Did you know that Jochen Schweizer Arena's Airfource defended the German indoor title successfully? posted: Mar 20th, 2022 The German national outdoor team in 4-way Open, Airbus Oceanside Illertissen, continues to impress with their new lineup. The NSL News had featured the team with NSL Live Talk on 3 December 2021, during a winter training camp at Skydive DeLand.
The Airbus 4-way team had upset the previous national outdoor team and 4-way champion, Oceanside AtomiX, at the German Outdoor Nationals 2021 and new member Felix Pfeiffer's first live AAA Class competition. The outdoor training camp in DeLand was the first one after team member Alexander Prendinger had also decided to leave the Airbus 8-way lineup and... (more)
Did you know that IFS Moscow won the Small Party's Indoor Cup? posted: Mar 19th, 2022 Two of the seven Russian 4-way teams who were registered for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 still attended the Small Party's Indoor Cup, even though they will not be able to compete at the upcoming indoor competition in Charleroi.
The NSL News had introduced the Russian 4-way delegation on February 2nd. Most of the teams were planning to get their last competition practice at last weekend's indoor meet before traveling to Belgium at the beginning of April.
The update on March 8th included an official FAI/ISC statement that the FAI Executive Board unanimously decided to "suspend the members... (more)
Did you know that Matt Davidson and Craig Girard could win their 6th FAI 8-way gold medal together? posted: Mar 18th, 2022 The careers of Matt Davidson and Craig Girard have been topics for the NSL News as long as SKYLEAGUE.COM has brought Formation Skydiving competition to the online audience. In fact, Matt Davidson won his first world championship gold medal with the Golden Knights just when the Florida Skydiving League was launched in 1997 and before the National Skydiving League started in 1998, Craig Girard even much earlier.
The NSL News explained on 3 December 2019 how Matt Davidson alone had the unique opportunity to complete his own "Decade of 8-way Excellence" that the Golden Knights claimed with six consecutive... (more)
Did you know that iFLY Dallas Indoor Cloud League teams won two U.S. titles at Paraclete XP? posted: Mar 17th, 2022 Kyle Hermberg's Indoor Cloud League teams and competitors at iFLY Dallas were in good shape in February, as well, which was eventually confirmed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022.
The NSL News had reported on February 23rd that three of the Indoor Cloud League teams were planning to compete at the national indoor championships, and how they used Kyle Hermberg's ICL events for their own preparations and to inspire other participants to train and compete in 4-way.
The same three teams were back to perform the ICL February sequences just before the trip to Paraclete XP. Result of... (more)
Did you know that the FAI Indoor World Cup has complete preview leaderboards? posted: Mar 15th, 2022 The field of 4-way teams for the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 is complete, as the deadline for registration has gone by. There were a few changes, most of them related to the current political situation in the world.
The NSL News mentioned the absence of the seven Russian 4-way teams with the preview update on March 8th, after the official statement by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI).
The first update with the NSL Power Rankings in 4-way Open, after the removal of the Russian teams from all three leaderboards, was still showing a total of 29 teams in this category.
The 4-way... (more)
Did you know that Gary Smith explained a successful and delicate coaching job? posted: Mar 15th, 2022 It happened that Gary Smith, coach of the Qatar Tigers and NMP PCH HayaBusa in the past years, arrived in Florida just a few days before the NSL News had scheduled the online interview with Airspeed coach Joey Jones and Ron Miasnikov.
Gary Smith was working with the Qatar Tigers again, while Jeremie Rollett was still at Skydive City with the Qatar Falcons. Jeremie Rollett had provided his thoughts with NSL Live Talk on March 3rd. Both Qatar coaches were following the Shamrock Showdown action very carefully, even though they missed the event in different ways.
Jeremie Rollett and his Qatar... (more)