Did you know that USPA Advanced Class 2016 champion Chris Haslam has joined the next R2G generation? posted: Dec 1st, 2017 Ranch 2nd Generation and SDMW NEXT have a lot in common. Both teams won USPA Advanced Class gold medals, NEXT in 2016, R2G this year in Perris. NEXT had an earlier start in 2015 when they won their first set of USPA gold medals in the Intermediate Class, while R2G was still trying to find the right lineup for their goals.
Both teams also worked with coaches of the two top teams in the U.S.A. to get to their impressive performance levels, NEXT with JaNette Lefkowitz, R2G with Niklas Hemlin.
Most importantly, both teams represent a new generation of 4-way teams and competitors in the U.S.A.... (more)
Did you know that Scott Latinis won an SOS gold medal at the USPA Nationals? posted: Nov 7th, 2017 The 4-way juniors have been making the NSL News headlines frequently for a while, and this will not change much in the future. It is only related to indoor competition so far, with the exception of Canadian 4-way junior Yannick Bisson.
The NSL News now turns to the 4-way seniors who do not have their own 4-way category, even though there is a SOS (Skydivers Over Sixty) world championship that includes a 4-way competition on the Rookie Class rules level.
There are adult 4-way competitors who exclusively attend indoor meets. Some of them continue that way after the end of their outdoor career,... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League team moved from 3rd to 2nd place on the 2017 leaderboard? posted: Nov 6th, 2017 The Indoor Cloud League October competition is complete after the last submissions of scores and videos from Paraclete XP for the 14+ leaderboard.
Five different teams scored for the biggest and most popular wind tunnel in the U.S.A. and some well known names appeared once again in the lineups. Jen Davidson provided her knowledge and experiences as she had done at earlier events this year and was in the control center for the AAA Class lineup.
She also guided the A Class lineup (Dom Perry, ShawnaRae Miliano, Brandon Kashani) to the highest score that any Paraclete team has posted yet in this... (more)
Did you know that USPA's Advanced Class history began in 1999? posted: Nov 6th, 2017 The NSL News had covered the history of USPA's Intermediate Class competition with the story on 18 October 2017, which gave credit to the 14.0 average posted by this year's winner, Vega XP.
The Advanced Class category has its own history and began a few years later. Frost was the first USPA gold medalist in 1999, after the Advanced Class had turned into the same one as it is today.
There had been an Advanced Class competition at the USPA Nationals 1998, as well, which actually applied the Intermediate Class rules by then.
The Intermediate Class still got some adjustments later on before... (more)
Did you know that the Indoor Cloud League October competition brought Dallas 350 members back together? posted: Nov 4th, 2017 The Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Dallas has not broken the total of 100 points for the six 14+ sequences this year so far and never came so close as in October.
The total of 99 points on the October leaderboard is still the highest result this year.
Four different lineups worked together for the highscore of 2017, guided by coaches Amanda Lampton and Scott Levy, assisted by Kyle Hermberg.
Lacey and Zach Breaux, Donaldo Grajeda and Michael Erickson joined forces in one of the two lineups that posted the highscores in two categories (AA - A).
Player coaches Scott Levy and Kyle Hermberg... (more)
Did you know that many Indoor Cloud League competitors competed at the USPA Nationals? posted: Oct 4th, 2017 The Indoor Cloud League leaderboard for the month of September is complete, and nothing has changed in the rankings for the 2017 season.
In fact, the ranking order for September is exactly the same as it is for the whole year. The Hurricane Factory defended the top position successfully for another month, after Paraclete XP had posted the highest totals for two consecutive months in July and August.
iFLY Seattle also managed to defend the 2nd place on the 14+ leaderboard against the Paraclete challenges of the previous months. It is still only a small 8-point margin (1028 - 1020) that separates... (more)