record for a single round.
The sequence of Round 6 surely was the fastest one of the competition draw with five random formations (G-C-J-D-B). However, Norway's national team in the female category, Fortitudo, had not drawn not the fastest record sequence at all. Many experts did not really expect a score that would beat previous world records - official or unoffical ones.
Especially... (more)
Did you know that seven teams travel from DeLand to Bedford? posted: Mar 21st, 2008 Round 5 was the second time that money was on stake at the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008. Performance Designs sponsored this round was $300 cash, and the money would go to the winner after handicap.
Denmark's national 4-way team, Danish Blaze, performed above the team's previously shown level in rounds one to four and was compensated for the hard work to learn the exits from the Pilatus Porter.
Danish Blaze is one of the seven teams that competed in DeLand last weekend and will travel to the United Kingom for next week's World Challenge 2008 at Bodyflight Bedford. Airspeed Odyssey, Perris Fury,... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury won the first round of the Skins Game? posted: Mar 20th, 2008 The videos of Round 3 of the FSL Shamrock Showdown 2008 have already been replaced by new videos of Round 4. Not to forget: the total number of point deductions in Round 3 was 23 for all teams. Perris Fury had the largest portion with six penalties, which reduced the score from 31 points in working time to 25 points on the scoreboard.
It was bad luck for the Perris team that videographer Niklas Daniels' ringsight of the camera was not perfectly set. Parts of the formations and maneuvers were not in the frame, and the judges had to deduct the points for the non-judgeable portions of the jump.
However,... (more)
Did you know that scoring points were not given easily at the Shamrock Showdown? posted: Mar 18th, 2008 The total number of penalties in Round 1 was 13, which indicates that every other team did not perform up to the required judging standards in this round. This was only the beginning, and Round 2 had already a total of 17 penalties on the DDC Scores System screen after the 27 teams were done.
However, there were hardly any complaints, as Eric Heinsheimer and Jukka Olkkonen treated all teams the same way and did not let any infringements slip through. The very sharp eyes of the former national and world champion of the Golden Knights detected the flaws.
Even the top teams did not get away... (more)
Did you know that Perris Fury looked great on the NSL-TV camera in Round 5?
Did you know that Doug Park remembered last year's XL drama?
Did you know that official and unofficial world record owners faced each other in Round 6?
Did you know that seven teams travel from DeLand to Bedford?
Did you know that Perris Fury won the first round of the Skins Game?
Did you know that scoring points were not given easily at the Shamrock Showdown?