Did you know that Brazil's Netunos followed the Airspeed CISM example? posted: Jul 8th, 2022 The 2022 CISM military world championships received more attention this year than ever before, not only due to the fact that CISM winners NMP PCH HayaBusa and silver medalists Qatar Tigers are medal contenders for the FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving in October, as well. In fact, HayaBusa and Tigers are the defending FAI medalists of the 1st and 3rd place at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020.
The NSL News coverage became even more extensive when Arizona Airspeed joined the CISM competition remotely and for training purposes by performing the same eight CISM sequences in training on their... (more)
Did you know that Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League team had record participation in June? posted: Jul 6th, 2022 The scores and videos of Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League team complete the leaderboard for the month of June. ICL organizer and XPG4 member Brenn Richards reported that the June event had the biggest turnout of the 2022 season: "We had the pleasure of flying with many of the big-way participants who were around for the weekend and attempted to break the current NC state record."
Paraclete XP has the very convenient combination of the 16-foot flying chamber and the Skydive Paraclete XP drop zone just a few miles away in Raeford. Teams and competitors can easily switch from one facility to... (more)
Did you know that Dallas Valkyrie was back with Indoor Cloud League scores for June? posted: Jul 5th, 2022 The three Indoor Cloud League teams who came back in January 2022 after the compromised two years of restrictions and limitations due to the corona virus crisis have not missed a month yet this year.
Kyle Hermberg's ICL team at iFLY Dallas finished in the top spot of the 2021 leaderboard after submitting scores and videos for all 12 months and finishing with a new record total for a complete ICL year. All other participating teams missed monthly scores at different times in 2021 and could not contend for the top spot.
It had been a similar situation in 2020 when iFLY Dallas missed six months... (more)
Did you know that the Tomscat Trophy had a strong comeback after a 2-year break? posted: Jul 5th, 2022 Last weekend featured once again the Tomscat Trophy in the Netherlands, an annual event that has been at least as popular as the national championships since it was created decades ago.
The Tomscat Trophy commemorates two members of the Dutch 4-way team Tomscat, Remie Herder and Sjaak Strating, who died in Perris Valley on April 24th, 1992, in a plane crash. It was the same plane crash where members of the U.S. team Airmoves died. Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld was a member of the Airmoves and survided.
Dutch FAI judge Mike Pennock has been organizing the Tomscat Trophy for many years, and he invited... (more)
Did you know that steady references make the major difference between indoor and outdoor 4-way? posted: Jul 2nd, 2022 The recent NSL Talk conversations with NMP PCH HayaBusa during their training camp before the CISM World Championships and with Niklas Hemlin and his Airspeed team mates Mikhail Markine and Joey Marshall covered a lot of topics of high value for Formation Skydiving teams and competitors.
Both teams agreed, without even discussing it directly with each other, that enough outdoor training has become even more important since the ever rising number of wind tunnels have brought alternative training opportunities to teams almost everywhere on the planet.
There is no flying chamber yet that can... (more)
Did you know that new Indoor Cloud League center top view at iFLY Colorado Springs? posted: Jul 2nd, 2022 The first two sets of Indoor Cloud League scores for the month of June came from the longest standing team at the Hurricane Factory in the Czech Republic, and from the newest addition to the 14+ leaderboard from iFLY Colorado Springs in the United States.
The Czech ICL team has been a part of the Indoor Cloud League since 2013 and have been in the top spot of the 14+ leaderboard at the end of each year since 2016. Emily Bombardi and Eric Daniel launched the new Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Colorado Springs last month, as the NSL News reported on May 28th.
The month of June was very different... (more)
Did you know that Brazil's Netunos followed the Airspeed CISM example?
Did you know that Paraclete XP's Indoor Cloud League team had record participation in June?
Did you know that Dallas Valkyrie was back with Indoor Cloud League scores for June?
Did you know that the Tomscat Trophy had a strong comeback after a 2-year break?
Did you know that steady references make the major difference between indoor and outdoor 4-way?
Did you know that new Indoor Cloud League center top view at iFLY Colorado Springs?