Did you know that the USPA Intermediate Class competition was dramatic and exciting? posted: Nov 5th, 2018 The USPA Nationals 2018 are over and Arizona Airspeed won their 12th consecutive 4-way open title with the biggest winning margin ever. The old and new champions won by 32 points this year.
SDC Rhythm XP could not offer the same opposition as they had in past years, due to Doug Barron's injury, and the team did not have enough time with substitute Rob Radez to get to at least a similar performance level and put some pressure on Airspeed. The Golden Knights did not even complete a single round in 4-way or in 8-way. They were ordered back to their Army headquarters when Hurricane Florence threatened... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP (1183) and Hurricane Factory (1177) are separated by six points? posted: Nov 5th, 2018 The Indoor Cloud League competition on the 14+ leaderboard is turning once again into a tight battle between Paraclete XP and Hurricane Factory.
The Czech team won the October competition and has reduced the difference to six points (1177 - 1183) after ten months. HF Flying Circus claimed both Open Class highscores for the AAA and AA sequences, and two of the three junior teams (HF Rebels, HF Dragonflies) won the RR and R categories. The Paraclete team posted the highscore for the RRR sequence and tied the Czech score in the A Class.
The situation was the opposite last year at the same point... (more)
Did you know that USPA Advanced Class champion Jeana Billings has joined Ranch 2nd Generation? posted: Nov 3rd, 2018 Ranch 2nd Generation (R2G) has been the shooting star in U.S. 4-way competition in the most recent years, as the NSL News has pointed out several times ever since the team was founded in 2015.
The lineup of 2016 and 2017 (Michelle Karamon, Brenn Richards, Christopher Kuhlmann and Joey Marshall, with Sonic on camera) entered the AAA Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2016 with a 15.0 average and a 2nd place in the Advanced Class. A year later, they won in the same USPA category with a 16.5 average.
The lineup changed this year when Brenn Richards stepped back at the end of the 2017 season,... (more)
Did you know that 4-way Women teams once again stuck together on the combined leaderboard in Bahrain? posted: Oct 31st, 2018 The NSL News aftermath of the FAI World Meet 2018 included as usual the combined leaderboard of the 4-way events that use the identical competition draw, 4-way Open and 4-way Women.
It was published with the story on 24 October and pointed out that "the three 4-way Women teams who eventually finished with only a 2-point difference between each other (Team X, Sweden - Phoenix XP, United States - Boomerang Betty, Australia) were also glued to each other on the combined leaderboard."
It was the battle for the bronze medals in 4-way Women that the three teams were fighting throughout the ten... (more)
Did you know that the combined leaderboard features additional world meet battles? posted: Oct 24th, 2018 It is well known by now that the French national team in 4-way Women, Aerodyne Weembi Girls, won the gold medals in their category at the FAI World Meet 2018 and would have placed 3rd on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard with the highest average of any all-female teams in the history of the sport.
The NSL News also pointed out that the British national team in the same event, NFTO, finished in the Top 10 on the combined leaderboard of all 4-way teams that used the same competition draw.
NFTO were turning their bronze medals in 4-way Women of 2016 into silver behind Aerodyne French Girls in... (more)
Did you know that NFTO confirmed the 20+ level again in Australia? posted: Oct 20th, 2018 8-way and 4-way Women competition at the FAI World Meet 2018 both had lower participation compared to the previous world meet, while more 4-way Open Class teams competed in Australia than at Skydive Chicago in 2016.
France and Canada did not have 8-way teams at Gold Coast, as the NSL News mentioned yesterday, and five participating countries of 2016 (Belgium, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, Denmark) did not send teams to the 4-way Women competition this month. Sweden was back with a team in this category after Fire had attended the FAI World Meet 2012 in Dubai.
France is back in the top spot... (more)
Did you know that the USPA Intermediate Class competition was dramatic and exciting?
Did you know that Paraclete XP (1183) and Hurricane Factory (1177) are separated by six points?
Did you know that USPA Advanced Class champion Jeana Billings has joined Ranch 2nd Generation?
Did you know that 4-way Women teams once again stuck together on the combined leaderboard in Bahrain?
Did you know that the combined leaderboard features additional world meet battles?
Did you know that NFTO confirmed the 20+ level again in Australia?