Did you know that the King of the Tunnel joins Airspeed in 2006? posted: Dec 16th, 2005 The completion of the newest NSL Profile comes at the right time. Thomas Hughes had provided the first part of his career story years ago. The NSL News was already interested in one of the shooting stars in Formation Skydiving competition long before the young 4-way world class competitor appeared frequently in the NSL News.
His NSL Profile has now finally been completed, and the story begins in England and a in very different element - water. Thomas Hughes was already a water skiing competitor before he moved to Florida. Then he found skydiving and the SkyVenture Orlando wind tunnel where he... (more)
Did you know that round four had the highest scores of the NSL Championship 2005? posted: Dec 15th, 2005 Round four of the NSL Championship is now on NSL-TV, while the previous rounds can still be viewed at the SkyQuest website.
The sequence of round four, A-Q-7-J for the AAA Class and A-Q-7 for AA and A Class, was the fastest one of the 10-round competition, and each team took advantage of the opportunity to improve the meet average. In fact, each team scored the highest score of the meet in round four, except Team America in the Rookie Class. (more)
Did you know that Team Fastrax 2006 will have a very experienced center? posted: Dec 14th, 2005 The new year and the 2006 season will bring a new line-up of Team Fastrax. The NSL News story on November 30th mentioned the 2006 line-up with John Hart, Niklas Hemlin, Mark Kirkby, Doug Parks and Steve Redinbo for the first time. Team founder and sponsor John Hart recently provided the NSL News with updated information, and the new line-up has also been officially announced at the Fastrax website as well. (more)
Did you know that round three of the NSL Championship is now on NSL-TV? posted: Dec 5th, 2005 The seven meet videos covering round three of the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2005 have now been uploaded. The links to these videos of round three can once again be found at the NSL-TV page or in the scoring tables of the meet. The links to the previous rounds are still active at the at the SkyQuest website. (more)
Did you know that Ian Bobo won the Fantasy Swoop at SkyQuest 2005? posted: Dec 3rd, 2005 The first event story of the other events at SkyQuest 2005 has now been provided by Fantasy Swoop manager Chris Hayes. The scores of the Fantasy Swoop can be found at the Fantasy Swoop pages of the SkyQuest website. Chris Hayes also sells the remaining official SkyQuest 2005 T-shirts, which are offered in the NSLShop, as well. Here is Chris Hayes' event story: (more)
Did you know that Optimum CTR set new 4-way records in Brazil? posted: Dec 2nd, 2005 The international 2005 season is still not over yet. Brazil held its national 4-way championship on November 25 - 27. Team Optimum CTR dominated the competition and won the Brazilian national title for the third time with a 14.6 meet average.
Optimum CTR had already attended the FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving in October at Skydive Arizona in Eloy after three Brazilian Skydiving League meets of the regular season. Optimum had finished in 12th position at the World Cup with a 12.9 average after eight rounds. (more)